It's not a metallic fibre and it's not traditional stranded cotton... it looks exactly like stranded cotton, indeed, and with the most famous cross stitch floss it shares 8-meter skeins and 6 strands. However, its composition makes it completely different: 73% cotton and 27% lurex polyamide!
Its name tells it all: Étoile means "star" in French and it is conceived to deliver a lovely twinkle! Just use it as the traditional stranded cotton.
