Best Perfumes Under $5,000 For Women & Men [2024]

Best perfumes under $5000. From cheap and affordable perfumes made for mass production, celebrity fragrances and designers too, ranging from below minimum wage to a month’s worth of insurance and an equivalent of an entire college fee, perfumes have grown from the need to smell good, to making a fashion statement and imbuing sophistication and class too.

So, if you are on your way to building your own fragrance collection or in the mood to have something close to a custom-made fragrance of your own without the fear of coming across it too often on others, splurging on a pricy perfume is quite necessary.

And the perfume industry has carved a niche inside a niche for people like you who want to do this with little stress.

And If there is one thing Bling empires have in common, it is the ability to be an empire even as a person which also includes having the priciest thing to add to your net worth. 

Because believe it or not, these pricy perfumes asides from their sophisticated scents can also double as priced possessions with their unique, custom-made and intentional bottle packaging.

But before that, let’s take a look at the top perfumes priced all under the range of 5,000 dollars per oz or ounce all depending on the bottling size. 

In no particular order, a few of the best perfumes under $5,000 grand you need to have and own

22 Best Perfumes Under $5000

1. Bijan Perfumes and Cologne

• Price: $3,000

• Brand: Bijan Perfumes

Created in 1986 with a composition of both masculine and feminine fragrances, this product was designed in a signed and numbered baccarat crystal flacon for exquisite smallness. And has taken up number one spot as one of the leading perfume fragrances around the world.

Also taking position as a part of one of the Global submit meetings, this fragrance has a reputation for sophistication among top leaders and co.

2. Annick Goutal Eau d’Hadrian

• Price: $441/ounce

• Brand: Annick Goutal

Introducing itself into the market with a special brand of feminine beauty in 1981, this bottle of beauty comes is a blend of Ylang ylang, minty Basil, imbuing citrus with floral to create a zesty, yet sweet and calming fragrance with a longer lasting sillage for your money’s worth.

3. Silencethesea Eau de Parfum by Strangelove NYC

• Price: $795

• Brand: Strangelove NYC

An evocative name to explain the dazzling combination involved in this to evoke the silent mysteries of the ocean to us. The l fragrance composed and formulated by Elizabeth Gaynes and Christopher Laudamiel who takes top spot in leading perfumery across America.

And because perfumery is such a delicate job of imitating art in the subtlest sensory form to be created; the sense of smell, it was creatively directed to keep the pace right just for you.

Its cap is finished with a 24-Karat gold plating, enclosed in an elegant box and it is said to be a unique composition of noted from Pure ambergris blended with earthy oud from India and rare in its description that is teased at the edge with the floral notes of white truffle.

Along with more notes of Jasmine splash and earth-bound tuberose all of which gives testament to the company’s decision to create a selected rarity of fragrance, hand crafted to keep the originality of its ingredients intact.

4. Love is in the air limited edition

• Price: $1,210

• Brand: House of Sillage

This one says go hard or go home and is a fragrance dedicated to the celebration of love, a perfume that cheers love in its unique way.

It is formulated with white musk, delicate Jasmine and fresh plum juice encased in the really unique glass bottle covered in gemstones with two love birds atop its ceiling sharing a kiss to seal the love. It’s so lovely, it almost feels like it should stay that way sitting on your vanity dresser or shelf table.

5. Hermes 24 Faubourg

• Price: $1,500/ounce

• brand: Hermès

For one I like the name of this product maybe because of the sound the last name makes at the back of my throat. And just like its name, it boasts a long lasting scent with a floral bouquet of Jasmine and Iris flower, blended with Sandalwood, Tiare flower, Ylang Ylang, Orange blossom and Patchouli, Vanilla,Amber Green

6. Roja Haute Luxe

• Price: $3,800

• Brand: Roja Parfums

Once a previously exclusive scent developed by the fragrance specialist and historian, Roja Dove it has evolved quietly into a unique scent created for public consumption with a lovely catch: it contains 24-carat gold flakes that catches in the light when swirled around and leave gold shimmering on you after each spray.

Composed with a finishing of ambergris, oak moss, patchouli and ginger all introduced on a background of floral scents. For the price, it is not a bad idea to consider on your vanity shelf. What do you think?

7. Christian Dior Balade Savage

• Price: $450/15 oz.

• Brand: Christian Dior

The beauty of the fragrance contained in the sleek bottle that suits the minimalist taste to the T is inspired by surrealist world of the Panareal island. Its notes boasts of Citrusy zest of Bergamot and Orange blossom, fig and the cool scent of sea breeze accord with a finally note of amber and Vanilla.

8. Joy Baccarat Pure Parfum Limited Edition by Jean Patou

• Price: $1,800/oz

• Brand name: Jean Patou

This limited edition from the renowned perfumer cum designer was created in 1930, considered the costliest perfume in the 20^th century is a modern delight for all. Composed of an extravagantly astonishing amount of 10,600 Jasmine flowers and 28/dozens of rose for an absolute oil and this limited fragrance is packaged in a Baccarat bottle, a collector’s Achilles heel.

9. Alaïa eau de Parfum

• Price: $2500/33oz

• Brand: Alaïa

Inspired by a unique story from the brand designer’s childhood reminiscing on the smell of both cold water dousing hot brick, this bottle of perfume fragrance is enclosed in a 33 oz bottle engraved with a head and neck made from pure gold.

Boasting notes of pink peppercorn, Freesia, Peony and remember that Male musk deer I told you about, it also contains a portion of its very animalistic musky scent both combining to form a perfect blend of masculine and feminine scents suitable for everyone.

10. Chanel No.5 Limited Edition Grand Extrait

• Price: $4,200/ounce

• Brand: Chanel

The king of sophistication chose to take its excellent gift a notch higher adding to the list a most exquisite member after which I daresay is what Chanel is also about. In this gigantic bottle of exquisiteness, Channel Number 5 is a pure and elegantly designed floral fragrance suitable for creating moments and delightful memories, very outdoorsy and can double as a formal wear too.

Made with the purest of distilled mai de rose, Jasmine which lends its freshness and grandeur and other rare ingredients, the Channel no. 5 is the unbeatable queen of luxury perfumes for all perfume collectors and connoisseurs.

11. Casablanca lily Extrait Eau de Parfum by Byredo

• Price: $550/oz

• Brand: Byredo

Inspired by the potency if the Jasmine, Rose and Lily it holds just the right touch of florals in a note of firm concentration. Thus, note is also accompanied by other such as black plum, Honey, Rosewood and Wild Gardenia all of which makes just one drop enough to last you all day while stirring up different sensory goodness.

12. Mason Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540

• Price: $575/6.8oz

• Brand: Mason Francis Kurkdjian

From one of the most coveted of perfumers, this bottle makes for a really lovely and lasting wear among users, in addition to the splendour in every spray. It includes a blend of Amber, Jasmine, Saffron and Cedarwood, all of which fall into notes that make a drop of it unforgettable.

13. Krigler Oud for Highness

• Price: $655/3.4oz

• Brand: Krigler

The smell of success is our and so we can safely say that Alaïa with its package blend featuring Saffron and Cedarwood, Patchouli and Honey, Oud and a Pastiches of Amber is excellence in a bottle. Made specifically for real royalty to honour the royal highness of Jordan, it is inevitable that you do not share in this monarch trait with this on you.

14. Tom Ford Fucking Fabulous

• Price: $804/8.5oz

• Brand: Tom Ford

Every Tom Ford product is a testament of utmost dedication to creating the best and this particular product is no exception. A fucking fabulous miracle consisting of Almond bitter oil, Tonka resinoid, the gum resin extracted from the Tonka bean tree, accompanied by a Leather accord and Clary Sage oil.

The intensity envelopes you in a sweet fragrance at first intro and as it settles into your senses, the mellow leather notes take precedence.  With a long-lasting stay that keeps up for the most part of the day without the need for a touch-up.

15. Frederic Malle Dawn Eau de Parfum

• Price: $1,500/3.4oz

• Brand: Frederic Malle

Packaged to recreate the mood of a morning call to prayer in the middle East, this fragrance holds the freshness of morning breeze as the wind sweeps over the dew, the serenity and calm that makes mornings perhaps the best to begin your day with a devotion.

In its content is the besotted smoky wood associated with the far east, and frankincense with its famed use in ritual ceremonies and offerings. Pink pepper blended with Oakmoss making it a menagerie of spice and wood to recreate the moment.

In addition to its unique ingredients is the packaging; a visual recreation of an art museum in its delicate and historical beauty.

16. Cherry Garden by House of Sillage

• Price: $1,200/2.5oz

• Brand: House of Sillage

From the house of Sillage, a reputation has been created–it is the collector’s dream place. With every designer product of theirs, a useful item for collection. Blending citrus from Sicilian Bergamot with Almond and Vanilla oils and floral with notes of rose and Jasmine, all enclosed in a Crystal bottle with diamond-encrusted top made with gold, splurging on this particular does feel like one of those right choices to make without the guilt of going overboard.

17. Serge Lutens Cannibale

• Brand: Serge Lutens

• Price: $600/1.6 oz

For the lovers of everything vintage and classic, this brand does this with a backdrop to its originality being according to them ‘reminiscent of the floral Vinegars of the 18^th century France.’ Encased in a blackened thick glass bottle crested with a solid gold label, it is composed of burnt woody notes, sap, incense and florals to give a lasting impression.

It is perhaps the finest piece of Vintage packaging to keep on the vanity for an occasional vain splurging.

18. Dead of Night by Strangelove

• Price: $795/3.4oz

• Brand: Strangelove NYC

In the Dead of night, there is a complex yet quiet build-up of notes that echo this fragrance linking it with the quaint connotation of midnight. Made with bouquet of delicate florals like Violent leafs, Jasmine and rose, sweet dried apricots and Earthy Oud from the southeast of Asia.

19. Caron Poivre

• Price: $1,000/ounce

• Brand: House of Caron

From the House of Caron, a perfume company that has existed for over a century, this fragrance made from special handcrafted potion bottle holds a spicy peppery scent with a hint of wood, that carries a very complex connotation in its content.

Packaged in an ancient looking spice jar, it holds well as a substance with a cataclysmic effect that holds an intriguing note and a powerful potent. Whichever suits your taste, it feels like a very intentional fragrance that I myself would also like to try on and see.

20. JAR Bolt of Lightening

• Price: $765/ounce

• Brand: Joel.A. Rosenthal

Launched in 2001, this is one of the best perfumes under $5000 that settles on a backdrop of Oriental fragrances, with its primary notes including Tuberose and Oriental flowers. It is quite the powerful fragrance like a person commanding respect without saying too much.

The perfect stuff for a depth in character even in strange places. Designed by the Jeweller, Joel Rosenthal, it is easy to understand just why he made the decision to give the product the distinct glow akin to lightening or I daresay the sun’s ray cast on a piece of diamond pendants, in a hand-cut crystal bottle.

21. Clive Christian No.1

• Price: $2,150/ounce

• Brand: Clive Christian

Once considered the most expensive perfume in the early 2000s, these perfume fragrances designed by the renowned Clive Christian from whose brand it was said that the Queen Victoria had her custom-made fragrance developed. With a crown that resembles that of the Queen of England, this brand is the only perfume house with utmost permission to recreate it using gold all through.

Created from a rarity of ingredients all enclosed in a jar completely made of Baccarat Gold crystal, an 18–carat gold lid and a five-carat white crystal cut diamond.

22. Fueguai 1833 Aguila de Amber

• Brand: Fueguai

• Price: $600

This bottle made from a resin of amber scent imbued with rich and earthy scent with underlying notes of oud and rose for a truly delectable scent in a chic, golden-brown bottle. Created in 1833 from the house of Fueugai, this fragrance holds richness in a vintage and classical way that you can hardly resist.

While most of the products prices are determined by the retailers who have these products in stock, knockoff products exist and are usually packaged in the original and sold like them too. So, it’s important that you buy from trustworthy stores and locations around to avoid the risk of getting duped. Also consider using a retailer if you wish to collect more of these expensive perfumes in the future to help you cut cost.

One more thing to be considered is that most of these expensive products do have one thing in common: they make use of the real products and if you are familiar with scents, you will be able to decipher which product is the real one. A list of some of the ingredients used in the composition of some of the perfumes mentioned above and their importance.

The A-list Ingredients for Expensive Perfumes

Jasmine

In the production of Eau de Parfum which also constitutes the bulk of many expensive perfumes, the Jasmine plant is one very important ingredient in creating a long-lasting floral stay.

While other perfumes claim to use this particular flower, it is mostly the synthetic type of it as the real Jasmine, is not only scarce but a lot of them are required to produce a single pound of the oil. Which goes to say that to make about 1/25 ounce of a Jasmine absolute oil would take a whooping 8,000 jasmine flowers and a 1/8 ounce of it alone costs about $83 as opposed to other flowers.

Ambergris

Extracted from the intestines of the sperm whale and has also been reported to contain an amount of whale poop in it is classified as one of the three expensive products used in the making of these premium perfumes.

Mostly responsible for that musky scent that settles on the base not your perfume, this ingredient in truth is really difficult to find and get because for one whales are really dangerous species but for the love of quality, a risk that is willing to be taken and two, because the sperm whales has to be arduously sought after because they don’t live in just about every body of water in the world.

Musk

Derived from Animal products, Musk can be quite expensive to obtain and it involves the death of a male musk deer–an endangered species (just so you know) and have raised a lot of issues about ethics from various agencies.

Most companies have now turned to synthetic musk because of the high cost of the animal in recent times and quite unfortunately, the Poachers do get to still hunt and kill these animals to get the musk that is located inside their abdomen and sell at a ridiculously priced value.

Oud

The Arab Emirates classifies Oud as the smell of success, so if you were wondering about the true of substance of success. Gotten from the wood of Agar located in regions around Indian and South America, Oud is classified into two different varieties, one representing a more earthy feeling from the coast of India, and the other of a smokier quality from the far east.

Because of the time consuming and patient routine that accompanies the process of converting wood into liquid resins, a kilo of Oud according to Euro news, is said to produce just 1 millilitre of Resin and a 12 Millimetre of high-quality Oud resin fetching around 3,000 dollars. All of which is a labour of love to make sure that you the consumer gets just the right value for your money.

Bulgarian Rose

Bulgaria doesn’t show up in the news often but just so you know, they contribute to about 70% of the world’s rose oil. Each process from picking to cutting goes through a painstaking process like the rest of the ingredients (and some minimum wage earners too) after which it goes in fir willowing and then for distillation.

All of which puts the price of the flower at $223 for 1/8 ounce of this essential rose oil on the natural essential oil retailer mountainherbs.com.

Also, while it may take about 8,000 pounds of Jasmine to make an ounce of oil, it takes over 10,000 rose flowers to produce just one pound of the Rose oil (Source: Byrdie.com)

Orris

Extracted from the beautiful, white Iris flower bulb of age 2-5 years in maturity. The Orris is an essential oil that has been termed the most expensive of all the essential oils because of the difficulty in cultivating it from a ton of Iris flowers which is a lot if you ask me produces only about 4.4 pounds of the oil.

Asides from their ingredient composition these fragrances are packaged in some of the most uniquely designed bottles, sometimes hand crested with choice gems and stones with the scarcer a gem used in creating its package, the more the mullah is requested.

So, you are not only allowed to purchase other non-liquid assets because with their addition of Precious stones and gems handmade to suit your exquisite taste, you have an investment that might come through for you in the long run.

Here are a few things to know about the usefulness of collecting bottles of perfume encasing as you build your way to the top:

• Recycling bottles can help contribute to a safer climate for all

After every final consumption, it is important to disassemble the casings, rinsing them thoroughly and sending them out for recycling. But you would need to know if your perfume bottle is recyclable. To do this, check directly under the bottle for the triangular symbol of recycling with the number in it. 

Some of the numbers used to group the kind of material your bottle might be to help in making an informed decision. From a quick guide on fragrance x, these numbers represent the different glass materials for a perfume bottle, including:

• 70 for clear glass
• 71 for green glass
• 72 for brown glass
• 79 for Gold-backed glass which can often be the case when you purchase it as a high-end product. 

Due to the idea that perfume bottles might not be of any use, some local recycling companies might not be up to recycling perfume bottles. An alternative to that would be but calling the manufacturers themselves to inquire if they would need the bottles for use again, that is they are still intact for reuse. (Source: Fragrantica X)

• Perfume bottles can also be put on sale for DIYS users and co.

If you were wondering how else to go about making the best use of your perfume bottle, then selling it might also be a great way to do so. Particularly for the Do-it-yourself perfumers who are always looking for something pretty to store their products, a used perfume bottle is usually the go-to preferably if it is pretty.

You could auction these empty bottles on different online sites including Etsy which is particularly useful for collectors and crafters looking for stuff like that to buy. Facebook and EBay also work pretty well with a reasonable price as a tag.

• And if you are collecting for your own use, you can always upcycle them for more purposeful uses like:

Converting them into flower vases to dip all those beautiful stalks you love in it. This can be placed at the centre of the dining or by the window sill. It is also a really beautiful way to keep your room lively.

• Convert into a diffuser

Perfume bottles also work well if you are looking for something to help diffuse natural fragrance in your own home such as reed. Add a favourite oil from any category into a clean bottle of perfume with the reed or a bamboo extract added. Spray around your house for a cleaner, more natural smelling fragrance. 

• Old perfume bottles can also work as Oil burners. 

Scented candles are made to give rise to beautiful smells around your house and what is the work of a fragrance bottle if not to provide adequate fragrance. Which makes your old perfume bottles the perfect choice to provide an alternative for alternative scent solutions such as oil burners.

DIY lords swear by this old but gold technique which works by pouring some lamp oil into the perfume bottle add a wick to its top to light. It can also be spruced a bit with flowers for added fragrance.

• For creating a bud vase

With little wildflowers and a few little berries cut open here and there in an empty perfume bottle, could go a long way in providing just the right amount of awesome scent around places like the kitchen, bedroom or in tiny corners of your house

• As a DIY hair storage container

Bobby pins and ribbons, hairbrushes and tiny Combs, perfume bottles can serve as a great storage for this piece of accessories. Spruced up nice and pretty particularly around the neck of the jar with beads or ribbons, to help keep the collection in an organised manner without ruining the collection.

• As a Glass sachet for Closets and Shelves.

Particularly or expansive bottles like this one, there will be leftovers in not that hold lingering scent. So, to get the last drops of these on your dresses while they are still hung out in the shelves, tie a string around the neck of the perfume and put hang inside your cupboard for great results. Works like magic.

• For holding Candles

Because of the shape of the perfume’s lid, it makes for a great candle holder and can guarantee you a safe wax burning without fear of getting wax around. It is also great for burning candle incense

There are also other ways to go about to go about doing this, but these are the few we could come up with. Do-it-yourself are perfect ways to creatively convert your perfume bottles into good use so however you choose, always bear in mind that you are doing no wrong.

Conclusion

Finally, all these best perfumes under $5000 have one thing in common, their originality and unique approach to perfumery made to suit your deepest desire in a beautifully crafted bottle.

While expensive does not necessarily mean excellent, a few of these are sure to give you just the right value for your money if you buy from the right source.