Elizabeth Musmanno the new president of The Fragrance Foundation was on hand at the Elements Showcase to present The 2013 Indie Fragrance Foundation Award. One change she would like to make is for these awards to be called Fragrance Foundation Awards instead of FiFis.
The five finalists were read out in order of finish and they were:
Fifth Place: Ramon Monegal Cuirelle
Fourth Place: Carner Barcelona Rima XI
Third Place: Le Cherche Midid Eau D’Hiver
Second Place: Jul et Mad Terasse a St. Germain
First Place: By Kilian Amber Oud
Congratulations to all of the finalists and the winner.
-Mark Behnke, Managing Editor
WOW! Congrats to the BK team!
Indie? Kilian ?
Is this a joke?
Wtf?
Who won best niche, Nicki Minaj? Seriously, how uninspired your perfume journey must be to think Amber Oud was the best of 2012. They should disclose the list of “judges”.
Kilian, won for Indie? Seems like the judges were out of touch, or something else was going on….
Wow, harsh! I think maybe they need to differentiate between indie’s who started in their kitchen and make their own perfumes, and those who are able to hire perfumers and have a bigger budget. I think Kilian makes beautiful fragrances and I love his Facebook sample mailings. I also agree that it’s maybe not fair for him to be competing against small budget, creative perfumers.
Perhaps the solution would be for an “artisanal” category next year
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That’s a good name for it
Love Amber Oud and congratulations to Mr. Killian, whether or not he is indie.