The Fragrance Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2011 Fifi Awards, known as the "Oscars of the fragrance industry". For each category, the original list of 10 semi-finalists is now whittled down to 5 (or more, in the case of a tie). Consumer voting begins on April 18; the final awards will be presented on May 25.
And the finalists are:
Women’s Luxe (sold in over 250 doors)
Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gioia
Chanel Chance Eau Tendre
Gucci Guilty
Donna Karan PureDKNY
Hermès Voyage d’Hermès
Men’s Luxe
Chanel Bleu de Chanel
Dolce & Gabbana The One Gentleman
Marc Jacobs Bang
Ralph Lauren The Big Pony Collection
Hermès Voyage d’Hermès
Women's Specialty Luxe (sold in 26 to 249 doors)1
Balenciaga Paris
Yves Saint Laurent Belle D’Opium
Christian Dior J’adore L’Or
Paco Rabanne Lady Million
Prada Infusion de Tubereuse
Tom Ford Azure Lime
Men's Specialty Luxe
Bond No. 9 Cooper Square
Paco Rabanne One Million
Prada Infusion de Vetiver
Tom Ford Azure Lime
Victorinox Swiss Army Snowpower
Indie Brand (Men's & Women's; 25 doors or less)2
Aftelier Candide
Aftelier Honey Blossom
Aftelier Lumiere
Six Scents Series Three
You can find the other category finalists at the Fifi 2011 blog.
See also: the Fragrance Awards page.
1. Replaces the category "Nouveau Niche"
2. Replaces the category "Unique Boutique". Indie Brand is supposed to include new or emerging brands (on the market 1-2 years). Note that this category is unchanged from the semi-finals since there were fewer than 5 to begin with.
Robin, I think it is Acqua di Giola by Armani rather than good, old AcQua di Gio. ??
Thank you so much, fixed!
Of course, I should have written GIOIA, especially, when correcting someone. So many problems with the name , this frag is not worth it!
Sorry!
Oh, no worries, I appreciate that you noticed the mistake!
Even though Hermès Voyage d’Hermès did not work out for me – DH was not a big fan and it only lasted for an hour on me at best, I thought the scent was wonderful and the bottle is amazing. I really hope it wins. I am curious about it being a unisex fragrance and how it got decided to be nominated into the women’s category. I noticed there is no unisex category. Maybe because of the lack of quality releases?
They don’t do a unisex category, and I do assume because there aren’t enough of them to bother. So Voyage was nominated for both women’s & men’s, and I figured it would get knocked out of one category before the last round but it’s still there! Would love to see it win in the women’s, there’s nothing else worthy there. In the men’s, it’s got some stiffer competition from Bang. But what I like rarely wins a Fifi!
Booo on Chanel Blue! Such a safe bland fragrance! Totally forgetabble…Reminds me of the 1969 Grammy Awards when they could have given it to Van Morrison for “Astral Weeks” (one of the best records of all time) and they gave it to Glen Campbell for “By the Time I get to Phoenix.” Oh the humanity of it all…
Mainstream acceptance is not always a blessing, IMHO! I would say it is better all around that Glen Campbell got the Grammy (and anyway I like Glen Campbell, even if yes, Astral Weeks is genius and By the Time I Get to Phoenix is not really genius), and the same goes for the Fifis…they aren’t really set up to reward the most excellent juice in the way that your average perfumista would interpret the term, and I think that’s fine. The Fragrance Foundation sticks with their mission, and that’s as it should be. (all IMHO, obviously)
I’m very happy for Mandy Aftel, she deserves to win!
She’s got a 75% chance
Hermès, Bond Nº 9 and Prada, the power trio always on the lists…
Oh I forgot something!! It’s a quartet: Tom Ford is part of the group…
“Consumer voting,” does that mean us?
Yep!
AGAIN with the gucci guilty and chance eau tendre, which is a shameles copy of marc jacobs’s daisy, which – if i’m not mistaken – won a fifi two years ago! I hope any of the others wins in that category (go voyage d’hermes!) and, in women’s specialty luxe, i’m hoping balenciaga paris gets the prize, as it deserves much recognition, imo