The 1st annual Artisan Fragrance Salon was held in San Francisco July 8, 2012. In addition to the exhibits, camaraderie and events, "People's Choice" awards were given in ten categories.
The results of the First Annual Artisan Salon Fragrance Awards are in and 40 note Perfume by Miriam Vareldzis and newcomer COGNOSCENTI are the big winners, but there are plenty of gold, silver and bronze medals to go around!
Best Packaging: Gold 40 Notes Perfume Silver COGNOSCENTI Bronze– Ineke
Best Ingredient Combinations: Gold COGNOSCENTI Silver EnVoyage Perfumes Bronze Parfums DelRae
Best Aroma: Gold: COGNOSCENTI Silver: 40 Notes Perfume Bronze: Sarah Horowitz Perfumes
Most Unique: Gold: COGNOSCENTI Silver: tie-SmellBent and Velvet and Sweet Pea Purrfumery Bronze: tie-Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfume and Divine Life perfume
Top All Around Product Line: Gold 40 Notes Perfume Silver COGNOSCENTI Bronze tie Yosh, Ineke, EnVoyage Perfumes, Sonoma Scent Studio and Velvet’s and Sweet Pea Purrfumery
Top Artisan Perfumer: Gold 40 Notes Perfume Silver tie- Yosh, COGNOSCENTI Bronze Parfums DelRae
Best Gift Set: Gold: 40 Notes Perfume Silver tie- Ineke, Smellbent and COGNOSCENTI Bronze tie -Divine Life Perfume, EnVoyage Perfumes,Sonoma Scent Studio and Velvet & Sweet Pea's Purrfumery
Best ALL Natural Perfume: Gold Velvet & Sweet Pea's Purrfumery Silver tie- 40notes Perfume, COGNOSCENTI, Ayala Moriel Parfums Bronze tie Sonoma Scent Studio,Sarah Horowitz Parfums
Most Seductive: Gold tie- COGNOSCENTI, Yosh Silver Sarah Horowitz Parfums Bronze tie- EnVoyage Perfumes,Sonoma Scent Studio
Best new product: Gold COGNOSCENTI Silver EnVoyage Perfumes Bronze tie- Sonoma Scent Studio,Velvet & Sweet Pea's Purrfumery, 40notes Perfume
The three official fragrances of the 2012 Taste Awards (Best in Salon) are 40 Notes, Yosh and COGNOSCENTI which were also selected as the "Official Luxury Fragrances" of the 4th Annual TASTE AWARDS in Hollywood.
Congratulations from all of us at CaFleureBon
Via press release: TASTE TV