[The Pearl Outlet]

That's some of the feedback I'm trying to solicit here. Every woman I've showed them to personally so far, has loved them. I've had no negative feedback yet from anyone who's tried them on. So far they look exceptional on light/fair skin. I haven't seen them yet on darker skin tones.

[pattye]

That's probably the best way to judge--just get women to try them on! Just like a great leather jacket, if you have one in black and love it, pretty soon you probably want one in brown too! Or vice versa. Just because the chocolate pearls haven't been available, doesn't mean they wont become just as classic as black pearls. I personally would like a strand of pearls in every color!
Pattye

[youngster]

I like them! And I think they probably would look well on light/fair skin but . . . I'd really like to see them on a real, live person. It's so hard to judge scale and it would help with those questions of what color on what skin tone. I've often wondered why most of the vendors who post on this site show their pearls only draped on a mannequin neck or lying on a table. I'm sure using live models is expensive, especially if you are turning over your stock in rapid fashion, but it sure would be nice for consumers to see pearls on a real, live woman (with her height clearly identified).

[purepearls]

I'm not a fan of the chocolate pearls. They have them at David Yurman and the same strand has been in the window for a long, long time. Everytime I walk by, I cringe, literally. It's not that I don't like brown but I just think the brown in pearls is equivalent to a brown diamond. I'm not a fan of either.

[Valeria101]

Originally Posted by purepearls

They have them at David Yurman and the same strand has been in the window for a long, long time. Everytime I walk by, I cringe, literally.

Too bad there is no Yurman shop around; the negative review sounds intriguing: other designs of theirs have rather negligible pearls too, but these would be something else!

I don't expect to see the natural brown at any random jeweler either. Even the all mighty Net doesn't turn out too much. The few examples do seem rather flattering. Here's one: LINK. Are the Yurman uglies anything like that picture tries to show? (sorry... I do realize that pictures are not the way, third party pictures even less so, not sure what the alternative is though).

[jshepherd]

Originally Posted by Valeria101

I don't expect to see the natural brown at any random jeweler either. Even the all mighty Net doesn't turn out too much. The few examples do seem rather flattering. Here's one: LINK.

That matching job certainly leaves a lot to be desired. Probably not dyed, and working with a minimal stock.

Those chocolates just have not "grabbed me" yet. I have seen them at shows and in stores, but just do not see them fitting into our mix. Maybe it is due to my love of the Tahitian gem, it is the only pearl I will wear (except for the occasional abalone on leather). The chocolate just seems too unnatural for me...

[pattye]

Hi All, It seems like in some of the photos, like on Pearl Outlet's site some of the multi color Tahitian strand have pearls with a definite brownish overtone? Also some others on other websites I've seen in the past. Am I not interpreting the colors correctly? There arent alot of Tahitian strands available for examination around here!!!

Pattye

[purepearls]

Yes, sometimes in multicolor strands some of the Tahitians will have a brown color or brownish-golden color. I personally think they look great in a mix of different fancy color Tahitians but not solid brown all the way across.

[Kevin Canning]

and the "chocolate pearls" or the pearls that are labelled as such are certainly treated.

[perlas]

Originally Posted by pattye

Hi All, It seems like in some of the photos, like on Pearl Outlet's site some of the multi color Tahitian strand have pearls with a definite brownish overtone? Also some others on other websites I've seen in the past. Am I not interpreting the colors correctly? There arent alot of Tahitian strands available for examination around here!!!

Hi Pattye,

Tahitians have a very wide range of colors. Yes, sometimes a definite brown body color (not only overtone) as shown in picture may be mixed in multicolored strands but to produce an actual untreated natural brown-colored strand with a decent matching is difficult.

[perlas]

A closer picture.
Looks chocolatey to me but has a natural to feel to it.

The treated ones look like swarovski pearls but I imagine them matching in a lot of outfits.

[pattye]

Thanks, Perlas, for the great examples! That is just what I was wondering about.
Pattye

[Valeria101]

That Tahitian look great! Thanks for taking the trouble to post it

If the color is now 'hot' for the season, perhaps the vocabulary for black pearls will get yet one more shade in it. So far it looks like natural brown is ‘black’ (or no color is mentioned) and plastic brown is ‘chocolate’. Naming every dark shade of pearl would make an interesting catalog indeed, isn't it sad that such color branding coincides with treated colors...

[The Pearl Outlet]

I was just looking back over this thread from two years ago and I'm wondering if anyone's opinions have changed. I know some who posted saying chocolates wouldn't fit in their mix, have now started selling them, and they've been a very big seller for us over the last two years.

And no conversation would be complete without another picture. It's not the best picture, and we'll have it re-shot, but it's a nice chocolate Tahitian ring in rose gold.

[robinmce]

Beautiful ring Terry!
Would go very well with this chocolate tahitian tin-cup in rose gold from TPO monthly special a while back.
Robin