We have had an upgrade. There are lots of things to fix (review and wardrobe log-ins), but wanted to get things going again. See more in this blog post.
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 New Men's Fragrance: Dior Homme by Christian Dior

Dior Homme was launched to much excitement, due to the fact that it was the first mainstream Dior scent 'linked' to Dior Homme fashion and overseen by Hedi Slimane. After the creation of the three colognes, Basenotes were eager to see what Slimane would come up with.
The fragrance itself is a mix of Iris, Cardamom, Vetiver, Lavender, Leather and the bottle, designed by Tsutomo Kiyama, contains a metal tube concealing the spray mechanism, which according to Dior was "difficult and expensive to produce".
The runner up was Givenchy's Very Irresistible for Men
The Finalists...
- Arpège pour Homme by Lanvin
- Baldessarini Del Mar by Baldessarini
- Bulgari Aqua pour Homme by Bulgari
- Dior Homme by Christian Dior
- Eau Noire Cologne by Christian Dior
- Gaultier² by Jean Paul Gaultier
- L'Homme Sage by Divine
- Miel de Bois by Serge Lutens Les Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido
- Very Irrésistible for Men by Givenchy
Previous Winners...
Yohji Homme by Yohji Yamamoto (2000)
Mambo for Men by Liz Claiborne (2001)
Givenchy pour Homme by Givenchy (2002)
Gucci pour Homme by Gucci (2004)
B*Men by Thierry Mugler (2005)













