2016 Art & Olfaction Top Ten Finalists: Artisan, Independent & Experimental (UPDATED)

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On April 1, 2016 at  Esxence the Scent of Excellence in Milan, Saskia Wilson Brown of  The Institute for Art and Olfaction announced the finalists for the third annual Art and Olfaction Awards. I had the pleasure of being at the ceremony.

How it works: As with last year, two winners will be selected from the categories Artisan and Independent, and one winner will be selected for the Sadakichi Award for Experimental Scent. Each winner will receive The Golden Pear, which continues to cement its status as a prestigious achievement in the independent, artisan and experimental perfume world. The finalists were selected by a group of highly qualified judges from the perfume world, the art world, and other creative industries. The artisan and independent category submissions were judged blindly, presented in generic vials and tracked by a numerical code. The preliminary round judges selected the finalists, and the finalist round judges will select the winners.

Independent Category Preliminary Judges: Steven Gontarski, Yvettra Grantham, Neal Harris, Laura Johnson, Sherri Sebastian, Lizzie Ostrom (aka Odette Toilette)

Artisan Category Preliminary Judges: Antonio Gardoni, Hank Jenkins, Ashley Eden Kessler, Daniel Krasofski, James McHugh, Persephenie Lea

Independent & Artisan Categories Finalist Judges: Mandy Aftel, Mark Behnke, Sarah Horowitz-Thran, Kaya Sorhaindo, Andy Tauer, Luca Turin

Sadakichi Award for Experimental Scent Projects Judges: Allison Agsten, Dr. Kóan Jeff Baysa, Peter de Cupere, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Ashraf Osman

The finalists for 2016 hail from 14 countries and represent the spectrum of scent , and artistic interpretation of fragrance

SADAKICHI AWARD FOR EXPERIMENTAL WORK WITH SCENT – FINALISTS

 Century’s Breath Cat Jones – Sydney, Australia

Dear Enemy Christi Gast – Tierra Del Fuego, Chile and New York, USA

Signal Carrie Paterson – Los Angeles, USA

The Juice of War – Hiroshima and Nagasaki Maki Ueda – Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Western Drive Kellen Walker – Fort Worth, USA

ARTISAN AWARD – FINALISTS

Albino (A Study in White) By Dawn Spencer Hurwitz DSH Perfumes – Boulder, USA

Bird of Paradise, By Jennifer Botto Thorn & Bloom Perfume – Somerville, USA

Cape Cod Wild Beach Rose by Aggie Sygnarowicz Burnet Nomaterra Fragrances – New York, USA

Incendo by La Curie by Lesli Wood- Tucson, USA

Love for 3 Oranges By  Amber Jobin  Aether Arts Perfumes – Boulder, USA

Miyako Auphorie  Zhe You (Eugene) Au Malaysia

Musk Rose Attar By JK De Lapp Rising Phoenix Perfumery – Atlanta, USA

Namibia By Tammy Frazer  Frazer Parfum – Capetown, South Africa

Peach Tree Garden by Irina Adam Phoenix Botanicals – New York, USA

Salomé by Liz Moore Papillon Perfumery – Salisbury, UK

INDEPENDENT AWARD – FINALISTS

 Bat by Victor Wong Zoologist Perfumes (Dr Ellen Covey Perfumer) – Toronto, Canada

Dark Ride by Xyrena (Killian Wells) – Los Angeles, USA

Fougère Nobile by NOBILE 1942 –  Stefania Giannino, Perfumer Anne-Sophie Behagel Genoa, Italy

Elephant + Roses by Maria Candida Gentile Maître Parfumeur – Sarzana, Italy

Néa By Creative Directors  Madalina Stoica and Julien Blanchard JUL ED MAD Paris – Paris, France (Perfumer Luca Maffei)

Panorama by Creative Director Celine Verleure Olfactive Studio (Perfumer: Clement Gavvary) – Paris, France

Past | Presence by Roads  Roads Jean-Charles Mignon (with Danielle Ryan) – Dublin, Ireland

Rose de Taif Extrait by Perris Monte Carlo – Monaco, Monaco ( Perfumer Luca Maffei)

Salim Attar by Tabacora Parfums  (Perfumer) Christian Carbonnel- Jelesnia, Poland

Waiheke Dreams by Juliana Parfums Co. Yves Dombromsky (with Juliana Van Kampen)  – Auckland, New Zealand

 The winners will be announced at the Third Annual Art and Olfaction Awards on Saturday, May 7 in an open-to-the-public event at Hammer Museum, with special guest emcee Zackary Drucker (Whitney Biennial 2014; Co-Producer, Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning Transparent).

Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief