What Médecine Douce is known for
Founded in 2000 by Marie Montaud, who runs a boutique-workshop on rue de Marseille by the Canal Saint-Martin; pieces set shells, bone, wood and semi-precious stones in 24-carat-gold-plated brass.
Médecine Douce was founded in 2000 by Marie Montaud, who runs the label from a boutique-workshop on rue de Marseille near the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, after earlier collaborations designing jewelry for larger fashion houses. Montaud's pieces are built from a mix of natural and found materials — shells, bone, wood, and colored, tumbled stones — combined with pieces of ceramic she treats to resemble granite, each element set or wrapped in gold wire rather than cast or stamped in a single mold. The base metal is brass plated in 24-carat gold, keeping pieces priced below fine jewelry while retaining a semi-precious, artisanal character; production stays local to the Paris workshop rather than being outsourced. The label's aesthetic draws on a mix of natural forms and slightly irregular, handmade finishing, which distinguishes it from more uniform costume-jewelry manufacturing. Montaud has continued to run the brand as a single-designer operation over two decades, maintaining the same workshop-based model rather than scaling into mass production.
How ORBIS reads this city
Best for — Poetic costume jewelry in color and texture with soft bohemian styling
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