The Fragrance Foundation & Jasmine Awards 2023!

We are still absolutely BUZZING with excitement from The Fragrance Foundation U.K. Awards 2023, where over 500 guests and nominees gathered at The Brewery in the City of London, to celebrate the fragrance industry and our passion for perfume…

Having begun in 1992, and known as ‘the Oscars of the fragrance industry’, the Awards recognise ‘excellence within the fragrance arena, from Packaging, Advertising through to Best New Fragrance and Ultimate Launch’. With sequins and scent a-go-go it was surely the most glamorous (and definitely the best smelling) location in London!

Part of The Fragrance Foundation award ceremony now also includes The Jasmine Awards, which were launched in the UK in 1990, and are recognised as:

‘…the most prestigious journalistic awards in the beauty industry. They recognise and reward the talents of journalists & visualisers whose difficult task it is to translate the complex art of perfumery into words and pictures.’

Before we get in to the Jasmines (scroll down to see the winnersincluding the award WE WON!) let’s take a breath and raise our glasses to the incredible fragrance awards winners – many of which are fragrant friends of The Perfume Society, and all of which we whooped with joy for…

 

 

We were ecstatic to see the talents of Ruth Mastenbroek on stage collecting the Perfume Extraordinaire award for Zephyr – a gorgeously luminescent and crisply shimmering breeze of a scent we adore. And you can try a sample of the award-winning scent in our Platinum Discovery Box!

 

 

And the loudest whoop of the evening was surely from the team at the Versace, when Eros Parfum won the People’s Choice Award!

 

 

Versace Eros Parfum is a flamboyantly jubilant modern fougere that exudes confidence via mint, lemon, apple and a unique smooch of tonka, geranium and ambroxan in the heart before woody notes, oakmoss and vanilla swirl the base. And you can try this award-winner as part of our Men’s Must-Have Discovery Box!

 

 

Audrey Semeraro, founder of Edeniste, was absolutely glowing with joy to win the Newcomer award for her fabulously mood-enhancing fragrance house…

 

…as were we, having taken the decision to stock the entire Edeniste collection in our shop as soon as we smelled them, plus putting the Edeniste Vétiver Imaginaire as part of our curated Feel Good Fragrances Discovery Box.

 

 

With the announcement of every award, the room lit up with cheers – it’s such a mood of celebration for all, and for fragrance itself! Here are the other proud Fragrance Foundation Award winners who were also whooping it up during the evening…

 

Media Campaign: Prada, Paradoxe

 

 

Design & Packaging: Dries Van Noten, Soie Malaquais

 

 

Independent Fragrance: Angela Flanders, Leather Rosa

 

 

Interior Fragrance: Diptyque, Roses

 

 

Readers’ Choice: CHANEL, Paris-Paris

 

 

Newcomer: By Far

 

 

Innovation: Launch of Jo Malone London ‘Shining a Light on Mental Health Foundation’

 

 

Retailer of the Year: Harrods

 

 

Limited Distribution: Diptyque, Opsis Eau de Parfum

 

 

National Distribution: Gucci, Flora Gorgeous Jasmine EDP

 

Online Retailer of the Year: The Perfume Shop

 

Best New Fragrance: Prada, Paradoxe

 

 

Best New Fragrance Collection: Tom Ford, Enigmatic Woods Collection

 

 

Ultimate Launch: Frédéric Malle, Uncut Gem

 

 

Ultimate Launch: Prada, Paradoxe

 

 

We were also so pleased to see the previous Chair of the Fragrance Foundation, the hard-working and supportive Annalise Fard welcomed into the Circle of Champions (the Fragrance Foundation’s equivalent of the Hall of Fame) – such a well-deserved tribute for this incredible woman.

 

 

 

And it is always especially heart-warming to see the importance of brilliant consultants recognised, with Kenneth Green Associates’ Nathan Macpherson La Maire receiving the award for Consultant of the Year Award for 2023. Bravo!

 

 

 

And now, let us take a moment to celebrate the Jasmine Awards section of the evening – a highly anticipated and incredibly prestigious collection of awards which receive hundreds of entries from the biggest names in publishing.

 

 

At The Perfume Society, we were so excited to be finalists with FIVE nominations this year, for articles published in our magazine, The Scented Letter (sign up to get your FREE digital copy, here, if you’ve not done so already), and for our blog. It was a genuine THRILL to see The Perfume Society celebrated on the huge screens at the venue, among such talented company as the other incredible nominees and all the fragrance houses. And well, we only went and WON!

 

Practical Guide: The Scented Letter Magazine, Time to Spray Your 5 a Day – Suzy Nightingale

 

 

Creativity: Instagram, All The Perfumes I Wore Last Week – Sali Hughes

 

 

Literary: Glamour Magazine, It’s time to stop treating affordable perfumes like dirt and champion the must-smell-now scents for under £30 – Alice du Parcq

 

 

Short Piece: Country & Town House, The Green, Green Grasse – Jan Masters

 

 

Rising Star: Fabulous, How to smell expensive (without breaking the bank) – Tara Ledden [NB: We couldn’t find this piece online, but you can read Tara’s other work for Fabulous here]

 

The prestigious judging panel had to read so many submissions, and we were full to the fragrant brim with gratitude for this recognition, and send huge congratulations to ALL the finalists, and to the winners, which we were over the moon to be among.

Until next year, fragrant friends, we’ll be wafting on a scented cloud!

 

Written by Suzy Nightingale

 

 

Fragrance Foundation Awards 2019

Last night the Fragrance Foundation Awards, aka the ‘Oscars of the fragrance industry’ were awarded at a glittering, star-studded evening that saw nominees and winners celebrating in full swing – surely the best-smelling crowd at any awards ceremony!

We began with an important reminder of just how much the fragrance industry brings to jobs and the economy of the UK… 7.1 billion of GDP, with 126,700 people employed, bringing in £2.2 billion of tax revenue and making up £7.5 billion of consumer spending.

Of course at The Perfume Society we’re constantly showcasing fragrance houses, both big and small, and the people behind the scenes of the industry, but it’s not often we get to showcase the fragrance heroes altogether, and to see so many friends in one place, so everyone was definitely in party mood!

We were thrilled to be invited, having won a Jasmine Award for our (now multi-award-winning!) magazine, the A-Z issue of The Scented Letter. Available free as a digital download for our VIP Club members, with print issues to purchase separately in the shop, and now with an International Online Subscription for only £20 for a full year of fragrant reading, we must admit we’re rather proud of our publication. Have a free issue of The Scented Letter by clicking on the cover, below…

Please do have a look at all the Jasmine Award Winners – we’ve linked to their winning pieces here – we were so honoured to be counted among them, and to share a table with them at the awards ceremony!

And now, on to the amazing winners of the evening. Drum-roll please…

Best New Media Campaign: Map of the Heart for White Heart – such a great achievement for this niche house! Read our review and watch the winning film, here. We put this fragrance in our first ever Niche Collection box, which sold out ages ago sadly, but have a look at our new Limited Edition Niche Discovery Box while it’s still available…!

Best New Media Campaign: Hugo Boss The Scent and Boss Bottled United – Groundbreaking award for this brand – the first time ever for a shared prize.

 

Best New Fragrance Design & Packaging: Carolina Herrera Bronze Tonka – stunning bottle and scent, we totally agree.

Best New Independent Fragrance Award: Cloon Keen for Roisin Dubh. Wow, a huge award for this beautiful Irish niche house, as judged by the Jasmine Winners. Read our review… and see why we loved it so much!

Best New Home Fragrance Product: Roja Parfums A Midsummer’s Dream. Completely dreamy, indeed, and such a beautiful theme for a candle…

Perfume Extraordinaire: Diptyque Fleur de Peau. What an incredible fragrance this is – we Jasmine winners judged this award completely blind, and we’re really not surprised it won.

Reader’s Choice Women: Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Intense – chosen by readers of the Evening Standard, this more powerful version of the classic perfume has proved to be a huge success.

Reader’s Choice for Men: Dior Sauvage eau de parfum. Another huge-hitter, as chosen by Evening Standard readers, and little wonder it’s been a worldwide best-seller.

People’s Choice Women: Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Intense – a double-win, and definitely a hit with fragrance lovers!

People’s Choice Men: Dior Sauvage – and another double-win! These two fragrances are killing it, and the perfumed public can’t get enough.

Newcomer of the Year: Map of the Heart! A hotly anticipated award, and another trophy for this Australian niche house. Their bottles have to be seen to be believed, total art pieces, and the fragrances are just divine. Congratulations!

Holiday Fragrance of the Year: Diptyque Sapin de Lumière scented candle. Just the most gorgeous scent, and oh that packaging. Yes please, all year ’round, we feel…

Innovation Award: Diptyque for their fabulous Mayfair pop-up!

New Fragrance in Limited Distribution: Alexander Mcqueen – only sold in ten retail destinations but lighting up the world of fragrance with their stunning scents and drop-dead-gorgeous bottles.

Best New Fragrance in Limited Distribution: Acqua di Parma Blu Mediterraneo Cipressa di Toscano – we’re always carried away by their holiday-in-a-bottle fragrances, and this one has us dreaming of those blue waters.

Online Retailer of the Year: The Perfume Shop – a new award in an ever-growing category, which was mystery shopped as well as voted for. Very well done!

Retailer of the Year: Floral Street. Wow, what an accolade! Huge success for this new house, and we’re so happy for them! Why not come to our incredible event with Floral Street, with their perfumer Jérôme Épinette jetting in to talk us through their latest fragrance…

Best New Fragrance Women: Diptyque Fleur de Peau – as voted for by Fragrance Foundation Members, they are having quite the win-win with this fragrance!

Best New Fragrance Men: Diptyque Tempo – their FIFTH win of the evening, also voted by Fragrance Foundation Members. Also, as ever, these fragrances are totally sharable, so the chaps needn’t think they’ve got dibs on this!

 

Ultimate Launch: Dior JOY – the biggest gong of the ceremony and Dior were having quite the night, wowsa!

Many, many congratulations to ALL the nominees and winners, we’d give everyone awards if we could, and what a special event to be part of celebrating. What a night! Some rather fuzzy fragrant heads around today, we’re betting…

By Suzy Nightingale