The Tahitian pearl is much more than a jewel, it is a true symbol of beauty and purity. Firmly rooted in the Pacific's history, the black pearl of Tahiti sparks admiration and curiosity. Other jewels or stones need to be worked to reveal their beauty; that isn't the case for the black pearl of Tahiti, which the pearl oyster offers us naturally and in all its splendour.

Many Polynesian stories and legends about this natural jewel have sprung from this admiration. In Tahiti, legend has it that for love, the god Oro offered a pearl made from all the fish scales in the lagoon to a beautiful princess from Bora-Bora island...(next)