The Zodiac Collection · No. 07
Libra
Balance, held in bloom. 23 September – 22 October.
Chapter One
Libra is the only sign that is an object. We composed every piece as if it had to sit on the scales.
Libra opens on the autumn equinox — the one day of the year when light and dark are given exactly the same length. Every other sign is a creature or a person. Libra is an instrument, and an instrument is judged on one thing: whether it holds level.
So the seventh edition is built on weight, not colour. White is the constant in every piece. Against it, one colour is set — blush, lilac or blue — and measured until neither side leans.
The Idea
White, and one colour against it
Five arrangements, one rule. White roses, hydrangea and lisianthus form the ground of every piece — the fixed side of the scale. On the other side sits a single colour, chosen and then weighed: the blush of Venus, the lilac of Equilibrium and Equinox, the delphinium blue of Poise.
And one piece with nothing on the other side at all. Serene is white against white — the scale at rest.
Chapter Two
Ruled by Venus
Libra's ruling planet is Venus — beauty, harmony, the pleasure of things in proportion. It is why the palette never shouts: blush, lilac and pale blue are colours of the evening sky in the week the sign begins, softened by white until they read as light rather than pigment.
The Rules
Nothing leans
Every piece is checked from the front and from both sides before it leaves the atelier. If the colour pulls the eye to one side, a white stem goes in opposite it. If the height rises on the left, the fullness answers on the right. The arrangement is finished when you cannot say which side is heavier.
One exception per piece is allowed, and only one: a single element that breaks the line on purpose — the tall delphinium in Poise, the trailing amaranthus beside it. Balance is more convincing when you can see what it is holding back.
Symmetry is easy. Balance is when two different things weigh the same.
The Atelier · Al Quoz, Dubai
Venus
Named for Libra's ruling planet. White roses and blush hydrangea, softened with white and pale pink lisianthus, with silver foliage catching the light between them.
Serene
The scale at rest. Garden roses, hydrangea and lisianthus with astilbe and quicksand roses — white against white, foam-set and quietly exact.
Equilibrium
White roses, hydrangea and lisianthus against lilac trachelium and matthiola, gathered in quiet symmetry and evenly weighted.
Equinox
The day the sign begins, when light and dark are equal. White and violet held level — the most literal reading of the scales in the collection.
Poise
Delphinium, blue hydrangea and white roses with lisianthus and agapanthus, and one trailing thread of amaranthus. The tallest piece, and the one that breaks the line on purpose.
The Box
Every Libra piece is set in the BLACK AND BLANC box. Black lends it gravity, white lends it light — the house's own balance, carried into the sign.
Chapter Three
The season turns, and the flowers come back
Virgo was built from dried grain to survive the last heat of summer. Libra arrives as the city cools, and the fresh flowers return to the front: roses, hydrangea, delphinium — every stem selected the morning it is arranged, and delivered across the Emirates.
Keep it cool and out of the sun
October afternoons in Dubai are still warm. Place the box away from windows, heat and air-conditioning vents, and the whites will stay white.
Water the base, not the blooms
Top up the box gently each day so the base stays moist. Hydrangea drinks the most — if a head softens, a light mist brings it back.
It will hold for a week
With that care, Libra stays at its best for five to seven days. Remove any spent bloom early and the balance of the piece holds.
