Pierre Hermé’s rose cake
- Pierre Hermé Paris released a rose-scented chocolate cake called Rose de Sable at Nihonbashi Takashimaya. - The item was flagged as a limited offering by social posts sharing the product image. - The pastry’s limited drop generated notable social engagement, underlining luxury-pastry hype in Tokyo department stores (x.com).
Pierre Hermé Paris opened a new boutique at Nihonbashi Takashimaya S.C. on April 22 and marked it with a store-only cake called Rose de Sable. (pierreherme.co.jp) The cake is priced at ¥1,188 including tax and is scheduled to run from April 22 through May 26, according to the brand’s Japan site. The boutique sits on the main building’s basement food floor at 2-4-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. (pierreherme.co.jp) Pierre Hermé describes Rose de Sable as a pastry built from a vegetal tart shell, rose-and-almond ganache chocolate, almond praline, almond cream and almond-flavored chocolate. The company said the cake uses rose as a motif tied both to Takashimaya and to Pierre Hermé’s own signature creations. (pierreherme.co.jp) The launch came with a second opening item, an Eiffel Tower-themed sable assortment priced at ¥2,862. Pierre Hermé said that cookie set is quantity-limited and will end once stock runs out. (pierreherme.co.jp) The Nihonbashi opening adds another Tokyo department-store counter for a brand that already sells in Marunouchi, Ginza, Shibuya, Ikebukuro and other major retail hubs. Pierre Hermé’s store list shows the new Takashimaya shop as its latest domestic opening. (pierreherme.co.jp) Rose is one of Pierre Hermé’s established flavor signatures in Japan through Ispahan, the house pastry made with rose, lychee and raspberry. On the current product page, Ispahan sells for ¥1,296 in boutiques. (pierreherme.co.jp) Nihonbashi Takashimaya remains one of Tokyo’s flagship department-store food destinations, with the main store operating across basement and upper retail floors in the Nihonbashi district. Takashimaya’s site lists the department store’s floor guide and current event calendar alongside its food and gift business. (takashimaya.co.jp 1) (takashimaya.co.jp 2) For now, the pitch is scarcity inside a prestige basement food hall: one new counter, one rose-themed cake, and a sales window that ends on May 26. Pierre Hermé’s own notice frames Rose de Sable as an opening-only item for the Nihonbashi shop. (pierreherme.co.jp)
