It’s award-season a-go-go at the moment, with spangles being dusted off and statuettes proudly polished. At The Perfume Society we’re lucky enough to smell beautiful things all day long, but sometimes we even get the chance take our noses out for the evening. Recently we were invited to the Love Perfume awards, voted for by staff and customers of The Perfume Shop throughout the UK. Now in its fifth year, the awards received over 10,000 votes received – the highest in the awards’ history.
Categories included Celebrity Launch, Bottle Design, Women’s and Men’s Launch and the much coveted title of Nose of the Year (not an award for the best looking nose, though that also applies, but the ‘metaphorical nose’ behind the fragrance brand and concept). The Perfume Experts’ Choice Award (first introduced last year) was again a popular category, voted for by staff who rated their top perfume launch of the year. The Love Perfume Awards were presented by The Perfume Shop’s Managing Director Gill Smith with her Leadership Team.
Always fascinating to see a vox-pop of which perfumes have hit the mark on the wider market, the big winners for 2015 are as follows:
Best Women’s Launch – Paco Rabanne Olympéa £40 for 30ml eau de parfum
Best Men’s Launch – Dior Sauvage £50 for 60ml eau de toilette
Best Celebrity Launch – Ari by Ariana Grande £23 for 30ml eau de parfum
Best Bottle Design – Marc Jacobs Decadence £49 for 30ml eau de parfum
Nose of the year (for Men’s fragrance) – David Beckham
Nose of the year (for Women’s fragrance) – Cara Delevingne
The Perfume Experts’ Choice Award – Gucci Bamboo £44.99 for 30ml eau de parfum
Classic Scent – Thierry Mugler Alien £49.50 for 30ml eau de parfum
Written by Suzy Nightingale
