Ten years ago, the first Art and Olfaction Awards took place in Los Angeles. As a media partner from the very beginning ÇaFleureBon is excited to share the information with our global community. Whether you are an established independent, experimental, artisan perfumer or just beginning, the judging is blind, done in two parts, so there is no brand bias. The 10th Art and Olfaction Awards  introduces a new category, “The Newcomer Award” which celebrates newcomers to the industry from a brand who launched their first fine fragrance product to market in 2023. The winners will be announced at The 10th Art and Olfaction Awards ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal (date and venue to be determined) in 2024 –Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief

What you need to know: The 10th Art and Olfaction Awards accept submissions from independent and artisan perfumers, and experimental practitioners with scent from all countries. The company producing the perfume must be either privately-owned, or owned by another privately-owned company with no more than four fine fragrance holdings in its brand portfolio.

Online submission forms are open between Dec. 1 – 31, 2023.
Submission packages must be received by Jan. 10, 2024.

+ Link to submissions information: https://thegoldenpears.com/submissions

+ Link to blog about how to submit: https://thegoldenpears.com/how-to-submit

Saskia Wilson Brown, founder and Executive Director at the 2023 awards in Miami

“Over the years, the awards have progressed from a small event of 80 to an international celebration that reaches thousands. Alongside the awards themselves, the organizing team has produced and presented core programs designed to expand awareness of and appreciation for independent work with scent. These programs, the Experimental Scent Summit, Scent Week LA, and the Biennial Scent Fair, have become an important marker of a greater shift towards indie and experimental practices with perfume. It’s a great olfactory renaissance, and the team behind the Art and Olfaction Awards are proud to do their part. –Saskia Wilson Brown, founder and Executive Director

The 10th Art and Olfaction Awards will present in the following categories:

The 10th Art and Olfaction Awards for Independent Perfume: 10 finalists, 2 winners

The Independent category is open to brands that employed an external perfumer or fragrance house to initiate and create the formula for the submitted perfume, which was then released under the brand’s name.

The 10th Art and Olfaction Awards for Artisan Perfume: 10 finalists, 2 winners

The artisan category is open to brands that are owned or co-owned (minimum 35% ownership) by the brand’s primary perfumer, who initiated and created the submitted perfume’s formula in-house.

 Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent: 5 finalists, 1 winner

This award is for creative or experimental practitioners who make use of scent in an unconventional or experimental manner that takes it out of the domain of traditional perfumery.

Art and Olfaction Award Aftel Award for Handmade Perfume:  1 winner

This award honors one outstanding, handmade perfume that made no use of outsourced compounding or expansion, at any stage of the process.

The 10th Septimus Piesse Visionary Award: 1 winner

This award is given on an annual basis to an outstanding person showing proof of exceptional vision with regards to how scent is used, developed, or imagined.

 The 10th Art and Olfaction Awards Contribution to Scent Culture Award: 1 winner

This award is given on an annual basis to an outstanding person who has made significant contributions to global public awareness and appreciation of practices with scent and perfumery.

The 10th Newcomers Award:1 winner

More details about each category can be found at thegoldenpears.com

From press release and my own synopsis-Michelyn