The Legacy
"The richest legacy a good man can leave is his example."
Joseph Michel Antoine Servan; Extract from a Portfolio (1807).
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Temyris is born of a legacy
This legacy is that of a grandfather to his granddaughter. From Henry to Aurore. This legacy is first and foremost a concentration of beauty, ingenuity, but above all, love and passion.
Reflecting the feelings Henry and his wife Lucienne had for each other. For her, Henry had the idea of handcrafting an exceptional gift. It was a time of balls, social outings with friends, but above all a period of carefree joy after the Great War.
Henry then conceived a beauty minaudière in an ultra-compact format that included a lipstick case, a mirror with its powder compact to be filled with perfumed rice powder, and an integrated perfume atomizer. Molded and then machined from galalith, the minaudière was adorned with delicate mother-of-pearl marquetry. Made with the help of artisans he knew, it became the symbol of Henry's love for his wife.
But this legacy should have been lost.
Like an entire generation, Henry and Lucienne were hit hard by the war, and together they joined the Resistance. Intrepid, they waited for their mission orders, their ears glued to Radio London. When the crackling voice uttered the words "Coco needs oxygen," they knew it was their turn to act. Coco had always been Henry's nickname. Oxygène (Auxi-Gennes) is a contraction of the names "Auxi le château" (Henry's birthplace) and "Gennes-Ivergny" (Lucienne's birthplace). This coded message had only one purpose: to confirm to Henry that he had to blow up a bridge during the imminent D-Day landing. Victory was at the end of the road, Henry and Lucienne had a life to build, a family to create. The beauty minaudière was forgotten, but in the evening of his life, Henry remembered.
Upon his departure, it is to Aurore, his granddaughter, that he will bequeath the minaudiere.
It would take Aurore, fascinated by this object and impressed by its history, many years to dare to talk about it to her associate, Paul. They don't share the same past, but together they envision a future for this minaudière:a beauty kit, a luxury and sensual accessory, made in France by exceptional artisansand rooted in modernity.
A new case to offer nomadic and combative womena unique minaudière. A 3-in-1 beauty kit with interchangeable makeup refills, lipsticks, and powders.
The beauty minaudière is adorned with the seal of Temyris, the last queen of the Amazons, to emphasize that "Women" rhymes more than ever with "Fights."
So as not to forget her history, Temyris will wear a castle on her armor and an eagle in her hair.
Temyris is a legacy