Voting is now open for the 7th Annual Basenotes Fragrance Awards. This year, the awards are sponsored by Aedes de Venustas, and one lucky voter will win a $200 Aedes gift card.
The categories include best new fragrance, best overall fragrance, best packaging, best niche fragrance, best fragrance house, best fragrance blog and more. Voting is open until 12/31, and the winners will be announced next February.
The Fragrance Foundation of Germany has announced the finalists for the 2007 Duftstars awards, the German version of the Fifi awards for best fragrances. The nominees are:
Women’s Exclusive
Bond no. 9 Chinatown
Creed Love in White
Marc Jacobs Summer Splash Collection
Narciso Rodriguez for Her Eau de Parfum
Estee Lauder Youth Dew Amber Nude…
CosmétiqueMag, the "sister-publication" of cosmeticnews.com, held its 17th annual Oscar awards in Paris yesterday "to acknowledge excellence in the beauty industry." The fragrance awards went to:
Selective Fragrances
Women's: Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb
Men’s: Paco Rabanne Black XS
Unisex: Jean Paul Gaultier Gaultier2
Mass Market Fragrances
Women’s: Celine Dion Belong
Men’s: Adidas Blue Challenge Special Edition
The Perfumer of the Year award went to Olivier Polge of IFF.
Elizabeth Arden threw a party for Britney Spears yesterday to celebrate the success of her first three fragrance releases, Curious, Fantasy and In Control Curious:
Her first fragrance Curious, became the #1 launch worldwide in 2005, and the only new launch to make the top 20 list globally. In the US, Curious achieved a top 5 fragrance ranking among fragrances launched in the past decade…
CEW (Cosmetic Executive Women) has announced the winners of their annual Beauty Awards:
Women’s fragrance: Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely
Men’s fragrance: Ralph Lauren Polo Black..