Million-Dollar DKNY Perfume: For a Good Cause or Totally Tacky?

by SodaHead Living Posted 2011/12/08 22:00:00

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We feel guilty when we drop $50 on a perfume, never mind $1 million. Celebrity jeweler Martin Katz partnered with designers at DKNY to create perhaps the world's fanciest fragrance, which will be sold to benefit the international charity Action Against Hunger, according to The Daily Mail.

So why the hefty price tag? The perfume bottle, carved from yellow and white gold, is encrusted with 2,700 round brilliant white diamonds weighing 15.17 carats. The Manhattan skyline is shaped out of 183 golden yellow sapphires, which are set into top quality white gold, according to the Mail. The cap is topped off with a 2.43 carat flawless vivid yellow canary diamond, and the whole product took more than 1,500 hours to make.

Victoria's Secret model Chanel Iman launched the scent at the DKNY store in New York this week (no, you don't get a date with her when you spend the $1 million). While this perfume is certainly for a good cause, the finished product is kind of tacky and ostentatious. Oh well -- we don't exactly have a million bucks to drop on a perfume anyway. And even if we did, we're not sure this one would be for us. What do you think?

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Jay Calderone 2011/12/09 04:50:31

Totally tacky

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Akes88 2011/12/25 17:23:36

Totally tacky

i'm kinda undecided. If you have the money, it is going to a good cause, but what percentage actually goes to charity and how much does DKNY keep? Plus, I think they woulda made more $ 4 both charity and themselves if it had been reasonably priced and more people had access to it. I feel like the product says, "here's ur handout, poor people. don't come near my mansion", and that makes it tacky.

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Jeremiah 2011/12/13 23:55:14

For a good cause

Just completely insane

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Peewee 2011/12/13 04:52:02

For a good cause

No different than like a PBS station giving gifts in return for a donation, just on a different scale. I would rather see people give what they can to causes they believe in than gubmint taking your $$ and spending it on what it sees fit. If you can afford it, go for it!

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Allie 2011/12/10 19:31:40

For a good cause

The money would be donated to a good cause :)

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Hales 2011/12/09 21:31:37

Totally tacky

Oh sure, the bottle is truly worthy of a million dollars, but is the scent of the perfume worth it?

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jere.chievres 2011/12/09 20:41:59

Totally tacky

Completely stupid

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ellomotto 2011/12/09 20:29:28

Totally tacky

Why not just take all that money they wasted on the perfume bottle and donate it to the charity?

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Jordan Thomas 2011/12/09 20:04:14

For a good cause

+1
The bottle is vile! But the money is not being wasted! At least it's going to some kind of charity!

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michelle 2011/12/09 20:03:59

Totally tacky

But how much did it cost to make.... and how much is actually going to the charity......... TACKY

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music7car 2011/12/09 19:38:27 (edited)

Totally tacky

+1
It is for a good cause, but they're doing it wrong .....

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JayAppleBee 2011/12/09 19:37:01

Totally tacky

Yeah, it's for a good cause, but why on earth do they have to make $1 million perfume (which really the price only comes from the bottle itself) as the only means to give to charity? Stupid! Plus, I bet the perfume doesn't even smell that great!

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I<3Edward 2011/12/09 19:08:43

For a good cause

the money is not being wasted...although, it is quite ugly.

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BigKwell 2011/12/09 19:07:56

Totally tacky

Who's going to buy it... except for the 1%?

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Peewee to BigKwell 2011/12/13 04:55:13

They certainly are not buying it for the bottle...but they are for the cause. Don't get down on someone who's helping others, it's not like a tax. They don't "have" to spend the money helping others, but they are.

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Anna E 2011/12/09 18:36:44 (edited)

For a good cause

Doesn't look all that ugly to me. Iwon't be spending money on the stuff, though.

It kind of reminds me of Faberge eggs:

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Amber Wasper 2011/12/09 17:50:14

For a good cause

+1
Who cares how tacky it is, if someone is willing for fork out tons of money for a good cause.

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Peewee to Amber W... 2011/12/13 04:55:55

Amen

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moviebuff 2011/12/09 17:41:50

Totally tacky

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That must be some powerful stuff. Let me just throw a $1 million at it (roll of the eyes). It's definetly for the people who have that money just laying around their house. If I had a million I would spend it on alot of things perfume ain't one of them.

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Peewee to moviebuff 2011/12/13 04:57:08

It's for a charity.... Don't be jealous that some can. At least they are helping others voluntarily.

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moviebuff to Peewee 2011/12/22 17:01:01

It's good that it's for charity. But in the end is more for the greater good of the company. That's called increasing brand awareness not jealousy. Why can't they just write a check for a million and contribute to the cause that way? instead they are investing millions more to create this perfume and millions in advertising and press basically creating a whole show. So that the public can see how wonderful and generous they are, I swear these people are alike.

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Peewee to moviebuff 2011/12/22 22:30:02 (edited)

People like me never hear about things like that for sale...but I never looked at it that way.

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misterz 2011/12/09 17:30:12

Totally tacky

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Cathy 2011/12/09 16:50:08

For a good cause

+1
I love it; it's simply beautiful and for a very good cause (Action Against Hunger)! No, I can't afford to buy it, but there are rich people out there could can (the rich & famous)!

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pewpew zappy gun 2011/12/09 16:45:29

Totally tacky

Rich people do nothing for a good cause

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Peewee to pewpew ... 2011/12/13 05:07:23

NOT TRUE! You just don't hear about it. They just don't brag about it like Hollywood stars do. Most Americans are as generous as they can be.

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Lindsay Niles 2011/12/09 16:11:27

Totally tacky

I don't see why the value of the bottle wasn't just donated instead. Sure, it's not going to be worth quite as much, but it all seems like such a waste to just sit on some celebrity's dresser. What can you do with a perfume bottle? Nothing, that's what. It was made by a jeweler.. He should have at least made a wearable piece of art instead of this thing.

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Kigan 2011/12/09 14:59:30

Totally tacky

Throwing away money on crap.

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Poetic Ramblings 2011/12/09 14:55:26

Totally tacky

"Sold to benefit." What percent of the profits are they actually donating? And how many people will buy it because they rationalize, "hey, it's for a good cause."

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kasey17 2011/12/09 14:46:13

Totally tacky

+1
It better smell damn good!!!

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the fuze 2011/12/09 13:30:02

Totally tacky

+1
Why can't people just give without having to have something for doing it?

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Neon_Flame 2011/12/09 13:15:00

Totally tacky

+1
Sure its a good cause... But 1 million for 1 bottle of perfume... Just WOW! If someone has that much to spend on perfume... They should give it to the cause anyway

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GemmaRose<3 2011/12/09 10:10:18

Totally tacky

Who has $1million to waste on such sh*t !!!!

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Bruno Costa 2011/12/09 08:29:55

For a good cause

+1
Motherf*cker!

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Kip 2011/12/09 06:55:04

For a good cause

Normally I would call this pathetic, however; if the proceeds are going to the charity, then I concur...

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Kristy 2011/12/09 06:42:21

Totally tacky

ok thats tooo far cmon 1 million for a perfume... sorry i would rather buy a cheap one that smells better than the expensive

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♥Gabs1697♥ 2011/12/09 05:31:38

Totally tacky

Hardly two or three such perfumes will be sold

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aurelie 2011/12/09 05:20:19

For a good cause

+1
I would NEVER in a MILLION years buy something like this but when you think about it, it really is for a good cause. And you gotta admit, the bottle is really pretty.

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ToxicChili to aurelie 2011/12/09 11:36:35

Yeah I agree. Although its tacky it also looks kind of nice - my girlfriend loves sparkly things, unforunately its a little out of my price range lol.

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sammanilla 2011/12/09 05:09:40

For a good cause

It's beautiful and a lot of people have that kind of money. I wish I knew them but they are there.

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Jay Calderone 2011/12/09 04:50:31

Totally tacky

+3

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