What's a souffle pearl????? - Page 4

esmeraldagooch · ‎03-10-2010

Shhhhh..... Jetts_mom lets keep them all to ourselves.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

On 2/24/2014 jetts_mom said:
On 2/24/2014 chickenbutt said:
On 1/2/2014 madcity411 said:
Just another way to dispose, ah(market) less desirable pearls..... ${#emotions_dlg.blink}$

That's what I'm thinking. The shopping networks come up with exotic-sounding names for substandard stones all the time. People buy in hook, line, and sinker, I guess because it's been going on for a while.

Those look just awful.

Pearls aren't my absolute favorite, although I do have some freshwater, salt water, and Tahitian pearls that I enjoy. They are all perfectly round, though. I think round is the perfect quality in a pearl.

As was noted in an earlier post, these are actually a newly created, high end market pearl. Here is a JCK article from 2010 when they first hit the market. To quote the opening paragraph:

"Soufflé pearls were a big draw at the AGTA show in Tucson this year. Moments after the show opened, the gem press lined up to have a look at the newest entry in the high-end Chinese freshwater cultured pearl market. Displaying beautiful colors and ranging in size from 13 to 20 millimeters, the pearls garnered the immediate attention of buyers."

Thanks for the info. They definitely have size going for them. I just thought the ones in the first picture shown here were pretty unattractive. Maybe they don't all look like that. But then, I might like different stuff than somebody else and that's ok, too.

I wonder what it is about them that makes them high-end. Or, do you think they are just trying really hard to sell them?

ennui1 · ‎06-23-2013

On 2/24/2014 esmeraldagooch said:
Shhhhh..... Jetts_mom lets keep them all to ourselves.

And me!

Sometimes it takes a while for new and different to catch on. People are suspicious of anything they don't understand.

The naysayers are the people who refused to buy a car until the horse died.

kabella · ‎01-30-2012

On 2/24/2014 chickenbutt said:
On 2/24/2014 jetts_mom said:
On 2/24/2014 chickenbutt said:
On 1/2/2014 madcity411 said:
Just another way to dispose, ah(market) less desirable pearls..... ${#emotions_dlg.blink}$

That's what I'm thinking. The shopping networks come up with exotic-sounding names for substandard stones all the time. People buy in hook, line, and sinker, I guess because it's been going on for a while.

Those look just awful.

Pearls aren't my absolute favorite, although I do have some freshwater, salt water, and Tahitian pearls that I enjoy. They are all perfectly round, though. I think round is the perfect quality in a pearl.

As was noted in an earlier post, these are actually a newly created, high end market pearl. Here is a JCK article from 2010 when they first hit the market. To quote the opening paragraph:

"Soufflé pearls were a big draw at the AGTA show in Tucson this year. Moments after the show opened, the gem press lined up to have a look at the newest entry in the high-end Chinese freshwater cultured pearl market. Displaying beautiful colors and ranging in size from 13 to 20 millimeters, the pearls garnered the immediate attention of buyers."

Thanks for the info. They definitely have size going for them. I just thought the ones in the first picture shown here were pretty unattractive. Maybe they don't all look like that. But then, I might like different stuff than somebody else and that's ok, too.

I wonder what it is about them that makes them high-end. Or, do you think they are just trying really hard to sell them?

Hi Chickenbutt...I agree I prefer round Pearls which I have different lengths of and Tahitian pearls (favorite color is peacock) I do have Baroque T's that I don't wear as often as the round Pearls. I don't care for Souffle Pearls, its just not my taste in pearls but I do like the look of a souffle enhancer, not a row of those pearls which to me have a metalic look to them. I understand the process & the quality of the pearl, even so its not for me. Years ago, Tahitian Pearls were very expensive but now much more affordable & in time so will the Souffle.
There are a few posters here that are rude if you don't agree with them. Have a good night

MrsLorraine · ‎07-05-2012

On 1/2/2014 chrystaltree said:
..in other words; an ugly, lumpy, mishaped pearl...

Wink ITA

MrsLorraine · ‎07-05-2012

On 1/2/2014 ennui1 said:
On 1/2/2014 happy housewife said:
On 1/2/2014 madcity411 said:
Just another way to dispose, ah(market) less desirable pearls..... ${#emotions_dlg.blink}$

Exactly

Wrong.

Souffle pearls are labor-intensive and new technology.

Anyone can sell refrigerators to Eskimos. Just because they're labor intensive, blah blah blah, that doesn't make them good quality or make me like them. I think they're hideous so if anyone likes these things, you're welcome to my share.

And I agree that this is a marketing ploy for inferior stones.

ennui1 · ‎06-23-2013

On 2/24/2014 MrsLorraine said:
On 1/2/2014 ennui1 said:
On 1/2/2014 happy housewife said:
On 1/2/2014 madcity411 said:
Just another way to dispose, ah(market) less desirable pearls..... ${#emotions_dlg.blink}$

Exactly

Wrong.

Souffle pearls are labor-intensive and new technology.

Anyone can sell refrigerators to Eskimos. Just because they're labor intensive, blah blah blah, that doesn't make them good quality or make me like them. I think they're hideous so if anyone likes these things, you're welcome to my share.

And I agree that this is a marketing ploy for inferior stones.

I'm sorry that you're so unhappy that you have to roam the forums, being mean.

jetts_mom · ‎04-14-2010

I wonder what the pearl industry would be like if Mikimoto (or anyone after) had not patented the culturing process. If we were still limited to naturally shaped pearls, there would hardly be any round ones, and like the days of yore, those few that were, could only be owned by the richest of the world.

ennui1 · ‎06-23-2013

On 2/24/2014 jetts_mom said:
I wonder what the pearl industry would be like if Mikimoto (or anyone after) had not patented the culturing process. If we were still limited to naturally shaped pearls, there would hardly be any round ones, and like the days of yore, those few that were, could only be owned by the richest of the world.

Without culturing, we'd be limited to natural pearls, and there aren't many of those.

Do we know who developed the nucleating of freshwater pearls, so we don't have to wear rice krispies?

jetts_mom · ‎04-14-2010

On 2/24/2014 ennui1 said:
On 2/24/2014 jetts_mom said:
I wonder what the pearl industry would be like if Mikimoto (or anyone after) had not patented the culturing process. If we were still limited to naturally shaped pearls, there would hardly be any round ones, and like the days of yore, those few that were, could only be owned by the richest of the world.

Without culturing, we'd be limited to natural pearls, and there aren't many of those.

Do we know who developed the nucleating of freshwater pearls, so we don't have to wear rice krispies?

I've never heard of it being credited to anyone in particular. From what I understand, cultured freshwaters that we know today began in Japan with Biwa pearls, and then moved to China as Lake Biwa became polluted and pearl production ceased.

Even Mikimoto was not the one to develop the culturing process for akoyas. He just got the patent.