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 for Day Wear: Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana
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Silver Award: Spring Flower by Creed
Bronze Award: Eau des Merveilles by Hermès
Dolce & Gabanna takes the Gold Award for Best Female Daywear fragrance for its Light Blue fragrance and 2007 will see the launch of Light Blue pour Homme.
We were surprised to see Lolita Lempicka placed in the nominees for this award, as it is often considered an evening scent.
The Finalists...
- Burberry London by Burberry
- Cool Water Woman by Davidoff
- Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana
- Eau des Merveilles by Hermès
- FlowerbyKenzo by Kenzo
- Lolita Lempicka by Lolita Lempicka
- Love In White by Creed
- No. 19 by Chanel
- Paris by Yves Saint Laurent
- Spring Flower by Creed
Previous Winners...
Spring Flower by Creed (2005)
Paris by Yves Saint Laurent (2006)

















