Humidors are simple enough in concept: a box with a tight-fitting seal around the opening and a humidification device to keep your cigars in good condition. But sometimes, a humidor needs to be more than a simple box and that’s when the variable of size and style come into play.

If you need to humidify thousands of cigars, you’ll either need a special room adapted for the purpose or some converted, room-sized wine cellars/wine cabinets. But for a smaller collection that needs to be housed in special style, you’ll need to think about a special humidor, probably from Europe.

The famed Michel Perrenoud firm, headquartered in Switzerland, has long provided some of the most intriguing humidors on the market: as part of an armchair, controlled over the Internet or using a biometric fingertip reader to unlock the box.

But if you want a work of art – and are willing to pay for it – perhaps the HavaCube is for you.

Made in Paris, the HavaCube was developed by Vincent Loret, who created a storage unit that includes both temperature control and a humidification system that he designed and patented. The project took 14 years for Loret to bring his first model, the Cube, to market in 2004. It was followed by the MiniCube in 2005 and MicroCube in 2007.

The Cube holds up to 800 cigars and stands 45 inches tall; the MiniCube has room for 500 (27 inches tall) and the MicroCube is designed for 200 cigars and stands 21 inches high. All models feature a 3/4-inch-thick glass door and have a temperature and humidity control panel that can be seen without opening the humidor.

The HavaCube program is unique in that the humidification system doesn’t need to be refilled for up to an entire year! And while the interior features the expected Spanish Cedar, the exterior is covered in a choice of cow, ostrich or crocodile leather in your choice of 30 colors!

But Loret has taken the HavaCube to another level. He engaged noted artist David Kessel to paint individual humidors and create unique works of art (pictured above). Said Loret in an e-mail message referring to Ferraris, “But [a] model like Dino 206 GT 1967 is always a good investment and when you get one you can’t during all your life sell it because it’s a singular model!”

But art, like a Ferrari, does not come inexpensively. Prices of the HavaCube range from $15,000 for a “standard” MicroCube model up to about $60,000 for one of the David Kessel-painted models.