Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds Eau De Toilette, 100 ml

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Taylor followed up White Diamonds with several other fragrances, including a number of flanker scents such as Sparkling White Diamonds in 1999 and Brilliant White Diamonds in 2001. [2] Patty Fox (2000). Star Style at the Academy Awards: A Century of Glamour. Angel City Press. ISBN 978-1-883318-14-7.

Like so many Hollywood couples, even the Taylor and Burton’s fiery romance fizzled out. After the couple divorced in 1976, Taylor sold the diamond three years later and donated part of the proceeds to help build a hospital in Botswana. Throughout her life, she was widely known for her generous philanthropy. According to an executive at Elizabeth Arden who worked with Taylor on White Diamonds, the perfume used a higher-than-normal concentration of oil (25% rather than the usual 12%) to create a heavier scent. [3]The supplemental letter from the GIA is accompanied by a monograph from the Gemological Institute of America which features additional photographs, data collection charts and gemological research which details the rarity of the Elizabeth Taylor Diamond. Taylor owned the diamond for less a decade (after divorcing Burton, she sold it in 1979), and yet it’s still mainly referred to as the Taylor-Burton diamond. Perhaps it is because people remember a great diamond—especially when it is tied to a great romance. As a new authorized biography, Kate Andersen Brower’s Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon, charts the screen siren’s rollercoaster romantic life, take a closer look at the famous jewelry lover’s engagement rings.

White Diamonds was marketed with a short film starring Taylor titled White Diamonds Starring Elizabeth Taylor. [5] The full film, with a duration of 2 minutes and 45 seconds, [5] was screened in department stores, which served popcorn to customers to enhance the theatrical effect. [1] It was also played in movie theatres before pre-show trailers. [3] A 60-second cut was shown as a television commercial. [5] Taylor often wore her own jewellery including the Krupp Diamond in films, television movies, and personal appearances when she considered it appropriate. There is a supplemental letter from the Gemological Institute of America stating that the diamond has been determined to be a Type IIa diamond. Type IIa diamonds are the most chemically pure type of diamond, and often have exceptional optical transparency. Type IIa diamonds were first identified as originating from India, particularly from the Golconda region, but have since been recovered in all major diamond-producing regions of the world. Famous examples of Type IIa diamonds are the 530.20 carat Cullinan I and the 105.60 carat Koh-i-Noor. After Taylor’s passing in 2011, her estate put the iconic ring up for auction at Christie’s along with 80 additional items from her collection. The sale was to benefit her eponymous foundation that supported many charities and medical research.

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Tampa Bay Publications, Inc. (September 2009). Tampa Bay Magazine. Tampa Bay Publications, Inc. ISSN 1070-3845. Winston sold the unusually large pear shape diamond to Harriet Annenberg Ames, the sister of Walter Annenberg, former United States ambassador in the United Kingdom. But she didn’t keep it for long. In 1969, Ames brought it to New York’s Parke-Bernet Galleries to sell at auction. In the years since its debut, a series of innovative, White Diamonds-inspired fragrances have been released, including Sparkling White Diamonds (1999), Brilliant White Diamonds (2001), White Diamonds Lustre (2014), White Diamonds Night (2016), Love & White Diamonds (2017), and White Diamonds En Rouge (2019). The diamond was originally named after the Krupp family of German industrialists, and it was sold as part of the estate of Vera Krupp (1909–1967), second wife of Alfried Krupp. [4]

This exceptional stone was a symbol of one of Hollywood’s greatest love affairs. By Jill Newman | January 5, 2022 White Diamonds was named "Fragrance of the Year" by The Fragrance Foundation in 1992, and inducted in the foundation's Hall of Fame in 2009. [2] In honor of the eagerly awaited and delayed 2021 Academy Awards, we are reupping this story about the Taylor Burton diamond that Elizabeth Taylor wore to the ceremony in 1970 when she presented Best Picture. White Diamonds was Taylor's second perfume, after Passion, which she introduced in 1987. [2] Other celebrities had previously lent their name to fragrances on occasion, such as Sophia Loren, who released an eponymous perfume in 1981. [1] Though she had been presented with three before it, Taylor’s first real gobstopper jewel came when Mike Todd proposed to the then 24-year-old with a “not quite 30 but twenty-nine-and-a-half” carat engagement ring in 1956.Elizabeth believed that a well-chosen perfume is an essential accessory for every woman. In 1987, she decided to blend her love of fine fragrances with her entrepreneurial spirit by releasing her first perfume, Passion. The scent was an instant hit. Today, Elizabeth’s record-breaking, award-winning perfume empire continues with 16 different scents in total, including the iconic White Diamonds. You can explore the world of Elizabeth Taylor fragrances here.