Please join me in a huge round of applause for everyone who entered the contest, for the judges who helped pick the finalists, and for everyone who voted to help us pick the winner. And, of course, thank you to niche boutique Arielle Shoshana for providing the prize, a $200 gift certificate, which goes to…

L’eau de l’eau de l’eau Eau légère Noir Extreme Pour Femme by Dumont d’Urville Parfumeur, submitted by Gi. Congratulations Gi!…

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Here they are, the finalists for the 2016 Prix Eau Faux, our contest to honor creative fragrance writing or “faux ad copy” (you can read about the contest here). Huge thanks to everyone who entered!

The judges (me, Angela, Erin, Jessica , Kevin, and Kafka from Kafkaesque) have whittled the field of 37 entries down to 5 finalists.

In order to make this as fair as possible, I won’t post the names of the entrants until after the winner is selected, and I respectfully ask that the entrants not “campaign” for votes here or elsewhere…just let the best entry win. Votes will be taken through 12 noon (Eastern Time) Tuesday, and I’ll announce the winner on Wednesday.

Here are the entries, presented in the order in which they were received…

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