Vanilla

Inspired by one of the world’s most enchanting spices, the Sweet Vanilla and Bourbon Vanilla collection is one of sophistication and delight.

Sweet Vanilla is smooth and delicate, with gleaming rhodium, dazzling sapphires and playful curves. The Bourbon Vanilla Collection, with its black rhodium and warm CZs, adds a potent and intoxicating twist.

The vanilla vine that adorns the canopy of Mexican and Madagascan rainforests has, from the very beginning, spawned a plethora of romantic myths. The Jaguar people of Mexico, the first people to harvest this plant, believed vanilla sprang from the blood of the beautiful princess, Xanat, and her lover, a mortal prince.

Forbidden to marry, the lovers fled into the forest but were pursued and executed by the princess’s enraged father. Their undying love expressed itself in the vanilla vine and its delicate orchid, which sent its alluring fragrance into the jungle. To the Jaguar people, the vanilla would forever be “the hunted flower.”

Centuries later, vanilla continues to enthrall our senses and our imagination. Kukka’s Sweet Vanilla and Bourbon Vanilla Collection is a tribute to the vanilla orchid’s rare beauty, seductive fragrance and poignant lore. Through precious metals and dazzling crystals, the jewelry of this collection seeks to render this gift of nature a tangible and intimate part of ourselves.