Bulgari’s Bulgari Pour Femme: $750 (1oz)
Australian dollar: $994
Canadian dollar: $857
Euro: €620
Pound: £421
Rupee: Rs33,128

Bulgari Parfums is based in Switzerland. Bulgari Pour
Femme is a floral fragrance that combines jasmine tea,
rose and pepper. The one-ounce Murano glass bottle
pictured above costs $750.

For more information, visit www.bulgari.com.

JAR Parfums’ Bolt of Lightning: $765 (1oz)

Australian dollar: $1,014
Canadian dollar: $875
Euro: €633
Pound: £430
Rupee: Rs33,790

The world-renowned jeweler Joel A. Rosenthal has ventured
into the realm of perfume-making, and his Paris boutique
is a testament to his sense of drama and style. Hand-painted
lightning bolts decorate the ceiling, and the store itself is
 as small and intricate as one of his jeweled creations.
 Bolt of Lightning is an extrait de parfum, and comes in
a hand-etched glass bottle designed by Rosenthal himself.
The fragrance is available at Rosenthal’s Paris boutique or
 at Bergdorf Goodman.

For more information, call 011 33 1 40 20 47 20

Jean Patou’s Joy: $800 (1oz)
 
Australian dollar: $1,061
Canadian dollar: $915
Euro: €662
Pound: £449
Rupee: Rs35,336

Bulgarian rose, tuberose and jasmine form the base of
Jean Patou’s Joy, but the concentration is higher than
most commercially available perfumes: 10,600 jasmine
flowers and 336 roses go into every ounce of the fragrance.
When Joy was introduced in 1930, it was marketed as the
costliest fragrance in the world. The bottle pictured above
 is Baccarat crystal.

For more information, call 011 33 142 92 07 22.

Shalini Parfums’ Shalini: $900 (2.2oz)

Australian dollar: $1,193
Canadian dollar: $1,030
Euro: €744
Pound: £506
Rupee: Rs39,753

Shalini was created by Maurice Roucel, the perfumer behind
Hermès’ 24 Faubourg and Tocade. Neroli, ylang ylang and
coriander are the high notes of the fragrance, with tuberose,
tiare, vanilla, sandalwood and musk rounding out the base.
The image above is of a limited-edition Lalique crystal bottle,
 exclusively available at Bergdorf Goodman and introduced for
 Valentine’s Day. Only 900 bottles were produced.

visit www.shalini.net.

Hermès’ 24 Faubourg: $1,500 (1oz)
Australian dollar: $1,989
Canadian dollar: $1,715
Euro: €1,240
Pound: £843
Rupee: Rs66,255

24 Faubourg is a classic Hermès scent, a feminine floral
containing rose, iris and orange blossom. There were
only 1,000 of these limited-edition bottles released
worldwide; the one above is St. Louis crystal.

For more information, visit www.hermes.com.

Annick Goutal’s Eau d’Hadrien: $1,500 (3.4oz)

Australian dollar: $1,989
Canadian dollar: $1,715
Euro: €1,240
Pound: £843
Rupee: Rs66,255

Annick Goutal is a European perfumer, former model and
prize-winning pianist. Her Eau d’Hadrien is a fresh,
citrus-y blend of Sicilian lemons, grapefruit and cypress.
The limited-edition bottle pictured above is Baccarat crystal
and was released in 2005.

visit www.annickgoutal.nl.

Baccarat’s Les Larmes Sacrées de Thebes: $1,700 (.25oz)

Australian dollar: $2,253
Canadian dollar: $1,944
Euro: €1,405
Pound: £955
Rupee: Rs75,089

Baccarat, better known for its pure and high-quality crystal,
decided to get in on the fragrance act in the late 1990s,
with three limited-edition fragrances of its own. There are
only six bottles of Les Larmes Sacrées de Thebes left at the
Roja Dove Haute Parfumerie at Harrods, in London. The price is
largely due to the pyramid-shaped bottle, made of Baccarat crystal,
and the fragrance, which includes frankincense and myrrh, is meant
to evoke the ancient Egyptians.

visit www.harrods.com.

Chanel’s Chanel No. 5: $1,850 (15.2oz)

Australian dollar: $2,452
Canadian dollar: $2,117
Euro: €1,530
Pound: £1,039
Rupee: Rs81,715

Chanel No. 5 is perhaps the world’s best-known fragrance,
the first perfume to bear a designer’s name and the benchmark
for elite perfumes ever since. The oversized crystal bottle
pictured above is parfum, the purest form available, and has
15.2 ounces of the fragrance, so you won’t keep running back
to Chanel for refills.

visit www.chanel.com.

Caron’s Poivre: $2,000 (2oz)

Australian dollar: $2,652
Canadian dollar: $2,287
Euro: €1,654
Pound: £1,123
Rupee: Rs88,340

Caron was established in Paris, and the company today is 101
years old. Poivre, which was originally created in 1954, means
pepper in French. The scent lives up to its name: It’s a lively
blend of red and black pepper, cloves and other spices and can
 be worn by either sex. The bottle above is limited-edition
Baccarat crystal.

visit www.parfumscaron.com.

Clive Christian’s No.1: $2,150 (1oz)

Australian dollar: $2,851
Canadian dollar: $2,458
Euro: €1,777
Pound: £1,208
Rupee: Rs94,966

The bottle for No. 1 isn’t as spectacular as its big sister,
but it’s no stinker, either. It’s hand-made lead crystal with
a .33-carat diamond in the neck. Production of No. 1 is limited
by the scarcity of its ingredients, which include ylang ylang
specially grown in Madagascar, vanilla, orris, natural gum resin,
sandalwood and bergamot.

visit www.clive.com.