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 niche, independent, artisanal or boutique fragrance: Carnal Flower by Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle
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Silver Award: Chinatown by Bond No. 9
Bronze Award: Ormonde Woman by Ormonde Jayne
Gold Winner Carnal Flower took two years to create, was created by perfumer, Domonique Ropion, and contains the highest amount of natural tuberose absolute in any fragrance.
Bond No.9's China Town takes the Silver, and Linda Pilkington's Ormonde Woman takes the Bronze.
The Finalists...
- Angélique Encens by Creed
- Carnal Flower by Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle
- Chergui by Serge Lutens Les Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido
- Chinatown by Bond No. 9
- Fleurs d'Oranger by Serge Lutens Les Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido
- Musc Ravageur by Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle
- Ormonde Woman by Ormonde Jayne
- Orris Noir by Ormonde Jayne
- Premier Figuier by L'Artisan Parfumeur
- Spring Flower by Creed
Previous Winners...
Comme des Garçons 2 by Comme des Garçons (2005)
Spring Flower by Creed (2006)

















