In its inaugural year, the Art and Olfaction Awards received submissions from 14 countries on five continents. The Awards’ preliminary judges spent three weeks smelling and scoring the submissions in blind vials. The scores were tallied and averaged, and the ten top scorers in each category were selected as finalists, moving on to the second round of judging.Diverse in inspiration (from ripe blackberries to bathhouses, ancient emperors to New York streets), the perfumes represented here nonetheless all share several very crucial qualities: Inventiveness in intention, quality in execution, and excellence across the board. They will announce the winners in each category at the Art and Olfaction Awards on April 25, 2014 at the Goethe Institut in Los Angeles. In the meantime, please join us in congratulating our finalists.
INDEPENDENT CATEGORY: FINALISTS
Art and Olfaction defines an Independent Perfume House as an organization where the company oversees branding, production and bottling of the scent. The Independent Perfume House will be privately-owned (not owned by another larger public corporation), and operated with the owner’s direct oversight.
Christopher Street, Konig, Ashoka
Christopher Street by Charenton Macerations (USA) Ralf Schwieger and Douglas Bender
Ashoka by Neela Vermeire Creations (France) Bertrand Duchaufour
Feu Follet by Friede Modin (England)
Jardin Mystique by Friede Modin (England)
König by Yosh (USA) Yosh Han
FR!01/02 by Fragrance Republ!c (USA) Julie Masse
Sahraa Oud by Fragrance DuBois (France)
Only For Her by Hayari Parfums (France)
Blood Sweat Tears by Atelier De Geste (USA)
Disqualified – one of our finalists was unfortunately disqualified.
Amber Jobin (L), Mik, Tanja Bochnig (R)
ARTISAN CATEGORY: FINALISTS
Art and Olfaction defines an artisan perfume house as a perfumer-led business, where the perfumer creates the scents him or herself in hand-made batches, and oversees all aspects of production and marketing.
John Frum by Aether Arts (USA) Amber Jobin – CaFleureBon had the pleasure of introducing Amber Jobin to the world !
Mosaic by Imaginary Authors (USA) Josh Meyer
Lampblack by Bruno Fazzolari (USA) Bruno Fazzolari
Calling All Angels by April Aromatics (Germany) Tanja Bochnig
Owl by Sweet Anthem Perfumes (USA) Meredith Smith
Golden Hour by Artemisia Natural Perfumes (USA) Lisa Fong
Vesper by Mik Moi (USA) Mik
Blackbird by Olympic Orchids (USA) Ellen Covey
Sensei by Piotr Czarnecki (Poland)
Magnolia Esxentialis by Cristiano Canali (Italy/France)
About The Art and Olfaction Awards: The Art and Olfaction Awards celebrate creativity, innovation and excellence in global independent and artisan perfumery. We accomplish this through an annual judged award in two categories, launching with our first annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles on April 25, 2014. By specifically focusing on independent and artisan perfumers, the Art and Olfaction Awards hopes to generate support for independent perfumery, as a whole.
The Art and Olfaction Awards is a program of The Institute for Art and Olfaction, and was made possible through the generosity of the following supporters:
Presenting Sponsors:
L’Artisan Parfumeur
Lucky Scent
Venue Partner:
The Goethe Institut
Hotel Sponsor:
The Standard Hotel
Production Partners:
AutumnSeventy,
Beski Projekts
Scent Bar
via press release
-Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief
Editor's Note: It is with great pride that we post this list of deserving nominees. We are proud to be first exposure on a perfume blog for so many, especially the Western US perfumers.