Cartier showcases its most dazzling collection of high jewellery in Vienna

Make that two nights, actually, as luxury maison Cartier ensconced its privileged coterie of high-net-worth guests amid a splendid swirl of palaces and priceless artworks when presenting Nature Sauvage, its new haute joaillerie collection, in the former Habsburg capital of Vienna, Austria, recently

Owning fine jewellery is considered a delicious luxury in the best of times. But high jewellery, for want of a better phrase, is in a league of its own, the ultimate expression of exclusivity and timeless elegance. Popularly abbreviated to “HJ” by the top 1% of the world’s elite, it also serves as a lifetime investment that just happens to carry with it centuries of immaculate provenance, extraordinary craftsmanship, heritage, poetic storytelling and, at its (and very beautiful) core, the inimitable magic that only Mother Nature herself can create. After all, despite the popularity of lab-grown whatnot, nothing can take away the allure and rarity of a natural gemstone.