In her Paris salon, she entertained literary figures, notably Robert de Montesquiou, who dedicated one of the poems in Le Chef des odeurs suaves to her.

A passionate poet, she published three successive collections: Lande fleurie (1905), Les Lucioles (1907) and Souffles d'Océan (1911).

A member of the Société des poètes français, she founded a poetry prize.

She gave numerous literary lectures in Paris, Brussels and the provinces.

[1] During the First World War, in which she lost her eldest son, she transformed her mansion into a military hospital and devoted herself to caring for the wounded, for which she was awarded the Légion d'honneur,[2] the médaille de la Reconnaissance française and the médaille de la Reconnaissance italienne.