There are luxury perfumes, rare perfumes, and then there is SHUMUKH — an olfactory and jewelry masterpiece that redefines the boundaries of perfumery worldwide. At 4.75 million Emirati dirhams (approximately €1.15 million), it is officially the most expensive perfume ever created.
👑 SHUMUKH: A €1.15 Million Work of Art
The bottle — A living sculpture
The SHUMUKH bottle is not simply a container: it is a one-of-a-kind piece measuring nearly 2 meters tall and holding 3 liters of perfume. Its design is a jewelry masterpiece:
- 3,571 diamonds set by hand
- Natural pearls and precious topazes
- More than 2 kilos of pure gold and solid silver
- Murano glass hand-blown by Italian master glassmakers
The bottle alone is a work of art, displayed like a sculpture in the grandest palaces of the Gulf.
The juice — The essence of Oriental rarity
Creating SHUMUKH required more than 3 years of research and 494 fragrance tests before perfection was achieved. The formula brings together the most precious and rarest ingredients in Oriental perfumery:
- 🪵 Pure Indian oud — one of the rarest and most expensive raw materials in the world
- 🌊 Ambergris — naturally secreted by the sperm whale and aged for several decades at sea
- 🌹 Taif rose — hand-picked in Saudi Arabia, more valuable than gold by weight
- 🔥 Dhofar frankincense — the purest olibanum resin, harvested in the mountains of Oman
- 🌿 Sandalwood & Ylang-Ylang — for the base's smoothness and sensuality
🏺 Accessible High-End Oriental Perfumery: Exceptional Houses
While SHUMUKH remains a unique and unattainable piece, luxury Oriental perfumery offers exceptional creations at prices that are certainly high, but accessible to discerning enthusiasts.
Amaffi Perfume House — Dubai / London
Founded in Dubai as a house of perfumed art, Amaffi creates sculpted bottles adorned with gold embellishments worthy of the greatest collections. Its creations sell for between €3,000 and €10,000 each — every bottle is a numbered one-of-a-kind piece.
The Spirit of Dubai — “First Generation” & “Second Generation” Collections
A modern embodiment of Emirati luxury, The Spirit of Dubai offers fragrances of rare complexity in architectural bottles. The brand's standard bottles cost between €450 and €1,200 for 50ml/100ml.
Amouage — Sultanate of Oman
Founded in 1983 by the Sultan of Oman, Amouage is the quintessential royal high-perfumery house. Its pure extracts and limited editions (Attars or Exceptional Extraits collections) are priced between €400 and €650 per bottle — an olfactory investment for connoisseurs.
💎 What About Accessible Oriental Perfumery?
These exceptional creations remind us of the millennia-old heritage of Oriental perfumery: oud, amber, Taif rose, and frankincense are the pillars of a tradition that transcends time and borders.
At Parfum Orient, we offer you this heritage in accessible formats, without compromising on quality:
- 🪵 Authentic oud in our Al Haramain oils and Lattafa EDPs
- 🌹 Oriental rose in our floral fragrances from Afnan and Rasasi
- 🌊 Amber & musk throughout our collection of Gulf perfumes
The essence of Oriental perfumery, starting at €15.
Sources: Arabian Oud, Gulf News, Guinness World Records