Écrin

The quatrefoil and the flower

Mimosa or Frivole

Damiani · Van Cleef & Arpels

Mimosa

Damiani

Mimosa

The mimosa, a shrub that flowers whatever the weather, made into a diamond flower and dedicated to women.

Frivole

Van Cleef & Arpels

Frivole

A flower of heart-shaped petals in gold polished to a mirror, so smooth the bare metal throws light like a stone.

Gold that behaves like a gem: Van Cleef & Arpels finishes Frivole's heart-shaped petals by hand to a mirror and, since 2003, scatters them in uneven clusters, after using such petals on cigarette cases and clips in the 1940s. Damiani's Mimosa sets diamonds in white gold and attaches a meaning to them, a shrub that blooms in all weathers, dedicated by Damiano Grassi Damiani to his wife and daughter. Frivole plays with light, Mimosa with devotion.

Damiani Mimosa vs Van Cleef & Arpels Frivole, facts side by side
FactMimosaFrivole
Introduced—2003
DesignerDamiano Grassi Damiani—
SchoolMilan & ValenzaPlace Vendôme
Materialswhite gold, diamondyellow gold, rose gold, white gold, diamond
MovesNoNo
FromNot publishedNot published

Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.

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