Fifi Award Winners 2008

Posted by Robin on 20 May 2008 20 Comments

Fifi Awards 2008 logo

The Fragrance Foundation of the United States has announced the winners of the 2008 Fifi Awards, known as the “Oscars of the fragrance industry”. The award ceremony was held this evening at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City; award presenters included Bernadette Peters and Zac Posen. This year's Hall of Fame Awards went to Vera Wang and Annick Goutal Eau d'Hadrien. And the winners are:

NOUVEAU NICHE – WOMEN'S ~ Prada Infusion D’Iris

NOUVEAU NICHE – MEN'S ~ Giorgio Armani Armani Privé Vetiver Babylone…

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Fifi Awards Finalists 2008

Posted by Robin on 25 April 2008 9 Comments

Fifi Award statue The Fragrance Foundation of the United States has announced the finalists for the 2008 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). The final awards will be presented on May 20; the award statue is shown at right. And the finalists are:

NOUVEAU NICHE – WOMEN'S

Bond No. 9 Andy Warhol Silver Factory
Bond No. 9 Bryant Park
Gucci by Gucci
Prada Infusion D’Iris
Versace by Versace

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UK Fifi Awards 2008 ~ the winners

Posted by Robin on 24 April 2008 15 Comments

The Fragrance Foundation UK held their 16th annual Fifi Awards ceremony last night in London, and the winners are:

Best New Prestige Fragrance

Women’s: Marc Jacobs Daisy

Men’s: Tom Ford for Men…

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The 2008 Fifis: have your say

Posted by Robin on 8 April 2008 Leave a Comment

Fifi Award Logo 2008 The Fragrance Foundation has launched mini-sites for this year's Fifi Awards at three social networking sites: Facebook, Iqons and Myspace. These sites will host "exclusive content" and allow consumers to vote on the best fragrance once the finalists have been chosen on April 25. There's even a Fifi awards widget, should you need one. (via fragrance.org)

Also check out: the Fifi channel at Youtube.

And see: the Fragrance Awards page.

Fifi Awards Semi-finalists 2008

Posted by Robin on 13 March 2008 29 Comments

Fifi Award statue The Fragrance Foundation has announced the semi-finalists for the 2008 Fifi Awards, known as the “Oscars of the fragrance industry”. Note that some categories show more than 10 fragrances because of tied votes, and unisex fragrances can appear in more than one category. The distinction between the categories “nouveau niche” and “luxe” is simply in how widely distributed the fragrances are (it has nothing to do with price or any other factor).

Each category will be whittled down to 5 fragrances at the Fifi Finalists Breakfast on April 25th; the final awards will be presented in May. The award statue is shown at right. And the finalists are: