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The submissions deadline for the Perfumed Plume Awards for Fragrance Journalism is fast approaching -- it is January 31, 2018.
There are six categories to enter. View the criteria and enter on Perfumed Plume's website. The awards celebration will take place on April 11, 2018.
Mary Ellen Lapsansky, co-founder, Perfumed Plume, LLC, says, “If 2017 was an exciting year for Perfumed Plume with the addition of two special evenings dedicated to fragrance journalism, it’s the thrill of working towards the 3rd awards process & celebration that propels our motivation and enthusiasm!”
Lapsansky continues, “And this year there is a new first as we are adding an extra note of anticipation by announcing the finalists at a cocktail reception on Wednesday, March 15 to be held at Perfumariē, NYC.”
The Judges
Who are the judges this year? “The Perfumed Plume Awards is honored that, once again, an illustrious panel as diverse as the stories themselves have so kindly agreed to participate this year,” said Lyn Leigh, co-founder, Perfumed Plume, LLC.
Leigh continues, “The judging panel includes experts and commentators on fragrance, fashion, lifestyle, design and culture. With so many wonderful scent stories to read, the judges will be presented with a difficult task in selecting the best of the best.”
The judges on the 2018 Perfumed Plume Awards panel are:
- Marian Bendeth, Global Fragrance Expert and owner of Sixth Scents
- Daisy Bow, Professor at the New School and the Fashion Institute of Technology
- Leslie Chatman, Writer, Tastemaker
- François Damide, Founder & CEO of Crafting Beauty
- Nancy Deihl , Director of the Graduate Program in Costume Studies at New York University
- Frederic Jacques, Founder, Society of Scent
- Bettina O'Neill, Founder, Bettina ONeill & Associates
- Ruth Sutcliffe, Founder, The Scent Guru Group, LLC
- Sally Taylor, Musician & Founder of Consenses
- Mindy Yang, Olfactory Artist & Designer
The Perfumed Plume's founders encourage judges to ask themselves the following questions -- "Which scent story takes readers on a journey of discovery or brings back a fond memory? Will it be a story about the way fragrance can help heal, soothe and calm. Or a humorous take on the way we smell?"
Scent stories that "illuminate, entertain and educate" will no doubt be named winners again this year. :ast year's winners are shown in the second photo in the slider above, and named in the caption below.
Perfumed Plume's founding sponsor is Mane. Sponsors are Verescence, Groupe Pochet and Cross. Beauty Packaging is the media sponsor.
Photo: The second photo in the slider above shows the 2017 Perfumed Plume Award winners. (L-R) Frederick Bouchardy of Joya, standing in for Scentury’s Helder Suffenplan; Sarah Colton, author of Bad Girls Perfume: Tips & Tales; Mary Ellen Lapsansky and Lyn Leigh, co-founders, Perfumed Plume; April Long, Elle; Rachel Syme, NY Times; and Carla Seipp, standing in for Basenotes’ Grant Osborne.
