Most Expensive Perfumes In The World.
We all love perfume, some of us can't do a day without a good perfume/cologne regardless the amount a bottle would cost . while some love to mix the brands ,some are addicted to a particular brand/maker.
A great perfumer is considered both an artist and a chemist, mixing ingredients and chemicals to make the most pleasing layered aromas. In modern society today, both women and men wear perfume and cologne; it’s a luxury market, and people generally expect to hand over a pretty penny for a classy fragrance and a beautifully decorated bottle. It’s an indulgence and a safe gift choice that remains popular even in recessionary times.
Perfumes and Natural fragrances have been around since ancient times, bringing evocative and pleasant smells to skin and hair, living spaces. However, it is only since the 1800s that we’ve had the capacity to create great perfumes as we now know them today.
Most people wouldn’t expect to spend the amount that the fragrances on this list cost. From strong musky smell to light floral fragrances, perfume making is an ever-evolving practice. The rarity of the ingredients involved, the current trends and design of the bottle are what makes this perfumes below the most expensive perfumes. So we’ve ranked the prices of the most expensive perfumes in the world in this way.10. Annick Goutal Eau d'Hadrien -$441.18 per ounce.
The perfume is a citrus fragrance, with ingredients including grapefruit aldehydes, mandarin orange, cypress, citron, Sicilian lemon, lemon and extracts from a plant grown in Madagascar called ylang-ylang, and it’s sold in a $1,500 3.4ml bottle. It can be used by both women and men. The perfume gained prominence and popularity in 2008 when it was elevated to the Fragrance Foundation’s Hall of Fame at the FiFi Awards. Eau d’Hadrien was launched back in 1981 as a result of collaboration between Francis Camail and Annick Goutal.
9. JAR Bolt of Lightning -$765 per ounce.
Each bottle of Bolt of Lightning is specially hand cut and designed. Rosenthal marketed this fragrance as having the smell of air just after a lightning strike, JAR is the acronym for Joel A. Rosenthal, the jeweler who designed this perfume. It is more specifically an oriental floral fragrance for women. It was released in 2001, and included in its complex ingredients are musk, the smell of mature flowers, tuberose, freshly cut plants, hints of green notes and ripe fruit.
8. Joy by Jean Patou – $800 per ounce.
An unprecedented 10,000 jasmine flowers and 336 roses are required to create just a single ounce, adding to its sky-high price. It was launched in 1936 and has become one of the most highly-regard fragrances ever created. At the YEAR 2000 FiFi Awards, it was voted as the “Scent of the Century” by the Fragrance Foundation, beating out the more popular Chanel No. 5. Joy is exemplary of the floral genre and was designed to lift people’s spirits during the Great Depression. This perfume was created in 1929 for French courtier Jean Patou, by the perfumer Henri Almeras.
7. Caron Poivre-$1,000 per ounce.
Poivre has a very spicy and fiery scent, which is decidedly appropriate since the perfume’s name is the French word for pepper. This particular perfume was released 50 years later, in 1954, and is the most expensive perfume that the brand has ever created. Established in 1904, Parfums Caron is one of the world’s most prestigious perfume companies. It is described as a unisex perfume (for both men and women) and is bottled in a limited edition Baccarat crystal bottle with a white-gold collar. The perfume has hints of clove and a variety of spices including black and red pepper.
6. Hermes 24 Faubourg -$1,500 per ounce.
This limited edition fragrance for women was launched in 1995 by the French luxury brand Hermès, and it is named after the address of its original store in Paris: 24, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The fragrance was created by the legendary perfumer Maurice Roucel. It’s a particularly rare perfume as only 1,000 bottles were ever made. The bottle is made from St. Louis crystal and is shaped in a soft, curvy square. The long-lasting fragrance is sandalwood light, ambergris, vanilla, floral, sunny, ylang-ylang, mixing orange blossom, iris, jasmine, patchouli, tiare flower.
5. Clive Christian No. 1- $2,150 per ounce.
Clive Christian No. 1 comes in two varieties: Woody Oriental for men and Floral Oriental for women. This particular fragrance was even considered the most expensive perfume in the world between 2001 (when it was launched) and 2006. Clive Christian is a well-known name in the luxury perfume industry. The signature bottle is created from lead crystal and is adorned with a 1/3 carat diamond on the neck. The aroma of the perfume is rich and exquisite, combining bergamot, extracts of ylang-ylang. Vanilla, natural gum resin, orris, and sandalwood.
4. Chanel Grand Extrait – $4,200 per ounce.
The floral perfume is made with exquisite care, This limited edition perfume was released as the rarest, purest Original No. 5 fragrance in the world, hence its $4,200/ounce price tag . Chanel has been synonymous with luxury around the world ever since Coco Chanel released the iconic fragrance, Chanel No. 5, in 1921 – created by legendary perfumer Ernest Beaux. Each bottle is created through molds, which benefits from a glassmaker’s individual touch, and a Chanel spokeswoman has said that “very few pieces are produced” each year. Rose and jasmine from Chanel’s very own fields in France go into the fragrance.
3. Baccarat Les Larmes Sacrees de Thebes – $6,800 per ounce.
The ingredients include a blend of, Egyptian cassie, rose, jasmine, amber as well as myrrh and frankincense to evoke the scent of the Middle East. The “Sacred Tears of Thebes”, as it translates, is an Egyptian-themed perfume housed in a good-looking pyramid-shaped bottle of crystal. Nowadays you can buy the fragrance in tiny 0.25oz containers.
2. Clive Christian No.1 Imperial Majesty Perfume - $12,721.89 per ounce.
The “No. 1 Imperial Majesty” is really just a Clive Christian No. 1 – in a very fancy bottle. The whole bottle contains 16.9 ounces of perfume (meaning the cost for a bottle is $215,000) and is crafted by Baccarat, adorned with a 5-carat white diamond on the neck and surrounded by an 18-carat solid gold collar. This perfume holds the Guinness Book of World Records title as the most expensive perfume in the world. Released in 2005, only a 10-bottle run of this super-rare, super-exclusive limited edition perfume was released for sale in the famous Harrods store in London and Bergdorf Goodman in New York.
1. DKNY Golden Delicious Million Dollar Fragrance Bottle -$1 Million.
All in all, the bottle contains 2,909 precious stones, but the best part is that the aforementioned stones have been hand placed to replicate the New York City skyline. The process took nearly 1,500 hours to complete. After being unveiled and showcased across the globe, a silver lining for the ridiculously expensive fragrance bottle was announced: The bottle would be sold to a perfume fanatic and all proceeds would be donated to the A global charity Action Against Hunger.
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