Description
Blue roses do not grow in nature, the florist explains, which is why poets have always loved them. They stand for the impossible, the mysterious, the love that arrives when nobody expected it. Antoine had not known any of this when he chose them for their tenth anniversary. He had simply thought the color matched his wife’s eyes. The florist had smiled, wrapped them in silver paper and told him he had chosen better than he knew.
She still teases him about it, and she still keeps the box on her dressing table. Delicate blue roses trail across the porcelain in soft, layered strokes, and inside wait four glass perfume bottles, one for each season of a long and happy marriage. Compact enough to sit beside a jewelry tray without crowding it, the box also works beautifully as a keepsake case once the bottles are lifted out. It is romance in miniature, a quiet way of saying that some impossible things turn out to be true after all. Every time she lifts the lid, she thinks of that silver paper and smiles.
Inside and out
- Adorned with delicate painted blue roses
- Includes four glass perfume bottles
- Compact enough for a dresser or vanity
- Doubles as a jewelry or keepsake box
- Hand-painted Limoges porcelain, made in France
An anniversary or birthday gift with a story attached, especially for someone whose eyes are just this shade of blue.
