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Fragrance Foundation Awards Finalists 2016

Posted by Robin on 8 April 2016 11 Comments

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The Fragrance Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2016 Fragrance Foundation Awards (formerly the Fifi Awards), known as the “Oscars of the fragrance industry”. The final awards will be presented on June 7.

And the finalists are...

Women’s Luxury*

Azzedine Alaïa Alaïa Paris
Bvlgari Le Gemme Ashlemah
Cartier La Panthère Eau de Parfum Légère
Hermès Le Jardin de Monsieur Li
Tom Ford Noir Pour Femme
Valentino Donna

Men’s Luxury

Acqua di Parma Colonia Club
Frédéric Malle Monsieur
Hermès Le Jardin de Monsieur Li
Tom Ford Venetian Bergamot
Yves Saint Laurent Tuxedo

Women's Prestige*

Chanel Chance Eau Vive
Gucci Bamboo
Jo Malone Mimosa & Cardamom
Marc Jacobs Decadence
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium

Men's Prestige

Chanel Bleu de Chanel Eau de Parfum
Christian Dior Sauvage
Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio Profumo
Hugo Boss Boss The Scent
John Varvatos Dark Rebel

Indie Fragrance*

By Kilian Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi
Byredo Rose of No Man's Land
Ex Nihilo Fleur Narcotique
Santa Eulalia Obscuro
Thirdman Eau Inexplicable

Perfumer Sophia Grojsman will receive this year's Perfumer of the Year Lifetime Achievement award. There are a number of other categories, and you can find all the finalists on the Fragrance Foundation's Twitter.

See also: the Fragrance Awards page.

* Fragrances are generally assigned to a category based on how many stores sell the product.

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: awards, fifis, fragrance foundation

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  1. Coumarin says:
    8 April 2016 at 10:39 am

    I love that Monsieur Li was nominated in two categories!

    Then I saw the “prestige” nominations. I know that these awards have little to do with scent but c’mon!

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    • Lovestosmellgood says:
      8 April 2016 at 11:16 am

      Agree..Chanel Chance..really?

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    • Robin says:
      8 April 2016 at 11:23 am

      I did not pay attention to the long list this year, so I don’t know if better stuff got knocked off the prestige lists, but yeah. I could care less who wins. And will be very surprised if Monsieur Li wins anything, it is not the usual Fifi style.

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  2. mitsouko says:
    8 April 2016 at 12:20 pm

    All the usual suspects….. lol …I *ditto* the above comments.

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    • Robin says:
      8 April 2016 at 12:21 pm

      Yep.

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  3. plume says:
    8 April 2016 at 7:32 pm

    Irrelevant doesn’t even begin to describe these nominees. No wonder Luca Turin turned his back on these garbage releases and started a new blog focusing on interesting perfume.

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    • Robin says:
      8 April 2016 at 8:11 pm

      But also worth remembering that they do an award just for the juice — and that pretty much clears up what the other awards are about.

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  4. Dusan says:
    8 April 2016 at 8:33 pm

    I don’t care either way who wins, but still: what a dire year for mainstream fragrance. I guess we should get used to it.

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    • Robin says:
      8 April 2016 at 9:05 pm

      2015 was not a good year. But also weird that Chanel Misia, one of the better scents last year, is not even on these lists.

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      • Dusan says:
        9 April 2016 at 6:16 am

        True! I suppose they deemed Eau Vive and Bleu to be better fragrances?

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        • Robin says:
          9 April 2016 at 8:59 am

          I have never read any explanation of their criteria, but as I said above, they do give a separate award for the best juice, which implies that the criteria for the regular awards are something other than “best juice”.

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