There are only two weeks left in which to submit to the fifth annual Art and Olfaction Awards. Online submissions close on November 1, and we ask that all packages be received on or before November 14.
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The Institute for Art and Olfaction is pleased to announce the venue, date and judges for the fifth annual Art and Olfaction Awards.
As with past awards, finalists will be anonymously selected by a panel of judges in the Artisan and Independent categories in a double-blind judging process, and the Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent judges will select both the finalists and the winner in their category.
For 2018, we add a new discretionary award: The Aftel Award for Handmade Perfume. This, along with the Contribution to Scent Culture Award, create two new opportunities to celebrate excellence in artisan perfume, and to honor people whose work has led to greater public awareness of perfume culture, as a whole. Each category winner will receive The Golden Pear, which has quickly become a prestigious achievement in this milieu.
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OUR JUDGES
In our fifth year, we are pleased to welcome 14 new judges to the fold – further demonstrating our commitment to diversity of perspectives, culture and scent practices. New judges are marked with an asterisk*.
INDEPENDENT CATEGORY
Round One Judges
These judges will blindly select the ten shortlisted finalists in the independent category from the pool of submissions.
Andy Tauer (Switzerland), Antonio Gardoni (Italy), Christopher Gordon (USA)* , Grant Osborne (UK)* , Harald Lubner (Germany), Sarah McCartney (UK)*, Ulrike Knöll (Germany)*
ARTISAN CATEGORY
Round One Judges
These judges will blindly select the ten shortlisted finalists in the artisan category from the pool of submissions.
Andreas Wilhelm (Switzerland), Bibiana Prival (USA)*, Dana El Masri (Canada), Dawn Spencer Hurwitz (USA)*, Josh Meyer (USA)*, Matthias Janke (Germany), Spyros Drosopoulos (The Netherlands)*
INDEPENDENT + ARTISAN CATEGORIES
Round Two Judges
These judges will blindly select the winners in the Artisan and Independent categories, out of the shortlisted perfumes.
Cristiano Canali (France/Italy), Denyse Beaulieu (France), Helder Suffenplan (Germany), Jeanne Doré (France)*, Katie Puckrik (England), Luca Turin (Greece), Mark Behnke (USA)
SADAKICHI AWARD FOR EXPERIMENTAL SCENT PROJECTS
These judges will select the five finalists and the winner from the pool of experimental category submissions.
Ashraf Osman (Switzerland), Caro Verbeek (The Netherlands), Darin Klein (USA)*, Sarah Baker (England)*, Simon Niedenthal (Sweden), Zoe Crosher (USA)*
AFTEL AWARD: SPECIAL COMMITTEE
These judges will blindly select the winner of the Aftel Award for Handmade Perfume from the ten top-scoring Artisan submissions.
Frederic Jacques (USA)*, Hall Newbegin (USA)*, Mandy Aftel (USA)
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DATE AND VENUE
The 5th annual Art and Olfaction Awards will take place on April 21, 2018 at The Tabernacle in London’s Notting Hill neighborhood.
Prior to that, we will announce the shortlisted perfumes in a special presentation at Esxence in Milan in early April, 2018. This will mark the fourth year of our partnership with our friends in Milan.
The awards event will – as always – be open to the public with RSVP. In the week leading to the awards, we will produce our second annual Experimental Scent Summit, curated by the Institute for Art and Olfaction with Klara Ravat.
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SUBMISSION
Submissions for the awards are open to independent and artisan perfume brands, and experimental practitioners with scent from all countries. Submissions for the 5th annual Art and Olfaction Awards close on November 1, 2017, and samples are due to us on or before November 14, 2017.
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ABOUT THE ART AND OLFACTION AWARDS
The Art and Olfaction Awards are designed to raise interest and awareness for independent and artisan perfumers – and experimental practitioners with scent – from all countries. By shining a spotlight on perfumery’s most outstanding creators, we hope to help generate support for independent practices in perfumery as a whole.
The Art and Olfaction Awards are a program of The Institute for Art and Olfaction, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, USA.
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http://artandolfactionawards.org/
