The Art and Olfaction Awards
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| Non-profit | |
| Industry | Perfume, Art, Olfactory Art |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Parent | The Institute for Art and Olfaction |
| Website |
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The Art and Olfaction Awards are a non-profit award mechanism designed to celebrate excellence in international artisan, experimental and independent perfumery through a yearly blind-judged competition.
Mission
The organization states the following as its mission:
"Awarded to just four perfumes and one experimental project a year, The Art and Olfaction Award is 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."[1]
History
The Art and Olfaction Awards were founded in 2013 as a program of The Institute for Art and Olfaction in Los Angeles. The first awards ceremony took place in April, 2014, at Goethe Institut Los Angeles. At this first event, awards were given in two categories: Independent and Artisan.[2]
In 2015, the awards expanded upon their existing categories by adding The Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent - named after the critic and writer Sadakichi Hartmann in honor of his failed scent concert from the early 20th century.[3] The Sadakichi Award was added as "a new category aimed at recognizing innovative uses of scent beyond the bounds of commercial perfumery"[4] - joining the artisan and independent awards to create what was intended as a broad snapshot of the diversity and creative potential in the field of perfume.
The third annual Art and Olfaction Awards were held on May 6, 2016 at Hammer Museum as part of their public programming. The expanded event was hosted by artist and producer Zackary Drucker, and was free, open to the public, and live streamed on the internet. In an effort to better cement the award's international commitment, the fourth annual Art and Olfaction Awards take place in May 2017 at Silent Green kulturquartier in Berlin. The finalists are announced yearly at Esxence in Milan.[5]
The Art and Olfaction Awards were created as mechanism to impartially judge and promote work being done by artisan perfumers, independent perfume houses, and creative practitioners working with scent in the context of arts or experimental practices. Limited to artists, artisan perfumers and independent perfume houses (which they define as brands that are independently owned, or owned by another independently-owned company[6]), they are closed to larger-scale perfume releases - a space already served by the The Fragrance Foundation's Awards.[7] In that capacity they have been compared[8] to the film industry's Independent Spirit Awards. Indeed, the awards were created based on founder Saskia Wilson-Brown's experience with film festivals:
"The awards represented a chance to apply what I learned in the film festival world to the perfume world. In fact, we adapted many of the structures that go into running a film festival for the Art and Olfaction Awards, namely: Low entry fees, [...] unbiased judging (in many film festivals you are excluded from judging a film that you have a personal tie to), a diversity of judges, and a non-profit art for arts-sake motivation.”[9]
Several further systems were put into place to ensure fairness, including blind, multiple-phase judging.[10] The result was what Luca Turin called '[...]the only fluff-free fragrance contest in the world[11]'.
There are two artisan category winners out of ten finalists, two independent category winners out of ten finalists, and one Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent winner out of five finalists per year. Winners each receive a golden pear statuette.
Past Winners
Artisan Category Winners
"Calling All Angels", by April Aromatics, Germany - 2014 winner
"John Frum", by Aether Arts Perfumes, US - 2014 winner
"Eau de Céleri", by Monsillage, Canada - 2015 winner
"Woodcut", by Olympic Orchids, US - 2015 winner
"Incendo", by La Curie, US - 2016 winner
"Miyako", by Auphorie, Malaysia - 2016 winner
Independent Category Winners
"Ashoka", by Neela Vermeire Creations, France (with Bertrand Duchaufour) - 2014 winner
"König", by Yosh, US (with Olivia Jan, Robertet) - 2014 winner
"Black Pepper & Sandalwood", by Acca Kappa, Italy (with Luca Maffei) - 2015 winner
"Skive", by Canoe, USA (with Jessica Hannah) - 2015 winner
"Bat", by Zoologist Perfumes, Canada (with Ellen Covey) - 2016 winner
"Néa", by Jul et Mad Paris, France (with Luca Maffei) - 2016 winner
Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent Winners
"Famous Deaths", by Sense of Smell Project, The Netherlands - 2015 winner
"Century's Breath", by Cat Jones, Australia - 2016 winner
Past Finalists
Artisan Category
2014 Finalists
"Blackbird", Olympic Orchids, US
"Golden Hour", Artemisia Perfumes, US
"Lampblack", Bruno Fazzolari, US
"Magnolia Esxentialis", Cristiano Canali, Italy
"Mosaic", Imaginary Authors, US
"Owl", Sweet Anthem Perfumes, US
"Semsei", Piotr Czarnecki, Poland
"Vesper", Mik Moi, US
2015 Finalists
"A City on Fire", Imaginary Authors, US
"Foxglove", DS & Durga, US
"Tobacco Cognac", House of Cherry Bomb, US
2016 Finalists
"Albino", DSH Perfumes, US
"Bird of Paradise", Thorn & Bloom Perfume, US
"Cape Cod Wild Beach Rose", Nomaterra, US
"Love for 3 Oranges", Aether Arts Perfumes, US
"Musk Rose Attar", Rising Phoenix, US
"Namibia", Frazer Parfum, South Africa
"Peach Tree Garden", Phoenix Botanicals, US
"Salomé", Papillon Artisan Perfumes, UK
Independent Category
2014 Finalists
"Blood Sweat Tears", by Atelier De Geste, US
"Christopher Street", by Charenton Macerations, US
"Feu Follet", by Friede Modin, England
"FR!01/02", by Fragrance Republ!c, US
"Jardin Mystique", by Friede Modin, England
"Only for Her", by Hayari Parfums, France
"Sahraa Oud", by Fragrance DuBois, France
2015 Finalists
"Boccanera", by OrtoParisi, The Netherlands
"Ombre Indigo", by Olfactive Studio, France
"Pashay", by Ray Matts, US
2016 Finalists
"Panorama", by Olfactive Studio, France
"Waihèke Dreams", by Juliana Parfums Co., New Zealand
"Fougère Nobile", by Nobile 1942, Italy
"Salim Attar", by Tabacora Parfums, Poland
"Past | Presence", by Roads, Ireland
"Dark Ride", by Xyrena, United States
"Elephant + Roses", by Maria Candida Gentile Maitre Parfumeur, Italy
"Rose de Taif Extrait", by Perris Monte Carlo, Monaco
Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent
2015 Finalists
"Catalin", by Charles Long, Carrie Paterson, Karen Reitzel, Seth Hawkins, Emery Martin, Michael Mascha, US
"Chroma", by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, US
"Crime and Punishment", by Mike McGinley, Charles McGinley, US
"In Libro de Tenebris", by Paul Schütze, England
2016 Finalists
"Dear Enemy", by Christy Gast, with Camila Marambio, Derek Corcoran, Giorgia Graells, US/Chile
"The Juice of War", by Maki Ueda, The Netherlands
"Signal", by Carrie Paterson, US
"Western Drive", by Kellen Walker, US
Past Judges
Judges who have lent their time to the Art and Olfaction Awards include Christophe Laudamiel, Luca Turin, Mandy Aftel, Sarah Horowitz-Thran, Michael Edwards, Annick Le Guérer, Katie Puckrik, Andy Tauer, Helder Suffenplan, Denyse Beaulieu, Mark Behnke, Matthias Janke, Steven Gontarski, Antonio Gardoni, Ashley Eden Kessler, Bruno Fazzolari, Dana El Masri, Harald Lübner, Sherri Sebastian, Yvettra Grantham, Ashraf Osman, Caro Verbeek, Kaya Sorhaindo, Kóan Jeff Baysa, Matthias Tabert, Simon Niedenthal.
Past judges also include Stefan Sagmeister, Allison Agsten, Bettina Hubby, Brent Leonesio, Daniel Krasofski, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Hank Jenkins, James McHugh, Laura Johnson, Lizzie Ostrom (AKA Odette Toilette), Marcos Lutyens, Mark Allen, Miriam Vareldzis, Neal Harris, Peter de Cupere, Persephenie Lea, Sebastian Fischenich.
Select Articles + Links
'What did Qaddafi's Death Smell Like', by Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, April 23, 2015
'Message in a Bottle', by Luca Turin, Style Arabia, April 20, 2015
'Institute for Art and Olfaction Elevates the Senses', by Ingrid Schmidt, LA Times, December 21, 2014
'Report from the second annual Art & Olfaction Awards', Basenotes, 27 April 2015
'An Overview of the 3rd Annual Institute for Art and Olfaction Awards', Basenotes, 11 May 2016
'Art and Olfaction Awards Celebrates Artisan Perfumers', by Mary Orlin, Huffington Post, 1 December 2014
References
- ↑ "About". The Art and Olfaction Awards. 2013-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ "Niche Perfumers Nab Prizes at Art and Olfaction Awards". Skin Inc. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ "What Did Qaddafi's Death Smell Like?". The New Yorker. 2015-04-23. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ "Report from the second annual Art & Olfaction Awards ~ by Deadidol — Basenotes.net". www.basenotes.net. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ "2016 Art and Olfaction Awards Finalists Announced at Esxence ~ Art Books Events ~ Fragrantica". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ "INDEPENDENT AWARD". The Art and Olfaction Awards. 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ "The ART and OLFACTION AWARDS ~ Art Books Events ~ Fragrantica". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ WineFashionista, Mary Orlin The (2014-12-01). "Art and Olfaction Awards Celebrates Artisan Perfumers | Huffington Post". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ "Saskia-Wilson Brown | Cafleurebon - Perfume and Beauty Blog". www.cafleurebon.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ "2016 art and olfaction awards | Colognoisseur". colognoisseur.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ "Luca Turin Reviews Moschino Toy and Tom Ford Noir Extreme | Style.com/Arabia". 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2016-10-15.