Art And Olfaction Awards 2023 logo courtesy of Art And Olfaction
The 2023 Art And Olfaction Awards Winners were announced on Thursday May 11, 2023 at the historic Cicada Club in Los Angeles. Scent Week highlighted the finalists, perfumers, conferences and other events,(including an art exhibition by former ÇaFleureBon Contributor Romanian artist Cristian Marianciuc and his Olfactory Peregrinations). In addition all the finalists were displayed at Scent Bar L.A. The ceremony was livestreamed on INSTAGRAM @artandolfaction
As always, the fragrances were evaluated without knowing the name nor the perfumer, blind judging (to remove personal bias and the judges received no compensation. 2023 judges here).
The 2023 Art And Olfaction Awards Winners: Independent Category
Fuchsrot Men, by Bodé Studios
Perfumer: Andreas Wilhelm for Bodé Studios, Switzerland
Creative Director: Lino Bottani
Ierofante, by Parfums Quartana
Perfumer: Luca Maffei for Parfums Quartana, USA
Creative Director: Joseph Quartana
The 2023 Art And Olfaction Awards Winners: Artisan Category
Tobacco Smeraldo, by Miguel Matos
Perfumer: Miguel Matos, Portugal
Perfumer: Benjamin Esposito, USA
The 2023 Art And Olfaction Awards Winners: Sadakichi Award for use of scent in an experimental and unconventional manner
Salt Flowers, by Peter de Cupere,
Perfumer: Peter de Cupere, Belgium
In addition to the above, the Art and Olfaction Awards honors excellent work with three discretionary awards:
Aftel Award for Handmade Perfume: La Tacita De Cafe, Extrait, by Day Three Fragrances
Perfumer: Michael Paul, USA
The Contribution to Scent Culture Award: Black Perfumers Collective
The Septimus Piesse Award for Exceptional Vison: Maak Lab Taylor Ahlmark and Anoria Gilbert
In 2023, The Art and Olfaction honorable mentions in the Independent and Artisan Categories
In the Artisan category:
American Pharaoh by Folkwinds (USA)
Enlightenment by Christèle Jacquemin (France)
Lunar Dust by Mabelle O’rama (England)
No. 44 by COGNOSCENTI (USA)
Red Skies by Maher Olfactive (USA)
In the Independent category:
Ceremony by In Fieri (USA)
Corpalium by Marlou (France)
Gold Spot by Sarah Baker (England)
Tong Ren by Elementals (Germany)
White Whale by Masque Milano (Italy)
Photo graciously provided by Meo and Federica Fusciuni© (Meo Fusciuni is a 2023 Finalist in The Artisan Category for Encore du temps)
Congratulations to Founder and President Saskia Wilson Brown (front row making a peace ✌🏼 sign),the A +O team, judges, presenters, the Art And Olfaction Awards Winners 2023 and to the Finalists and Honorable Mentions
Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief
For more go to The Art and Olfaction Awards – The Institute for Art and Olfaction
ÇaFleureBon has been a media partner with The Institute of Art and Olfaction since 2016
Special thanks to Senior Contributor Rachel K. Ng for her assistance.
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