The Fragrance Foundation UK held their annual Fifi Awards ceremony yesterday in London, and the winners are:
Best New Prestige Fragrance
Women's: Estee Lauder Sensuous
Men's: Dolce & Gabbana The One for Men Update: the men's category was reported incorrectly on the Fifi blog, the award went to Paco Rabanne 1 Million. Many thanks to rickflorsck for the correction!
Best New Fragrance in Limited Distribution
Women's: Tom Ford White Patchouli
Men's: Gucci by Gucci Pour Homme
The Perfume Shop ‘People’s Choice’ Awards
Women's: Chloe by Chloe
Men's: Dolce & Gabbana The One for Men
Celebrity fragrance: Katie Price Besotted
(via myspace.com/fifiawards, where you can find the winners in other categories as well)
See also: the Fragrance Awards page.
Gucci by Gucci Pour Homme is “limited distribution”? Really??
Both it and D&G’s The One are nothing to write home about it in my opinion.
The “limited distribution” designation for the Fifis simply means it’s sold in fewer doors than other prestige scents…for the US, the same category is called “Nouveau Niche” and is used for scents sold in 51-250 stores…so, perhaps not the average consumer’s idea of “limited distribution”.
And should have said more clearly — I don’t know what the exact definition is for the UK, although you might be able to find it on their website.
Yea! White Patchouli! I love the bottle. If it really isn’t a hippie patch. I am interested.
I think I’m asking a question. Is it very spicy? I think it would make a good evening frag.
Besotted, It should also win the name award.
Click on the link for White Patchouli & you can read the review.
Where can you find White Patchouli in stores in the U.S?
Neiman Marcus has it, can’t remember who else.
Yes, also Bergdorf, Saks and Nordstrom have it.
Thanks…mind was entirely blank.
Yay Sensuous! I know it’s not a work of art but I really like it! It’s lovely.
Well, Paris Hilton won a FiFi award so I guess it doesn’t mean much.
I like it too 🙂
In both the UK and US FiFi webpages, the winner of the Men’s Best New Prestige Fragrance for the UK FiFi Awards appears to be 1 MILLION, Paco Rabanne, not The One for Men, Dolce & Gabanna. I wonder why it initially appeared to be The One in the FiFi blog.
Many thanks — I’ve corrected the article!
1 Million? It’s HIDEOUS!!! What a clunky, ugly progression from top to base notes that is. A crass, unrefined fragrance of the first order. Yuk.
I’ve never smelled it, so can’t say! Kevin seemed to like it better than you did, although he didn’t exactly love it either.