Touted as one of the most expensive fragrances available on the mainstream market when it was first launched in 2005, Silver Rain perfume is adored by women whom luxuriate in its rich, lip-smacking gourmand goodness.

Swiss cosmetic/perfume company La Prairie is perhaps best known for its high-end skin care and cosmetics line; however, Silver Rain has fast become the scent that defines this house. It is a dewy, mouth-watering blend of luscious fruits, rich flowers and precious woods.

La Prairie has pulled out all the stops in creating this eau de parfum, as they generously use components such as green apple, red peppercorns, Moroccan red rose, gardenia, Indian tuberose, star magnolia, creamy vanilla, tonka bean, red sandalwood and patchouli in such a way as to create one of the most enduring, opulent scents seen in recent times. It has a distinctive, juicy nectar-like quality that bewitches and beguiles.

A somewhat linear composition, Silver Rain does not evolve from top to bottom, as many scents do, but rather stays the same from beginning to end. If you enjoy voluptuous perfumes like Victor and Rolf's Flowerbomb or Thierry Mugler's Angel, then Silver Rain should be high on your "must-try" list!

Silver Rain possibly takes the prize for the prettiest (and most literal) flacon design, with its stunningly mirrored raindrop bottle and rain-flecked box. As you'd expect, it's class and magnificence all the way.