SINGAPORE – The golden orb – protected by a glass case and embellished with gold filigree ribbons inlaid with 2,026 Swarovski crystals – looks more like something one would find in a museum than in a mall.
After donning gloves, a sales associate lifts it out ceremoniously and pops it open, revealing a glass perfume bottle embossed with the fleur-de-lys, a lily symbol associated with French royalty. The bottle – emblazoned with the word Richness – contains an elixir made from rare styrax resin, labdanum and an oil derived from irises.
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