The Award Categories
For Women
- Best Fragrance
- Best New Fragrance
- Best Fragrance for Day Wear
- Best Fragrance for Evening Wear
- Best Fragrance Packaging
- Best niche, independent, artisanal or boutique fragrance
- Best designer, mainstream or fine fragrance
- Best mass-market, drugstore, budget or direct-sell fragrance
- Best Celebrity Fragrance
For Men
- Best Fragrance
- Best New Fragrance
- Best Fragrance for Day Wear
- Best Fragrance for Evening Wear
- Best Fragrance Packaging
- Best niche, independent, artisanal or boutique fragrance
- Best designer, mainstream or fine fragrance
- Best mass-market, drugstore, budget or direct-sell fragrance
- Best Celebrity Fragrance
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 Seventh Annual Basenotes Awards
Best Women's Fragrance: No. 5 by Chanel
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Silver Award: Shalimar by Guerlain
Bronze Award: Mitsouko by Guerlain
Last year's winner, Shalimar takes second place this year to Chanel No. 5.
Created by Earnest Beaux, No.5 was the first perfume ever created using so much aldehyde, which gives the fragrance its sparkle. No.5 is now over 80 years old and shows no sign of losing popularity.
The Finalists...
- Angel by Thierry Mugler
- Bois des Īles by Chanel
- Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel
- Fracas by Robert Piguet
- Lolita Lempicka by Lolita Lempicka
- Mitsouko by Guerlain
- No. 5 by Chanel
- Prada (new) by Prada
- Shalimar by Guerlain
- Tabac Blond by Caron

















