betony vernon

EDEN REFUGE, HER SANCTUARY, IS NOW IN THE HEART OF UMBRIA, ITALY

PARADISE FOUND

interview

by OLIVIER ZAHM

photography by DANIELLA MIDENGE

OLIVIER ZAHM — Your life has always seemed extremely glamorous to me. I met you in Paris, maybe 25 years ago, when you used to have a secret place called Eden in the Marais. It’s unique — a holistic, erotic art project that treats sexuality as knowledge, ritual, and conscious practice. Eden is not a brand or a single collection — it is a total universe that brings together beautiful erotic jewelry and objects designed to explore desire, sexual education, and ritual, rooted in consent and awareness. Then, surprisingly, you recently moved to the Umbrian countryside, outside of Rome. What pushed you to leave Paris and reorganize your life and artistic activity around sex and design in this remote place?

BETONY VERNON — It’s very beautiful, and it’s…