North Island in the Seychelles has 11 guest villas available for those who like to enjoy nature with a bit of comfort at a price of £1,500-2,400 per person per night. In addition to lounging around your gorgeous room, available activities include fly fishing, scuba diving, snorkelling, kayaking, biking and using the gym on site, all of which are high fun with a low environmental impact.Lonely Planet
North Island in the Seychelles has 11 guest villas available for those who like to enjoy nature with a bit of comfort at a price of £1,500-2,400 per person per night. In addition to lounging around your gorgeous room, available activities include fly fishing, scuba diving, snorkelling, kayaking, biking and using the gym on site, all of which are high fun with a low environmental impact.Lonely PlanetA luxurious 24-carat gold facial will set you back £400 for 90 minutes with a therapist, who will massage a hydrating compound into the skin before nano misting prepares it for 24-carat gold sheets to be placed on the face in a manner befitting an Egyptian goddess. Another misting is applied afterwards to lock in all the golden goodness, followed by a gentle massage just like the pharaoh Cleopatra used to receive.ForbesRéVive Intensité Volumizing Serum is made with keratinocyte growth factor, which is said to turn over dead skin cells eight times faster than normal skin. This super serum can help your loved one add volume to her frown lines and crow's feet, leaving her skin feeling renewed and vibrant. At £733.33 per 100ml, it better be good.ForbesMouawad's 1001 Nights Diamond Purse has been officially certified by Guinness World Records as the most expensive designer handbag in the world at a whopping $3.8 million. The heart-shaped purse is handcrafted from 18-carat gold and has 4,517 diamonds (4,356 colorless, 105 yellow, 56 pink) with a total weight of 381.92 carats. It was made by ten artisans and took a total of 8,800 hours to complete.ForbesClive Christian No 1 boasts that it is the world's most expensive perfume and it says so on the silver sterling and 24-carat gold-plated collared bottle. Along with rare natural ingredients, the British perfume house uses a twisted top design that was granted by Queen Victoria herself, so the special woman in your life is apt to feel majestic after dabbing on a bit of this exclusive perfume. It costs about £137,000 per 30ml and comes in a crystal bottle.Clive Christian PerfumeStuart Hughes, the British jeweler known for his expensive remakes of popular gadgets, is at it again, this time with a diamond-clad iPhone 4. The handmade bezel contains approximately 500 individual flawless diamonds, totalling more than 100 carats, and there are another 53 on the back. The navigation button is made of platinum and holds a single cut 7.4 carat pink diamond. At a price of £5 million, it is a real sparkler.mashableThis Swiss-made Chopard watch features three heart-shaped diamonds of 38 carats, surrounded by white and yellow flowery looking diamonds weighing 163 carats. It is a luxious time piece by any standards and Chopard made it just to show the world that it could. At a price of £16 million, it is the world's most expensive watch, so you better watch out.ChopardHouse of Borgezie founder Christopher Michael Shellis hit the jackpot when he came up with the idea of creating these gold and diamond shoes. Each pair is painstakingly crafted from solid gold and encrusted with 2,200 brilliant cut diamonds, totalling 30 carats. Bearing a price tag of £140,000, they are reportedly the world's most expensive shoes.Christopher Michael ShellisMouawad has done it again with the Nightingale of Kuala Lumpu, a silk and taffeta evening gown from its private collection. The dress is adorned with 751 diamonds, including a 70-carat pear-shaped stone at the centre of the bodice and a train encursted with even more of "a girl's best friend". At a price of £19 million, it is reputed to be the world's most expensive dress.MillionLooksThe lingerie giant Victoria's Secret made headlines by launching this Bombshell Fantasy Bra ahead of its fashion show in New York. Decorated with a starburst design, the one-off garment features 2,000 diamonds and has been priced at a fantastic £1.5 million.Victoria's SecretThe successful salvage of 145 bottles of champagne was achieved in June 2010 from a shipwreck in the Åland archipelago in Finland. The vintage champagne, which includes bottles of Veuve Clicquot, Juglar and Heidsieck, is thought to be among the oldest in existence. Although the name of the sunken vessel remains unknown, it has been speculated that the cargo was bound for the Russian Tsar's court in St Petersburg. Two bottles of the shipwrecked champagne went under the hammer in June at an exclusive auction in Mariehamn, Åland. They sold for £275,000 each. Were you one of the lucky buyers?Harpers Wine and Spirit
As Christmas closes in, we decided to take on the role of one of Santa's elves by helping you with your shopping.
By making a list (and checking it twice), we concentrated on presents that were sure to put a smile on the face of that special woman in your life.
From watches and holidays to champagne and lingerie, the most expensive gifts you could buy your loved one are all here.
