STYLE Edit: Cartier’s Sixième Sens high jewellery collection awakens your senses with the Pixelage necklace featuring 27.34 carats of topazes, a 21-carat sapphire ring, and more

Jan 17 , 2022

Actress Golshifteh Farahani wearing Cartier’s Coruscant necklace. Photos: Cartier

The Parisian maison’s new collection incorporates trompe l’oeil elements; the Meride necklace features white gold and black onyx alongside rock crystals and diamonds

Other statement pieces include the striking Alaxoa necklace with emeralds and diamonds, as well as the Parhelia ring with a 21.51-carat sapphire cabochon

As the name suggests, Cartier’s Sixième Sens collection is a feast for all of the senses. The dazzling, inventive pieces in the collection demonstrate the iconic Parisian maison’s unique artistry through striking graphic patterns and spectacular trompe l’oeil elements in a range of rich hues, combining gold and platinum with a breathtaking spectrum of different gemstones.

The Pixelage necklace features 27.34 carats of topazes with polished onyx and white, yellow and orange diamonds.

The panther, an icon of Cartier for more than a century, is presented in a head turning new form on the Pixelage necklace, which brings the shimmering beauty of the big cat’s coat to life with its unique pixelated effect. The coat is picked out in a stunning stylised arrangement of stones, featuring a trio of faceted golden brown topazes totalling 27.34 carats at its heart, alongside polished onyx and a combination of white, yellow and orange diamonds.

Cartier’s Phaan ring from the luxury brand’s Sixième Sens collection, which features an 8.20 carat ruby on top of a 4.01 carat rose-cut diamond.

Two of the most coveted precious stones, diamonds and rubies, enhance each other’s beauty through their dramatic interplay on the Phaan ring. Thanks to an innovative tiered construction, its central 8.20 carat ruby sits directly on top of a 4.01 carat rose-cut diamond, which refracts light to intensify the ruby’s rich colour, framed by triangular diamonds around the outside, alongside spherical rubies and further diamonds.

Actress, singer and musician Golshifteh Farahani wearing Cartier’s Meride necklace.

The Meride necklace boasts similar graphic qualities, with a crazy-paved checkerboard pattern formed by an interplay between mirror polished white gold and black onyx, alongside rock crystal and diamonds, with elements mounted at different levels to accentuate the contrast.

The Coruscant necklace is a display of exuberant monochromatic glory, featuring diamonds cut six different ways in a tight braid: kite, octagonal, emerald, triangle, baguette and brilliant. The Alaxoa necklace, meanwhile, resembles a stunning butterfly crossed with the world’s most glamorous zip, with emeralds and diamonds threaded onto metal strands and bridges to form a spectacular fan shape. On the Sharkara necklace, white gold, pink tourmalines, garnets, coloured sapphires and diamonds form a rainbow of pinks and oranges, arranged in intriguing combinations of straight lines and curves.

Cartier’s Parhelia ring from the brand’s Sixième Sens collection displays an intense blue 21.51-carat sapphire cabochon at its centre.

Finally, the Parhelia ring proudly displays a 21.51-carat sapphire cabochon at its centre, surrounded on each side by a striking arrangement of five stacked rows of diamonds and emeralds.

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