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17th Basenotes Perfume Awards Finalists Announced

Posted on 15 March 202315 January 2024 by Grant Osborne

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We’ve totalled up the rankings for 2022’s best fragrances, and Basenotes is pleased to announce the Finalists for the 17th Basenotes Perfume Awards. The winners will be announced on Wednesday 29th March. w/c 3rd April (Sorry for delay, been unwell)

Best Artisan Perfume

• Beauty and the Beast (Areej Le Doré)
• Kiste (2022 Version) (Slumberhouse)
• Orpheus (Clandestine Laboraties)
• Oqachol (Prin)
• Tigerwood (Ensar Oud)

Best Indie Fragrance

• Belle Âme (Les Abstraits)
• Gris Charnel Extrait (BDK)
• Scorpio Rising (Eris Parfums)
• Sleight of Fern (Masque)
• Vintage Suede (Cremo)

Best Fragrance from a Major House

There will be three winners: one feminine, one masculine, and one non-gendered

• Armani Code Parfum (Armani)
• Dans le Bleu qui Pétille (Serge Lutens)
• Dior Homme Cologne (2022)
• Gentleman Eau de Parfum Reserve Privée
• Narciso Rodriguez for Him Bleu Noir Parfum
• Opus XIV : Royal Tobacco (Amouage)
• Shalimar Millesime Tonka (Guerlain)
• Le Vestiaire des Parfums : Babycat (YSL)
• Libre Le Parfum (YSL)
• Violette Volynka (Hermès)

Best Perfumer

• Mathilde Bijaoui
• François Demarchy
• Françis Kurkdjian
• Mathilde Laurent
• Amandine Marie

Best Independent Perfumer

• Marc-Antoine Corticchiato
• Jono Bornstein
• Josh Lobb
• Elizabeth Moores
• Sven Pritzkoleit

Best Major House

• Cartier
• DSquared2
• Maison Françis Kurkdjian
• Azzaro
• Tom Ford

Best New House

• Akro
• Clandestine Laboratories
• Folkwinds
• Frater Perfumes
• Les Abstraits

Best Independent House

• Les Abstraits
• Arquiste
• Eris Parfums
• Masque
• Zoologist Perfumes

Best Online Perfumery

• Fragrance Net
• Fumerie
• LuckyScent
• Maxaroma
• Notino

Best Perfumery (NA)

• Fumerie
• Ministry of Scent
• Perfumology
• The Scent Room
• Scent Bar

Best Perfumery (EU)

• Bloom, UK
• Harrods Salon de Parfums, UK
• Jovoy, France
• Les Sentuers, UK
• Lulua, Poland

Best Artisan House

• Bogue Profumo
• Folkwinds
• Slumberhouse
• Papillon Artisan Perfumes
• Parfum d’Empire

Best Fragrance Packaging for 2022

• Bois Dormant by Céline
• Cardinal by Zoologist Perfumes
• Fame by Paco Rabanne
• Opus XIV : Royal Tobacco by Amouage
• Paradoxe by Prada
• Sycomore Parfum by Chanel

Basenotes Hall of Fame

• Feminité de Bois by Shiseido / Serge Lutens
• L’Air du Désert Marocain by Tauer
• Joy by Jean Patou
• Kouros by YSL
• No 19 by Chanel
• Polo by Ralph Lauren

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  Grant Osborne

  Grant Osborne lives by the sea, and is the founder and editor of Basenotes.

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Showing 16 thoughts on 17th Basenotes Perfume Awards Finalists Announced

1. It's always fun and surprising to see what's in the running and which fragrance fellow Basenoters have chosen in each category.

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3. Serge Lutens is mainstream? 😲

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5. Serge Lutens is mainstream? 😲

   Only on Basenotes!

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7. Serge Lutens is mainstream? 😲

   I think Mainstream is the wrong word!
   
   I need a word that says, these are big brands, with wide distribution, owned by other companies.

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9. I think Mainstream is the wrong word!
   
   I need a word that says, these are big brands, with wide distribution, owned by other companies.

   I think you said it yourself - big brands might be a good description?
   
   Also I think part of the feminine fragrances are actually branded unisex... Maybe we need three separate categories and include unisex?

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11. I think you said it yourself - big brands might be a good description?

    
    Yeah - I think last year I called it Major Brands
    
    

    Also I think part of the feminine fragrances are actually branded unisex... Maybe we need three separate categories and include unisex?

    
    I think I'll combine them all in to one category and do a feminine, masculine, and non-gendered winner.

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13. Thanks everyone for the feedback :)

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15. I didn't expect Feminité de Bois by Shiseido / Serge Lutens to make the Basenotes Hall of Fame.

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17. Wow, just saw this! I'm incredibly honored to be included alongside such stiff competition and to be considered one of the best new houses. Thank you to everyone who made this possible, especially @grant

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19. Yeah - I think last year I called it Major Brands

    
    So much nicer than what I was going to call it....
    
    CORPORATE! :ROFLMAO:

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21. I'm such a bad Basenoter. I haven't tried a single one of the nominated indie, artisan, or majors scents. This is what happens when you get stuck in the vintage ghetto.
    
    Well, maybe I'll at least vote in the perfumer, house, and retailer categories.

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23. I'm such a bad Basenoter. I haven't tried a single one of the nominated indie, artisan, or majors scents. This is what happens when you get stuck in the vintage ghetto.
    
    Well, maybe I'll at least vote in the perfumer, house, and retailer categories.

    But - can we even vote at this point? I don't see a voting link in the article.

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25. But - can we even vote at this point? I don't see a voting link in the article.

    There was a voting link that showed up on the top of the screen but that was removed sometime ago.

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27. There was a voting link that showed up on the top of the screen but that was removed sometime ago.

    That's the old one and I voted then at the start of the year; as I understand, these top 5s are made from our previous votes. I'm wondering about voting for the finalists if there is voting for them...unless I missed that one!

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29. This is what happens when you get stuck in the vintage ghetto.

    I'm sure many would agree that that's a nice ghetto to get stuck in though!

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31. Pleased to see Mathilde Bijaoui make it to finals for best perfumer. I like her stuff, a lot!

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