Links to articles on Now Smell This reporting on the various fragrance awards. The most important of these, in the United States at least, are the Fifi awards (see below), which are sometimes called the "Oscars" of the fragrance industry.
Click on the name of the award below to see all the articles associated with that award.
Awarded by the Institute for Art and Olfaction in Los Angeles.
Determined by readers at the Basenotes website.
Annual awards sponsored by Rogers Media/Cosmetics Magazine.
Finalists are chosen by members of CEW (women who work in the beauty industry); winners are chosen by CEW board members.
Awarded by the Fragrance Foundation in Germany.
Awarded by the Fragrance Foundation Arabia.
Awarded by the Fragrance Foundation of France. The award program was called "Grand Prix du Parfum" and was sponsored by Marie Claire magazine through 2010; after that Marie Claire started their own award called the Marie Claire International Fragrance Awards (see below), and the award was renamed "Les Parfums"; by 2013 it was being referred to as "Les Fifis".
Awarded by the Fragrance Foundation of the UK. Formerly known as the Fifi Awards, in 2014 the Fragrance Foundation UK started using the wording "Fragrance Foundation Awards".
Awarded by the Fragrance Foundation of the US, and known as the Fifi awards for many years. In 2013, the Fragrance Foundation started using the wording "Fragrance Foundation Awards".
Formerly called the Prix François Coty. The prize is given to "artistes parfumeurs" in recognition of their achievements in the field.
UK-based awards for "excellence in fragrance journalism". Until 2015, they were held early each year for the previous year, so in other words, the 2010 awards ceremony was held in early 2011. They changed this practice in 2015. The UK Awards (there is also a French version) were started by the Fragrance & Beauty Association of Great Britain and are currently administered by the Fragrance Foundation UK.
Introduced in 2011. Winners are selected by the beauty editorial staff at Marie Claire magazine (France and worldwide).