This morning the shortlist for The Jasmine Awards – the fragrance world’s coveted literary and visual awards – was published. We’d like to congratulate all the shortlisted finalists, below – but you’ll also hear a little ‘whoop’: our beautiful downloadable magazine, The Scented Letter, has been shortlisted in ‘Best Digital Experience’ category. Not once, but twice, for Issue 1 (which focused on lily of the valley), and Issue 4 (‘It’s All About The Bottle’).
We’d like to thank all our wonderful contributors, the team at The Perfume Society and especially the talented Jenny Semple, our designer, for helping The Scented Letter to make its mark in such a short time. It is, of course, one of the key benefits of belonging to The Perfume Society – and if you’d like to sign up, do it here).
Below, that list in full – and we’ll let you know the judges’ final verdicts on 18th March…!
BEST DIGITAL FRAGRANCE EXPERIENCE
Pop Art/Jan Masters (Harrods Magazine)
Dior’s Cuir Cannage Beguiles: The Most Artful of Inveiglers/Katie Chutzpah (katiechutzpah.com)
How to Get The Most Out of Your Fragrance/Lee Kynaston (fashionbeans.com)
Colour Code/Lee Kynaston (matchesfashion.com)
The Perfume Society Scented Letter: Issue 4/The Perfume Society Team
The Perfume Society Scented Letter: Issue 1/The Perfume Society Team
Opium/Thomas Dunckley (escentual.com)
Life on the Left Bank – YSL Rive Gauche/Thomas Dunckley (escentual.com)
THE JASMINE LITERARY AWARD
The Consolation of Dependence/Alex Musgrave (ODOU)
Once Upon A Scent/Cassie Steer (InStyle)
Reflection Eternal/Dana El Masri (ODOU)
What’s in Your Perfume?/Emine Ali Rushton (Psychologies)
Foraging for Mushrooms/Liam Moore (ODOU)
Journey Into Light/Neil Chapman (ODOU)
Sweet Smell of Succession/Vicci Bentley (How to Spend it)
THE JASMINE VISUAL AWARD
A Whiff of Danger (FT How To Spend It)
Harrods Fragrance Special: Love is in the Air (Harrods Magazine
Say It With Flowers (Shortlist)
Stallion Subtlety (Shortlist)
Beyond The Label (Vogue)
Fragrance – It’s All An Act (Woman & Home)
THE JASMINE AWARD FOR THE MOST CREATIVE VISUAL
Drinks on Me (Cosmopolitan)
Harrods Fragrance Special: Pop Art (Harrods Magazine)
Fine Fragrances (Marie Claire)
Made With Bite (Shortlist)
Tasting Notes (Stylist)
Be A Bridal Sensation (You and Your Wedding)
THE JASMINE SOUNDBITE AWARD – MAGAZINES
The Return of Lavender/Amerley Ollenu (Psychologies)
The Sexiest Scent I Know/Annabel Meggeson (Red Magazine)
Beauty Flash: Bloom at the Top/Francesca White (Tatler)
Is Your Perfume Bottle Half Empty or Half Full?/Maggie Mahboubian (ODOU)
Scents of Survival/Michelle Hather (Good Housekeeping)
My Kingdom for a McQueen/Thomas Dunckley (ODOU)
THE JASMINE SOUNDBITE AWARD – NEWS PRESS
Smelling Salts/Amy Packer (S Magazine)
The Scent of a Man/Lesley Thomas (The Times)
Fruit Scents for Grown Women/Sali Hughes (Guardian Weekend)
THE BEST PRACTICAL GUIDE TO FRAGRANCE
Scents of Place/Fiona Embleton (Top Santé)
Nature’s Perfumery/Kate Langrish (Country Living)
Say It With Flowers/Mandy Pang (Shortlist)
Scents of Identity/Sarah Green (You & Your Wedding)
A Singular Scent/Sophie Beresiner (Elle UK)
Eau de Youth/Vicci Bentley (Good Housekeeping)
THE JASMINE AWARD FOR BEST ARTICLE IN A CUSTOMER MAGAZINE
The Art of Seduction/Daisy Smith (Scents)
Fields of Dreams/Fleur Fruzza (Harrods)
Miss Heaven Scent Experiments with Fragrance Wardrobing/Fleur Fruzza (Harrods)
Miss Heaven Scent Finds Quality Never Goes Out of Fashion/Fleur Fruzza (Harrods)
Dark Star/Jan Masters (Harrods)
Miss Heaven Scent Evokes Passionate Memories/Fleur Fruzza (Harrods)
Bottles of Love/Jess Henley (Boots)
Perfumer’s Vocab: A Scent Glossary/Nicole Companaro (Scents)
THE JASMINE DIGITAL AWARD
Spritz into Spring: Perfumes whose Blossoms Beguile/Victoria Frolova (FT How to Spend It)
The Best Rose Perfumes/Victoria Frolova (FT How to Spend It)
Picking an Iconic Scent for a Perfume Wardrobe/Victoria Frolova (FT How to Spend It)
The Best Lavender Perfumes/Victoria Frolova (FT How to Spend It)
M is for Mugler – The Fragrance A-Z/Thomas Dunckley (escentual.com)
Six Women’s Scents You Can Wear/Jessica Punter (GQ.co.uk)
THE JASMINE BLOGGERS AWARD
Kicking Up A Stink: The Definitive Guide to the Best Oud Perfumes/Persolaise (persolaise.com)
Guardians of the Past: A Trip to Osmothèque/Persolaise (persolaise.com)
The Osmothèque Reviews: Iris Gris from Jacques Fath/Persolaise (persolaise.com)
British Society of Perfumers Fine Fragrance Evening 2014/Thomas Dunckley (The Candy Perfume Boy)
Men and (wet) Sheds: Dipping into the Library of Fragrance in Focus Groups Down The Pub/Vanessa Musson (Bonkers About Perfume)
