La Vieen Rose

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Amand Petitjean chose a single rose to symbolize the regenerative cycles of beauty that Lancôme Paris, which he founded in 1935, would come to represent. This month, the company will celebrate its 80th anniversary with a limited edition of La Vie Est Belle L'Extrait de Parfum, a refined concentration of the gourmand-iris bouquet that was created by Dominique Ropion and Anne Flipo. To commemorate the event, a private commission was given to Paris-based Mellerio dits Meller, one of the world's premier and oldest jewelry houses, to craft the bottle, which has an embellished decollete with rose-gold-gilded silver, enhancing the perfume's original "twin wings of freedom." With each of the 80 bottles numbered, the exquisite potion proves to be an ageless beauty. ($950 for 10 ml.;lancome-usa.com)

SUNHEE GRINNELL