At Harry Denton's Starlight Room, bartender Jacques Bezuidenhout has started quite a buzz with his latest cocktails. Everyone wants one. The only problem is, some of them cost upwards of $200. You heard right—two Benjamins for just one drink.

The Million Dollar Cocktails, as they're called, are part of the new international trend of status drinks that combine premium ingredients with built-in bragging rights. What could a cocktail possibly contain to warrant such an outrageous price tag? Well, for that $200 you get a drink called the Angel's Share, which is a blend of Remy Martin Louis XVIII cognac with a walnut liqueur, a 20-year-old port, and Chartreuse, served in a heated snifter. Very elegant indeed. 

The outrageousness doesn't stop there. For a mere $80, you can get the popular Heavenly Dram, made with 25-year-old Macallan whiskey, sherry, and honey syrup. The $90 Elegancia features Herradura Seleccion Suprema tequila mixed with wine, tea from the mountains of Cape Town, and orange bitters. There's even the over-the-top $650 Drinking the Stars cocktail—although since it's an entire liter and a half of Dom Perignon and a decanter of Chateau de Ravignan 1979 Armagnac infused with vanilla, orange peel, and raisins, it's not really fair to call it a cocktail. But for the amount that some people pay in rent, they'd better give you the bottle.

Bezuidenhout pours these drinks at the long-running Wednesday night Indulgence Party. The average status drinker is in his late twenties or early thirties, he says, and is "willing to try new things and has the money to do so." Mostly, though, he says "they want to impress a girl or friends."

Have Courvoisier dreams but more of a Corona budget? Hang out at the bar, and keep your ears peeled for "The next round is on me."