Benny Blanco’s alternative for Selena Gomez’s engagement ring proves he’s being attentive to the smallest particulars.
The Rare singer, 32, unveiled the gorgeous sparkler in an Instagram put up Wednesday, December 11, writing, “eternally begins now…”
While the ring’s magnificence is simple, it additionally carries a candy nod to her music profession. Blanco, 36, appears to have chosen the uncommon marquise diamond as a tribute to Gomez’s 2015 hit Good For You, the place she croons, “I’m on my marquise diamonds / I’m a marquise diamond.”
Fans rapidly caught the reference, with one tweeting, “Stop, did he get her a marquise diamond in honor of their tune?? Oh Benny, the usual you’re setting is simply too excessive!”
Experts agree the distinctive ring is as uncommon as Gomez herself. Jared Jewelers VP Ann Grimmett famous that marquise diamonds account for “lower than 5% of all diamonds,” calling it “becoming for a expertise as uncommon as hers.”
Grimmett additionally additional estimates that the diamond is 6 carats and valued at round $225,000, whereas Diamond Pro CEO Mike Fried estimates 8 carats valued at round $250,000.
The elongated oval design additionally has a romantic backstory, courting to 18th-century France when King Louis XV commissioned a diamond formed like his lover Marquise de Pompadour’s lips.
