Le Petit Cactus or Les Pétales Place Vendôme
Mellerio · MIKIMOTO
Le Petit Cactus
The flower of the vanilla cactus, which opens for one night a year, made as a small burst of rose gold stamens around a single stone.
Les Pétales Place Vendôme
Cupped rose petals of pavé diamonds drift against a round pearl, as if blown across the Place Vendôme.
Marie-Antoinette and the Place Vendôme: France supplies the stories here. Le Petit Cactus, drawn by Laure-Isabelle Mellerio in 2019, recalls the vanilla cactus Redouté painted for the queen, a tiny burst of rose-gold stamens around one stone; a charm starts at €440. Mikimoto's Les Pétales Place Vendôme sets pavé rose petals against an Akoya pearl, its pendant from €7,200. The gap tracks the scale: a single small blossom on a fine chain, a pearl wreathed in diamonds.
| Fact | Le Petit Cactus | Les Pétales Place Vendôme |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | 2019 | — |
| Designer | Laure-Isabelle Mellerio | — |
| School | Place Vendôme | Tokyo |
| Materials | rose gold, diamond, coloured diamond, sapphire, tsavorite, other | white gold, rose gold, pearl, diamond |
| Moves | No | No |
| From | €440 | €7,200 |
| Top of line | €4,100 | €66,000 |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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