Last night at the Goethe Institute in Los Angeles, the winners of the first Art and Olfaction Awards were announced to a standing room only crowd filled with press, perfumers, and industry notables that truly were glad to be there. The atmosphere was casual and fun, with a drum roll before each winner was announced. If you have been following CaFleureBon we have been reporting about this competition since January and just a few days ago we interviewed the founder of The Art and Olfaction Institute Saskia Wilson-Brown and many of the finalists in depth here
The Fragrance Finalist Table
The Winners of the Independent Category are two "kings"
Ashoka by Neela Vermeire Creations (France) Bertrand Duchaufour
The Winners of the Artisan Category
Calling All Angels by April Aromatics (Germany) Tanja Bochnig
John Frum by Aether Arts (USA) Amber Jobin
Photo of finalists and judges: Art and Olfaction Facebook page
In this photo we can identify: front Yosh Han WINNER, Josh Meyer Back Row: Ellen Covey, Beau Rhee, Doug Bender,Michael Coyles aka MIK, Amber Jobin WINNER, Tanja Bochnig WINNER, Bruno Fazzolari and Lisa Fong
(we apologize but we are doing this from our profiles series, so if we left anyone out, please email us and we will put in your name)
We are looking forward to next year and for Stevie it was a pleasure to meet many of the perfumers she had read about in person.
–Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief and Stevie Wilson Guest Contributor www.LA-Story.com