Cleopatra is said to have covered the floors of her palace with fresh rose petals and drenched the sails of the Royal barge in rose water before meeting Anthony. The summer smell of roses and the over blown flowers whose petals create delicate carpets in the garden allow me to savour an English garden at its best. I too would have liked to have been Anthony. And the rose ring painted in diamonds, leaves a lingering sparkle: the earrings in the same style are as classic as an English summer rose.

Aquamarine with its hues of blue and green is known as the sailor's gem ensuring safe travels across the seas. It is the birthstone for March. The colour in aquamarine is due to the presence of iron in the beryl crystal lattice with the most important deposits being found throughout Brazil as well as in Africa where the colours of blue can almost be a pungent blue.