The Award Categories
For Women
- Best Fragrance
- Best New Fragrance
- Best Mass-market Fragrance
- Best Niche Fragrance
- Best Fragrance for daywear
- Best Fragrance for evening
- Best Fragrance packaging
For Men
- Best Fragrance
- Best New Fragrance
- Best Mass-market Fragrance
- Best Niche Fragrance
- Best Fragrance for daywear
- Best Fragrance for evening
- Best Fragrance packaging
Other
Other Basenotes Awards:
- The 8th Annual Basenotes Awards
- The Seventh Annual Basenotes Awards
- The Sixth Annual Basenotes Awards
- The Fifth Annual Basenotes Awards
- Basenotes Men's Fragrance and Grooming Awards 2004
- The Basenotes Fragrance and Grooming Awards 2002
- The Basenotes Men's Fragrance & Grooming Awards 2001
- The Basenotes Men's Grooming Awards 2000
- Awards Index
The Fifth Annual Basenotes Awards
Best Niche Women's Fragrance: Comme des Garçons 2 by Comme des Garçons

Originally released in 1999 as a unisex scent, in both EDT and EDP, this is not a fragrance for the timid. With notes of ink and incense, to name but a few, this scent develops on the wearer though out the day. Slightly sweet and "inky" to start with, it goes through many phases of "berry" like notes, "pot pourri" like notes and woody towards the end with a lovely ambery finish. Some also comment on its "metallic" tang, more prominent in the EDT. For many this CDG 2 reminds them of Christmas due to its slightly spicy/pot pourri aroma.
The Finalists...
- Chergui by Serge Lutens Les Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido
- Comme des Garçons 2 by Comme des Garçons
- Dzing! by L'Artisan Parfumeur
- Etra by Etro
- Ormonde Woman by Ormonde Jayne
- So New York by Bond No. 9
- Spring Flower by Creed
- Une Rose by Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle













