Indulgence
The ?King?s Button? iPhone 3G: Designed by the Austrian jeweller Peter Aloisson, this piece of technology will set you back by around Rs 12 crore! Its glittering sheen consists of solid 18 carat yellow gold, white gold, and rose gold, with a line of white gold encrusted with a total of 138 diamonds on the edges and, a rare 6.6 carat diamond on the home button!
Unforgettable journey
The Maharajas? Express: This is the train that takes luxury on the Indian tracks to a whole new level.
A joint venture between Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation and travel agency Cox and Kings, the train was recently flagged off. It consists of a Presidential Suite and deluxe cabins with five-star facilities for the guests. The royal railway treatment, of course, comes at a royal price of around Rs 1 lakh per night.
Melting moments
?Frrozen Haute Chocolate?: Ice creams are one of the most appealing and enticing forms of indulgence for most, especially considering the heat around. But this sundae is just going to raise the heat till it blows a hole in your pocket! Priced at $25,000 or around Rs 11 lakh, it better be sweet! It contains edible gold and you get to take home a gold spoon studded with chocolate coloured diamonds too. This dessert was created by a New York restaurant, Serendipity 3, in association with luxury jeweller Euphoria New York, and finds its name in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Royal abode
Royal Penthouse Suite, President Wilson Hotel, Geneva: At $ 53,000 a night, this super-posh suite is dripping with luxury worth every single penny of its astronomical price. It is actually the entire top floor of the hotel and has four bedrooms, six bathrooms, a cocktail lounge and a terrace with a dramatic view over the city, Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc. It also includes a drop-dead-gorgeous living room that has space for 40 guests! The sweet-suite life.
Timeless!
Louis Moinet Magistralis: It might not be the most expensive watch in the world, but it certainly can take you to the moon! That?s because it?s one-of-a-kind wristwatch containing real pieces of moon. This has been authenticated by the University of California. The price, too, seems to be heavenly, at Rs 3.9 crore.
The stud!
Satya Paul: The world?s most expensive tie is a product of
India! Designed by Satya Paul and the Suashish Diamond group, the tie studded with 261 diamonds of 77 carat each and made of pure silk with 150 grams of gold. It is priced at a whopping Rs 1 crore. Actor Salman Khan walked the ramp sporting the tie at its launch.
Golden shower
?Most Expensive Bath?: It uses not only the highest quality water?desalinated Hawaiian deep seawater blended with water from the polar ice caps?but also the finest ingredients. The bath also features rare and antioxidant-rich Sidr honey from the Hadramaut Mountains, moisturising pink salt found in the mountains of Peru, illipe butter harvested by hand from Bornean nuts, 100% organic jojoba oil, kokum butter and 24k gold. That?s not all, though, as the air is filled with the scent of white grapefruit, lotus flower, passion fruit, incense and sycamore wood. It is available at a number of luxury spas and resorts such as The Ritz Carlton Aspen Highland, The Four Seasons Maui or The Beverly Wilshire. It costs around Rs 23 lakh.
Sea king
Eclipse: Eleven guest cabins, two helipads, two swimming pools, three launch boats, an aquarium, and a mini-submarine, and an astronomical around Rs 5,400 crore, it all adds up to one super 560-foot-long yacht called the Eclipse! And that?s not all, as the Eclipse also includes a missile detection system to protect the high and mighty travelling on board. In addition to these, the yacht?s owner, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, got it beefed up with a laser system that prevents paparazzi from taking photos. Eclipse is a masterpiece by Blohm + Voss, of Hamburg, Germany.
Dreamwheels
The Dodge Tomahawk V10 superbike: It?s a mean speed machine that?s made for pumping adrenaline through your body. It notches up a maximum speed of 400 miles per hour and can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in just 2.5 seconds. It also comes with a mean price tag of about Rs 1.1 crore!
The right mix:
27.321: The name has a story. It was named the 27.321 because of the simple reason that the bar at which it is served, Sky View Bar, is located on the 27th floor of the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, which itself is 321 metres tall!
It is made with 55-year-old Macallan single malt Scotch whisky from the limited Lalique decanter ?Natural Colour?. It also featured in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2009 as the most expensive cocktail in the world, priced around Rs 3.4 lakh. Truly meant for the highly spirited!
