Institute of Art and Olfaction Awards 2015 Winners #AOAwards

saskia wilson brown  art and olfaction 2015 awards

Saskia Wilson Brown, Director ot The Institute of Art and Olfaction

The Institute of Art and Olfaction presented the 2015 awards at the Goethe Institute last night in LA in three categories: Artisan, Independent and Experimental, to a standing room only crowd of fragrance enthusiasts from around the world. Unlike other competitions, the judging was blind and the names and packaging were not known.  There was a four point criteria according to Saskia Wilson Brown, the founder of The Institute of Olfaction…. First, general impressions. Secondly, from top to drydown. Intentionality was the third criteria and finally, the X factor.

the institute of art and olfaction awards golden pear

The Golden Pear Award Institute Art and Olfaction

The winners of the Golden Pear awards are:

sarah horowitz thran judge  and perfumer

ARTISAN  Sarah Horowitz Thran, artisan perfumer and judge introduced this category

isabelle  michaud artisan winner eau de celeri

WINNER Eau de Céleri, by Monsillage 
Perfumer: Isabelle Michaud
 Monsillage.com
Montreal, Canada presented by IAO  board member Adolfo Nodal

woodcut ellen covey winner art and olfaction 2015

WINNER Woodcut, by Olympic Orchids
Perfumer: Ellen Covey 
OlympicOrchids.com
 Seattle, USA
 Presented by Daniel Kraskowski

 

steve gontarski scent bar artist judge

INDEPENDENT presented by Steven Gontarski of Scent Bar and awards judge

jessica hannah of canoe  for skive

WINNER:Skive, by Canoe
Perfumer: Jessica Hannah
 CanoeGoods.com
 Austin, USA Presented by  Christina Fiduccia

luca maffei winner for acca kappa

Luca Maffei

WINNER Black Pepper & Sandalwood, by Acca Kappa 
Perfumer: Luca MaffeiAccaKappa.com/
Treviso, Italy presented by Brent Leonesio

Famous Deaths Creative Team Marcel van Brakel, Frederik Duerinck, Wander Eikelboom, Caro Verbeek

EXPERIMENTAL (SADAKICHI ) Awards WINNER Famous Deaths 
Creative Team: Marcel van Brakel, Frederik Duerinck, Wander Eikelboom, Caro Verbeek
 Venue: Museum of the Image (MOTI), Holland
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yosh han   institute of art and olfaction winner 2014

Yosh Han, last year's winner in the Independent category  2014 for Koenig closed the ceremony

 

finalists 2015 art and olfaction awards

The Finalists of the Art and Olfaction Awards 2015

CaFleureBon is a proud media partner  for The Art and Olfaction awards. Congratulations to the winners. Thanks to Stevie Wilson of LA Story for  forwarding me the winners names live from the Event. All photos from @artandolfaction instagram #AOAwards

Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief

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  • How exciting to see  transparent judging. I just read your Eau de celeri and wood cut reviews I will definitely get both so I am not entering the draw for celeri. Also googled Luca Maffei and read his perfumer article. I was most fascinated with the experimental winners from Holland who used scebt to recreate the JFk shooting Great job to the institute and very glad it is there If I go to LA I will visit for sure