Perfumes tend to become a part of your personality when you wear them. This is why the way you smell can have a huge impact on your first impression on people.
Perfumes, in general, have regarded as a matter of sophistication since their inception, and even after years of evolution, it continues to reflect just that. People prefer investing in good quality perfumes that can last a long time. Most of the branded perfumes are priced towards a slightly expensive range for the unique ingredients, intricate details and unmatched craftsmanship, but you will be stunned to know that a bottle of perfume can cost you as much as 1 MILLION DOLLARS!
We did a little dig in and curated a list of top 10 most expensive perfumes in the world that will make you smell like a million bucks.
1. DKNY Golden Delicious Million Dollar Fragrance Bottle
Price: 1 Million Dollars
The collaboration between the renowned designer and the famous jewelry designer Martin Katz led to the most exquisite and expensive perfume in the world. The DKNY Golden Delicious Million Dollar Fragrance Bottle was sold for a whopping amount of one million dollars.
There wasn’t much spoken about the bespoke scent, but the price was mostly of the Avant-Garde perfume bottle.
The bottle features over 2,909 precious stones including hand-cut 2,700 white diamonds, 183 yellow sapphires, a 7.18-carat oval Cabochon sapphire from Sri Lanka, 4 rose-cut diamonds, 15 vibrant pink diamonds from Australia, 1.6 carats turquoise Paraiba tourmaline from Brazil, a 4.03-carat pear-shaped rose-cut diamond, 3.07-carat oval cut ruby and a 2.43 carat stunning yellow Canary diamond to cap it off.
Each of the stones was hand placed to create the skyline of New York City on the bottle for over 1,500 hours. The proceeds of the perfume were then donated to the Action against Hunger Charity Organization.
2. Clive Christian No. 1 Imperial Majesty Perfume
Price: $12,721.89 per ounce.
Clive Christian No. 1 Imperial Majesty Perfume is a marvelous creation of the popular perfumer Roja Dave costing about $12,721.89 per ounce. The enchanting fragrance of this perfume is created using the natural rose oil. Orris roots, Italian cinnamon, Tahitian vanilla, ylang-ylang, jasmine, and rosa centaflis.
The perfume bottle is a part of its unique creation as it is made out of a fragile material with 18-carat gold inset including a five-carat brilliant-cut diamond too.
3. Baccarat Les Larmes Sacrees de Thebes
Price: $6,800 per ounce
Originally a creator of eccentric crystal products, Baccarat entered the fragrance industry around the 1990s and created the masterpiece Les Larmes Sacrees de Thebes which was priced at $6,800 per ounce. The perfume was one of the three exclusive limited-edition scents released by the brand.
The spellbinding aroma is a combination of frankincense, basil, myrtle, musk, ylang-ylang, jasmine, sandalwood, myrrh, geranium, amber, and even cardamom. The solution was packed delicately in a unique pyramid-shaped bottle made out of amethyst crystal.
4. Chanel Grand Extrait
Price: $4,200 per ounce
Chanel has attained a huge name for being a cult favorite perfume brand in the global market.
The Chanel Grand Extrait was one of the first exclusive perfume ranges by the brand which became a massive hit among the perfume connoisseurs including the smell of fresh abstract flowers. This very delicate feminine smell was a result of various exclusive ingredients like Jasmine from Grasse, Rose de Mai, ylang-ylang along with Chanel’s signature 1 percent overdose of the chemical aliphatic aldehydes.
The perfume is priced at $4,200 per ounce and even after years, it remains to be one of the most loved perfume by Chanel in the market.
5. Les Exclusifs de Chanel – Parfum Grand Extrait
Price: $3,800.00 per ounce
Another Chanel luxurious perfume that is a show stopper among the scent lover all over the world is the Gardenia Les Exclusifs de Chanel. Priced at $3,800.00, Les Exclusifs de Chanel Parfums has to be brand’s one of the most haute fragrances ever.
The perfume holds sentimental value in the life of Coco Chanel as this creamy gardenia was created as a homage to his beloved Camelia. The limited-edition perfume comes in a gorgeous bottle of an over-sized iconic faceted bottle.
6. Roja Haute Luxe
Price: at $3,500.00 per ounce
Fashioned by one of the most prominent names in the perfume industry, Roja Haute Luxe is an exquisite perfume by Roja Dave who chooses most decadent ingredients while creating all his lavish scents.
Haute Luxe comes with rich content of rose, ylang-ylang, jasmine, and earthy contents of ginger, clove, cinnamon, raising, ambergris, patchouli, and more spices.
Every year around 500 limited edition bottles are released for sale at $3,500.00 and storms off the shelves in practically no time.
7. Amorem Rose Parfum presented in a Lalique Crystal Flacon
Price: $3,000.00 per ounce
If you are a fan of the opulent smell of smokey rose and fresh perfume that feels like summer, the Lalique Crystal Flacon by Amorem Rose Parfum will make your heart happy.
The perfume was personally crafter by the renowned perfumer Maurice Roucel with tints of Bulgarian rose, Baltic amber, saffron flowers, amorem rose, mahogany wood, and more.
The scent comes in a peculiar and elegant bottle priced at $3,000.00
8. Clive Christian No. 1
Price: $2,150 per ounce
Launched back in 2006, No. 1 was the creation of Clive Christian, one of the most prominent high-end luxury perfume designers and creators in the industry.
Priced at $2,150 per ounce was one of the most expensive fragrances in the world housed delicately in the beautiful bottles. The brand launched two kinds of fragrances for both men and women. The Oriental fragrance was more versatile, strong and a little tropical whereas the Floral one for women was more feminine, subtle, and with a hint of flowers overall.
9. Joy Baccarat Pure Parfum, Limited Edition
Price: $1,800.00 per ounce
The sheer extravagance of floral content in Joy Baccarat Pure Parfum makes it one of the priciest perfumes in the world. The perfume comes filled with the goodness of over 10,600 jasmine flowers and over 28 dozen roses for every single bottle. This limited edition Baccarat perfume comes in the classic keepsake brand bottle priced at $1,800.00.
10. Hermès 24 Faubourg
Price: $1,500 per ounce
When you are making a list of the most luxurious and expensive perfumes in the world, it would be a disrespect to leave out the cult band of Hermès from the list. Hermes 24 Faubourg priced at $1,500 per ounce is one of the expensive scents in the world.
It comes with a tint of orange blossom, patchouli, ylang-ylang, iris, vanilla, jasmine, and even sandalwood. Only about a thousand bottles of this perfume were created globally.
Now that we have laid out the most exclusive perfumes, pick your poison accordingly!
