LOUIS XIII L’ODYSSÉ D’UN ROI
Each work of art created for L’ODYSSÉ D’UN ROI was auctioned with proceeds benefiting The Film Foundation, a non- profit organization founded by Martin Scorsese and several other leading filmmakers to preserve and restore classic films, ensuring their survival for future generations.
L’ODYSSÉ D’UN ROI is a bespoke tribute to the LOUIS XIII mythical journeys through the ages, in a collective act of creation uniting LOUIS XIII with four prestigious luxury houses : LOUIS XIII, HERMÈS, SAINT-LOUIS and PUIFORCAT. It can be said that this is the first time that there is a cooperation from four famous brands in the world, to create the super product L’ODYSSÉ D’UN ROI with three bottles of wine representing the map of three 3 continents: Americas, Europe and Asia, packed with a book chronicling the proud global journey of cognac since the 1870s. More than 50 individual artisans have devoted 3 years with over 1,000 hours per piece to produce the three bespoke masterpieces of L’Odyssée d’un Roi.
The bespoke trunk created for L’ODYSSÉ D’UN ROI was hand-stitched by Hermès using the finest leathers. Puiforcat has its hand in making the elegant white-gold pipette bearing the name and the logo. And Saint Louis – master crystal and high-class sculptor brought the beautiful decanter with its ridges on the side, as well as four serving glasses, were blown by a craftsperson, cut, and engraved with impeccable skill at Saint-Louis. Of course we have to take note of the cognac itself. The liquid gold in each decanter is the work of both the current cellar master Baptiste Loiseau and his predecessor Pierrette Trichet. The blend invokes tints and notes of myrrh, honey, immortelle, plum, honeysuckle, wood bark, leather and passion fruits. What we know from oficial sources is that this blend is not the standard Louis XIII offering, although it is still all Grand Champagne. The combination of these popular brands has given the L’ODYSSÉ D’UN ROI trio a truly flawless look.
The most special thing is the three masterpieces, L’ODYSSÉE D’UN ROI’ organized by the world famous auction center – Sotheby’s representing three continents. A bottle with a map of the Americas was sale at Sotheby’s New York, a bottle with a map of Europe was auctioned at Sotheby’s London and a bottle with a map for Asia has auctioned auction at Sotheby’s Hongkong. Certainly, at the time of the auction, collectors must make constant efforts to own the trio of masterpieces of the world.
L’ODYSSÉ D’UN ROI is an extremely rare piece of art that any collector would love to own. Anyone who owns all three versions representing these three continents will be an unimaginable effort, a representation of a collectible masterpiece. Although the estimated value is extremely high, not less than the figure of 12 million pounds, but it will be only an estimate, because that L’ODYSSÉ D’UN ROI trio are absolute things that money cannot buy for sure.
