We are now accepting entries for the 2008 Prix Eau Faux, our contest to reward excellence in “creative fragrance writing”, e.g., faux ad copy.
We have assembled a distinguished panel of judges, including several of us from Now Smell This (me, Angela, Kevin, Erin and Jessica), Marina from Perfume Smellin' Things and Katie from Scentzilla.
The judges will select a group of semi-finalists, and then the readers will vote on a grand prize winner…
Kevin has spoken (ok, I chimed in) and the name of our upcoming fake fragrance ad copy contest (if you missed the initial contest post, see here) is Prix Eau Faux, which seemed like an appropriate blend of ludicrous, pretentious and vaguely plausible — the very qualities the contest is all about. It also sounds silly if you say it out loud.
Thank you to everyone who entered the pre-contest contest! Rosewater, we tweaked your entry but you're still the winner. To claim your prize (or more accurately, "prize"), send your details to nowsmellthis at comcast dot net.
We'll post the details of the "real" contest some time in the next couple weeks, and will probably be taking entries throughout January.
Tomorrow is the last day to enter our contest to name our faux ad copy contest.
Update: we’ll be taking entries through Tuesday, November 27.
One of the joys of posting about new fragrances is the chance to quote all the gloriously over-the-top ad copy. My own personal favorite from the past year is still By Kilian’s “Beneath the pseudoinnocence displayed by Bergamot from Calabria…”. Can you do better? Several commenters over the past year have suggested that we run a contest to find out. So, in the spirit of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, we will. We’re still working out the details, but essentially entrants will be be asked to write a couple of paragraphs introducing their new perfume house and its debut fragrance.
But first, we need a name…