The Fragrance Foundation UK has made the first selection of finalists for its Fragrance Foundation Awards, which will take place on May 14 at The Brewery in London.
The finalists* are:
BEST NEW MALE FRAGRANCE
BLEU DE CHANEL EAU DE PARFUM - CHANEL
COSTA AZZURRA - TOM FORD
GINEPRO DI SARDEGNA - ACQUA DI PARMA
JIMMY CHOO MAN - JIMMY CHOO
L'HOMME IDEAL - GUERLAIN
UOMO - VALENTINO
VETIVER GERANIUM - CREED
BEST NEW FEMALE FRAGRANCE
BALENCIAGA B. - BALENCIAGA
BLACK OPIUM - YVES SAINT LAURENT
BONBON - VIKTOR & ROLF
DAISY DREAM - MARC JACOBS
LA PANTHERE - CARTIER
MY BURBERRY - BURBERRY
ROSA NOBILE - ACQUA DI PARMA
VELVET ORCHID - TOM FORD
WOOD SAGE & SEA SALT - JO MALONE LONDON
BEST NEW MALE FRAGRANCE IN LIMITED DISTRIBUTION
24 OLD BOND STREET TRIPLE EXTRACT - ATKINSONS
JACK - JACK PERFUME
LA FUMEE OTTOMAN - MILLER HARRIS
OUD - GUCCI
SPLENDID WOOD - YVES SAINT LAURENT
VELVET BERGAMOT - DOLCE & GABBANA
BEST NEW FEMALE FRAGRANCE IN LIMITED DISTRIBUTION
DIOR ROSE ELIXIR PRECIEUX- PARFUMS CHRISTIAN DIOR
ESSENCE NO.2 GARDENIA LA COLLECTION DES ESSENCES - ELIE SAAB
FLOWERHEAD - BYREDO
JACK - JACK PERFUME
LA FUMEE OTTOMAN - MILLER HARRIS
SANTAL ROYAL - GUERLAIN
VELVET ROSE - DOLCE & GABBANA
BEST NEW INDEPENDENT FRAGRANCE
(Voted for by The Jasmine Award Winners)
ANGELIQUE - PAPILLON ARTISAN PERFUMES
ANUBIS - PAPILLON ARTISAN PERFUMES
COPACETIC - CLOON KEEN ATELIER
JACK - JACK PERFUME
TOBACCO ROSE - PAPILLON ARTISAN PERFUMES
WHITE OUD - THOMAS KOSMALA PARFUMS
BEST NEW CELEBRITY FRAGRANCE
(Voted for by Readers of Now! Magazine)
ONIKA - NICKI MINAJ
RISE - BEYONCE
ROGUE - RIHANNA
ROGUE MAN - RIHANNA
STORMFLOWER - CHERYL
YOU & I - ONE DIRECTION
READERS' CHOICE FOR MEN
(Voted for on menshealth.co.uk)
ARMANI CODE ICE - GIORGIO ARMANI
DIOR HOMME EAU DE TOILETTE - PARFUMS CHRISTIAN DIOR
JIMMY CHOO MAN - JIMMY CHOO
LACOSTE L!VE - LACOSTE
MANKIND - KENNETH COLE
NUIT D'ISSEY - ISSEY MIYAKE
READERS' CHOICE FOR WOMEN
(Voted for on ELLEUK.COM)
BLACK OPIUM - YVES SAINT LAURENT
DAISY DREAM - MARC JACOBS
DOLCE - DOLCE & GABBANA
LA VIE EST BELLE ABSOLU - LANCOME
LADY MILLION EAU MY GOLD! - PACO RABANNE
LIGHT & DARK - LEIGHTON DENNY
BEST NEW MALE MEDIA CAMPAIGN
(Judging Panel: Howard Greenhalgh, Film Director & Music Video Director (Head Judge); John Hannah, Film & Televison Actor; Jackie Tyson, Make Up Artist in TV, Film & Photography; Meera Syal, Comedian, Writer, Playwright, Producer and Actress)
DIOR HOMME EAU FOR MEN - PARFUMS CHRISTIAN DIOR
GIORGIO ARMANI CODE - GIORGIO ARMANI
JIMMY CHOO MAN - JIMMY CHOO
LACOSTE L!VE - LACOSTE
MAN IN BLACK - BVLGARI
MOSSIMO FOR HIM - MOSSIMO
BEST NEW FEMALE MEDIA CAMPAIGN
(Judging Panel: Howard Greenhalgh, Film Director & Music Video Director (Head Judge); John Hannah, Film & Televison Actor; Jackie Tyson, Make Up Artist in TV, Film & Photography; Meera Syal, Comedian, Writer, Playwright, Producer and Actress)
ANGEL - THIERRY MUGLER
BURBERRY - MY BURBERRY
CANDY FLORALE - PRADA
CHANEL N0.5 - CHANEL
STORMFLOWER - CHERYL
WOOD SAGE & SEA SALT - JO MALONE LONDON
RETAILER OF THE YEAR
FEELUNIQUE.COM
FORTNUM & MASON
HARRODS
HOUSE OF FRASER
JOHN LEWIS
SELFRIDGES
BEST NEW HOME FRAGRANCE
(Judging Panel: Baroness Karren Brady CBE, Business Woman, Author & Columnist; Sue James, Editorial Director, Woman & Home; Liz Kershaw, Business & Media Expert; Sue Peart - Editor, You Magazine)
CANDELA PROFUMATA MAHOGONY - ACQUA DI PARMA
EAU D'HADRIEN SCENTED DIFFUSER -ANNICK GOUTAL
LA REDOUTE SCENTED CANDLE - DIPTYQUE
LAVENDER & MINT SCENTED CANDLE - FLORIS
GREEN TOMATO LEAF SCENTED CANDLE - JO MALONE LONDON
HARRODS EXCLUSIVE AOUD CANDLE - ROJA DOVE
*Note: All categories were voted on by the members of The Fragrance Foundation UK unless noted otherwise.