Slideshow: Guests Gather as the Perfumed Plume Finalists Are Announced

Welcoming Guests

Lyn Leigh and Mary Ellen Lapsansky, co-founders, Perfumed Plume Awards, at the cocktail reception at Perfumarie on Lafayette Street in Manhattan.

Perfumariē's Founder Greets Guests

Stanford Smith, founder, The Smooth Skin Company and Mindy Yang, founder, Perfumariē on Lafayette Street in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood.

Enjoying the Party

Rachel Eisenberg, director of packaging, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., La Mer; Sheherazade Chamlou, vice president of sales & marketing, Verescence NA and consulting committee member, Perfumed Plume; Rhona Stokols, partner at Perfumarie; Eduardo Nau, Jr., sales director, Verescence. 

Waiting for the Finalists To Be Revealed

Rachel Eisenberg, director of packaging, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., La Mer; Darryl Do, perfumer / owner, Delbia Do Fragrance & Flavor Development and partner at Perfumariē; Karen Dubin, founder/CEO, Sniffapalooza; Belkis Rodriguez-Hirsch, founder/director, The Kaaterskill.

Networking

Westly Morris, sr. vice president, Fine Fragrance, MANE; Mindy Yang, founder, Perfumarie; Miranda Gordon, vice president of marketing, MANE.

Celebratory Cocktails

Annette Green, president emeritus of The Fragrance Foundation and consultant, RMJ Laboratories; Ida Meister, journalist and opera singer. In the second photo, L-R: J. Griffith, brand consultant; Michelyn Camen, editor-in-chief, CaFleureBon; Sosa Ezeokoli, chief strategy officer, VMEDIA.

Strike a Pose

(L-R) Bart Schmidt, Brands with Purpose; Justin Hurt, Yave; Stephen Peretz; Lyn Leigh; and Mary Ellen Lapsansky.