The Fragrance Foundation has announced the semi-finalists for this year’s Fifi Awards, known as the “Oscars of the fragrance industry”. Each category will be whittled down to 5 fragrances next month; the final awards will be presented in May. Note that Armani Cuir Amethyste, a unisex, appears under both the men’s and women’s categories, and there are 11 semi-finalists for nouveau niche men’s due to a tie. The new award statue is shown at right.
And the finalists are…
CEW (Cosmetic Executive Women) will hold their annual Beauty Awards on May 2. The finalists for this year's awards in fragrance are:
Bond no. 9 Scent of Peace
Vera Wang Princess
Donna Karan Gold
Estee Lauder Pure White Linen
Prada Tendre…
Serge Lutens was named Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture earlier this week…
Basenotes has announced the winners of the 7th Annual Basenotes Awards. The winners were chosen by the members of the Basenotes fragrance forums. And the winners are…
Best Fragrance
Women: Chanel no. 5
Men: Chanel Egoiste
Best New Fragrance
Women: Annick Goutal Songes
Men: Hermès Terre d'Hermès…
Italian perfumer Lorenzo Villoresi has won this year’s Prix François Coty, a prize given to “artistes parfumeurs” in recognition of their achievements in the field…