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The Fifth Annual Basenotes Awards

Best Women's Fragrance for evening: Dior Addict by Christian Dior

 

Like YSL's Opium and Calvin Klein's Obsession, DiorAddict was criticised on launch, for apparently glamourising drug addiction.

There's nothing like a good scandal to draw attention to a new scent is there? Although only a few years old, Addict looks like it is on its way to being a classic

"This is a big, big scent, thick and rich and quite powerful. On the wrong person, this could seem like a custard-scented cyclone. The vanilla in this is at once light and dark, and always creamy and deep. There are disquieting green-floral notes on the top that lend a mystery to Addict, something not quite settled that keeps this from being just another heavy vanilla-sandalwood. Addict calls to mind a deep jungle, bright eyes peering from the underbrush, the air thick and sweet and completely enveloping. I may admire and love other scents more than Addict, but there's no other fragrance I crave like Addict." [serpent]

The Finalists...

 
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