These are the 2019 Perfumed Plume Awards Finalists

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The finalists for the 2019 Perfumed Plume Awards have been announced.

The Perfumed Plume Awards recognize excellence in fragrance journalism, celebrating “stories that give the reader an inside view of the cultural, historical and personal approaches to fragrance design and what it takes to create an evocative scent.”

Editorial finalists are judged on quality of content, originality, creativity, accuracy and depth of information. The Visualization of Perfume Stories—Print and Digital finalists are judged on design concept and how that design relates to the content.

The 2019 Perfumed Plume Awards Finalists:

Perfume Stories in Mainstream Media—Print; Magazines and Newspaper

“A Convenient Vision: The Dangers of Looking Back” by Dariush Alavi, Tauer Magazine

“Chemical Romance,” by April Long, New Beauty

Perfume Stories in Mainstream Media—Digital; Magazines, Newspapers, Blog Postings, Webzines

“Baby Boom: Why Fragrances Meant for Children Might Be What Every Grown-up Needs,” by Brittany Burhop Fallon, NewBeauty.com

“Fragrances of Film Noir: Scenting Five Femme Fatales,” by Despina Veneti, ÇaFleureBon.com

“How Britney Spears Build a Billion Dollar Business Without Selling a Single Record,” by Rachel Syme, InStyle.com

“Layers—Pushing Through the Arts to Perfume,” by Dannielle Sergent, American-Perfumer.com

“Now, Even Your Perfumer May Be the Result of Artificial Intelligence,” by Andria Cheng, Forbes.com

“Scenting Shakespeare’s Tragic Heroines: Cleopatra and Lady Macbeth,” by Lauryn Beer, ÇaFleureBon.com

“Some Thoughts on Scent Criticism,” by Miguel Matos, Fragrantica.com  

“Travels in France, Part One: Everything is Lavender,” by Cynthia Lesiuk, TheFragrantJourney.blogspot.com

Short n’ Sweet Perfume Stories—Print or Digital (New Category)

“Blind Faith,” by Brittany Burhop Fallon, New Beauty

“Rose of Winter,” by Maria McElroy, American Perfumer

“Scented Spirits: Lili Bermuda Mary Celestia Perfume,” by Robert Hermann, Sr. Editor, ÇaFleureBon.com

“Vent Vert de Balmain: Germain Cellier’s Voyage a Paris, ” by Ida Meister, ÇaFleureBon.com

Visualization of Perfume Stories—Print and Digital

“Blind Faith,” by Brittany Burhop Fallon, New Beauty

“Chemical Romance,” by April Long, New Beauty

“Travels in France, Part One: Everything is Lavender,” by Cynthia Lesiuk, TheFragrantJourney.blogspot.com

INSTApost—Perfume Stories on Instagram (New Category)

“but_not_today,” by Elena Cvjetkovic, @the_plum_girl

“From close-up, no-one is normal,” by Beatrice Balzarotti, @esxenceofficial

Fragrance Book of the Year (Awarded by the Perfumed Plume Consulting Committee)

Spritzing to Success—With the Woman Who Brought an Industry to Its Senses by Annette Green

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