Sugar, sugar

Sanskrit for “sugar”, Sharkara is the name Cartier has given this necklace crafted from almost edible pink tourmalines, coloured sapphires, orange garnets and brilliant diamonds. Part of the maison’s new Sixième Sens (Sixth Sense) high-jewellery collection, the necklace employs trompel’oeil illusion so the gems appear like ripe berries dripping on a vine. The exclusive piece is an exercise in gemological mastery, with a price tag to match. But isn’t forbidden fruit always the sweetest?

Cartier Sharkara necklace in white-gold, pink tourmalines, garnets, coloured sapphires and diamonds, $1,390,000. cartier.com