Seeing as I provided you with a fair amount of pre-FiFi coverage, I thought I ought to give you the list of winners from Thursday night’s Fragrance Foundation UK awards ceremony. I am mystified as to how anyone could think that Invictus and Si are the best perfumes of 2013, but there we are. Opinions are pointless if we don’t permit them to vary from one individual to the next. I was most interested in the result of the Independent Perfume category and I was pleased to see that the prize went to Byredo for 1996. A worthy winner. Bottega Veneta Pour Homme did well to triumph in its own, niche-ish category, and I was pleased that the judges decided to recognise the strength of Tom Ford’s ‘orient’ collection by giving an award to Plum Japonais. Here are the winners in full:
Best New Print Advertising – Female Fragrance
Peony & Blush Suede from Jo Malone
Best New Print Advertising – Male Fragrance
Brit Rhythm from Burberry
Best New Commercial – Female Fragrance
No 5 from Chanel
Best New Commercial – Male Fragrance
Le Male from Jean-Paul Gaultier
Best New Design & Packaging – Female Fragrance
Marni from Marni
Best New Design & Packaging – Male Fragrance
Bottega Veneta Pour Homme from Bottega Veneta
Best New Home Fragrance
Un Air de Diptyque from Diptyque
Best New Female Fragrance In Limited Distribution
Plum Japonais from Tom Ford
Best New Male Fragrance In Limited Distribution
Bottega Veneta Pour Homme from Bottega Veneta
Best New Independent Fragrance
1996 from Byredo
Perfume Extraordinaire
Mane for 24 Old Bond Street from Atkinsons
Readers’ Choice for Women
Honey from Marc Jacobs
Readers’ Choice for Men
Invictus from Paco Rabanne
Best New Celebrity Fragrance
Nude from Rihanna
People’s Choice for Women
Miss Dior eau de toilette from Christian Dior
People’s Choice For Men
1 Million Intense from Paco Rabanne
Retailer of the Year
Harrods
Best New Female Fragrance
Si from Giorgio Armani
Best New Male Fragrance
Invictus from Paco Rabanne
Ultimate Launch
Our Moment from One Direction
Persolaise
