The most superstitious still resist a little, but the last blockages give way to the craze for old jewelry.
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Two years ago, one of my first clients who had just bought a pretty ring dating from the end of the 19th century asked me how to clean
it,” recalls Anne-Lise Delsol, founder of the Caillou Paris site.
Naively, I told him to rub it gently with soapy water and a soft brush.
He took me back by specifying that he was talking about cleaning her “from his past”… I dissuaded him from having recourse to certain grandmother's remedies such as soaking his jewel one night in a glass of milk (this which can damage certain stones or weaken glue-based settings) or bury it in a garden on a full moon night ... at the risk of frankly dirtying it, or even not finding it!
In talking to an energetician friend, we concluded that the best way is to fumigate with a stick of sage or palo santo wood.
Be careful though ...
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