10 of The World's Most Expensive Perfumes 2020 - The Top Expensive Fragrances - TownandCountrymag.com
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Fine fragrance doesn’t have to cost a fortune. But it can. Clive Christian’s No. 1 Imperial Majesty, which was named the World’s Most Expensive Perfume by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2006, was priced at $2,355 per ounce—a splurge that included delivery in a Bentley. A bottle of DKNY’s Golden Delicious, designed by jeweler Martin Katz and featuring nearly 3,000 precious stones—including 2,700 diamonds—sold at a charity auction in 2011 for $1 million. And even now, in an Emirati mall, you might still be able to find a diamond-and-pearl encrusted vial of Shumukh by Spirit of Dubai, which was priced at $1.295 million when it debuted last year.
The price of a perfume typically reflects the scarcity or quality of the natural materials you’ll find in the bottle, the ornaments you’ll find on the bottle, and/or the craftsmanship of the master perfumer who concocted the scent. Bespoke fragrances can run into five digits and beyond; should you wish to enlist a nose of such caliber as Thierry Wasser at Guerlain to create your signature spritz, for example, be prepared to pony up about $55,000.
Even if you’re not ready to go custom, perfumes crafted from some of the world’s exquisite ingredients can be yours to enjoy—at a premium. Here, 10 of the priciest perfumes in the world, unquestionably desirable to a certain set thanks to this simple truth: The more you pay, the less likely you are to come across someone else wearing the same spray.
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1Joy Baccarat Pure Parfum, Limited Edition
Jean Patoubergdorfgoodman.com
$1,800.00
Jean Patou’s Joy, created in 1930, has always been notoriously pricey. It was, for most of the 20th century, considered the costliest perfume you could buy due to the sheer extravagance of its floral content—an astonishing 10,600 jasmine flowers and 28 dozens or roses per bottle. This limited-edition marvel ups the ante even more with a keepsake Baccarat bottle—an expression of Joy that isn't fleeting.
2Les Royales Exclusives Jardin dAmalfi Fragrance
CREEDnordstrom.com
$995.00
British perfumery Creed, creator of fragrances beloved by Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, introduced this Royal Exclusive scent in 2011 to celebrate the house’s 250th anniversary. The notes are an olfactive evocation of an Italian garden—effervescent, sunlit citrus, soft rose and apple, woody cedar, vetiver, and cinnamon—and the hand-blown Pochet bottle features an open-neck pour, to facilitate lavish slathering.
3Original Collection No. 1 Feminine
Clive Christianneimanmarcus.com
$850.00
Clive Christian’s No. 1 Imperial Majesty, created in 2006 and issued in a limited-edition run (as in, 10 bottles) of diamond-studded Baccarat crystal flacons, was named the World’s Most Expensive Perfume by the Guinness Book of World Records. That elite juice is no longer available, but you can snag this one, Original Collection No. 1 Feminine, for $850, a bargain by compare. Prepare to be bowled over by a complex, lush composition of white peach, plum, jasmine, rose, and spicy carnation.
4Love is in the Air Limited Edition
House of Sillagebergdorfgoodman.com
$1,210.00
You could do worse than gifting a perfume lover—or just a lover—with this ode to amore. Sensuous white musk, delicate jasmine, and fleshy plum characterize the romantic juice, but it’s the bottle that puts it over the top: gemstone-encrusted glass, topped with two silver lovebirds.
5Roja Haute Luxe
Roja Parfumsneimanmarcus.com
$3,500.00
Roja Dove is a lavish, flamboyant perfumer, a man who isn’t afraid of even the most decadent overdose of exquisite ingredients. Haute Luxe is a chypre oriental that practically drips money. Stuffed to the brim with rose, jasmine, and ylang ylang, and grounded with earthy, spicy, ever-evolving base notes of ginger, cinnamon, clove, patchouli, woods, resins, and ambergris, a fresh batch of Haute Luxe is whipped up every year, and limited to 500 bottles.
6Amorem Rose Parfum presented in a Lalique Crystal Flacon
Shalini Parfumbergdorfgoodman.com
$3,000.00
An opulent, smoky rose, crafted by master perfumer Maurice Roucel with notes of Bulgarian Rose, Saffron flowers, Baltic Amber and Mahogany wood, Amorem Rose is housed in a Lalique crystal flacon, "Les Hirondelles," representing the flight of love. Could there a more suitable vessel for this spectacularly OTT tribute to the Queen of Flowers?
7MAISON FRANCIS KURKDJIAN PARIS À La Rose Eau de Parfum
MAISON FRANCIS KURKDJIAN PARISnordstrom.com
$515.00
Another almost inconceivably petal-packed eau—containing 250 Grasse centifolia roses per bottle. And for those not yet willing to pony up for the celebrated perfumer's bespoke services, which start at $35,000, a way to own a Kurkdjian masterpiece for a relative steal.
8Gardenia Les Exclusifs de Chanel – Parfum Grand Extrait
chanel.com
$3,800.00
Talk about a showstopper. The Les Exclusifs de Chanel Parfums represent the house’s most haute fragrance creations and Grand Extrait Gardenia is no exception. A voluptuous, creamy gardenia envisaged as an homage to Coco’s beloved camellia, housed in a magnificently over-sized iconic faceted bottle. (True devotees can watch for Chanel's lavish, extremely limited-edition Grand Extrait holiday coffrets, which move the investment needle up to about $30,000).
9Fabulous Eau de Parfum Decanter
Tom Fordnordstrom.com
$860.00
If you’re going to go Fucking Fabulous, go big. This 8.4 ounce decanter is outré is all the best ways—from the label to the scent it contains: A decadent, spicy explosion of herbaceous lavender and sage, deepened with bitter almond and sweet vanilla, grounded in earthy, leathery orris, amber, and wood.
10ELEGANTER SCHWAN 06 - Limited Edition perfume
krigler.com
$915.00
Albert Krigler was inspired by Bavaria’s Neuschwanstein Castle (the model for Disneyland’s iconic Sleeping Beauty Castle) when creating this warm, romantic rose-and-sandalwood eau, and named it after the historic site’s famous swans. An early 20th century favorite, it was recently re-introduced by the storied fragrance house as a covetable limited-edition.
April LongBeauty DirectorApril Long writes about beauty, wellness, and luxury skincare for Town & Country.
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