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 Sixth Annual Basenotes Awards
Best Women's Fragrance for daywear: Paris by Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent's rose-violet classic was created by perfumer, Sophia Grojsman. Launched in Europe in 1983, and the following year in the states.
The recent years have seen YSL launch a spring variant of Paris. Past versions have included Paris Roses des Bois and Paris Premiéres Roses.
Creed's Spring Flower was runner-up.
The Finalists...
- Amor Amor by Cacharel
- Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune by Guerlain
- Innocent by Thierry Mugler
- L'Air du Temps by Nina Ricci
- No. 19 by Chanel
- Paris by Yves Saint Laurent
- Pure Poison by Christian Dior
- Spring Flower by Creed
- White Linen by Estée Lauder
Previous Winners...
Spring Flower by Creed (2005)












