Busy morning at Esxence 2018, with many new and exciting perfumes and scent stars to report. Wi-Fi issues continue at the venue, so I went back to the hotel to bring you the Art and Olfaction Awards Finalists 2018. At 1:00 GMT, The Art and Olfaction Awards Top Ten Finalists 2018 were announced to a packed conference room. Founder Saskia Wilson Brown presided. The globalization of artistic perfumery was apparent by the diversity of the finalists.
Artisan Category Finalists
Bee’s Bliss, Sonoma Scent Studio- Perfumer: Laurie Erickson (USA)
Chienoir, Bedeaux -Perfumer Amanda Beadle (U.K.)
Cigar Rum, Strangers Parfum -Perfumer Prin Lomros (Thailand)
Club Design, The Zoo- Perfumer Christophe Laudemiel (USA and Germany)
Impressions de Giverny, Fort and Manle, Perfumer Rasei Fort (Australia)
Morah, Pryn Parfum, Perfumer: Prin Lomros (Thaliand)
Silphium, Stora Skuggan, Tomas Hempel, Olle Hemmendorff (Sweden)
Touchstone, Aether Arts Perfume, -Perfumer Amber Jobin (USA)
Villa M, Paul Shutze Perfume-Perfumer Paul Shutze (UK)
Wonderly, House of Oud (Italy) Perfumer: Andrea Casotti
Independent Category Finalists
A.O.E.M by Bijon (perfumer Cecile Zarokian for Oliver Babic) Germany
ANKH SUN AMON by Anima Mundi (perfumer Christian Calabro and Andrea Cassati for Emilia Chinigo)
Cacao Azteque by Perris Monte Carlo (Perfumer Mathieu Nardin for Gian Luca Perris)
Elephant by Zoologist Perfumes (Perfumer: Chris Bartlett for Victor Wong) Canada
L’Eau de Virginie by Au Pays de la Fleur Oranger (Perfumer Jean-Claude Gigodot for Virginie Roux) France
London by Gallivant Perfumes (Perfumer: Karine Chevallier for Nick Steward) UK
Nuit de Bakelite by Naomi Goodsir (Perfumer: Isabelle Doyen for Naomi Goodsir and Renaud Coutadier (Australia/France)
Osang by Talismans-Collezione Preziosa (Perfumer: Giovanni Festa for Stefania Squeglia) Italy
Pink Heart v6 by Map of the Heart (Perfumer Jacques Huclier, Nisrine Grille for Sarah Blair, Jeffrey Darling and Giovanna Aicardi) Australia
Rose Oliver by Bastide (Perfumer Mathieu Nardin for Frederic Fekkai) France
Sadakachi Award Finalists
Olfactory Games by Maki Ueda (Japan)
Under the Horizon by Oswaldo Macia (Colombia/UK)
Smoke Flowers by Peter de Cupere (Belgium)
Congratulations to the Art and Olfaction Awards Top Ten Finalists 2018
The Winners will be announced April 21st at The Tabernacle, in London's Notting Hill.
–Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief