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 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 8th Annual Basenotes Awards
Best Women's Fragrance: Shalimar by Guerlain
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Silver Award: No. 5 by Chanel
Bronze Award: Prada Infusion d'Iris by Prada
Chanel No. 5 and Shalimar seem to win this alternately. Nice to see newcomer, Infusion d'Iris, voted into third place.
The Finalists...
- Angel by Thierry Mugler
- Black Orchid by Tom Ford
- Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel
- Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana
- Juicy Couture by Juicy Couture
- Mitsouko by Guerlain
- Narciso Rodriguez for Her by Narciso Rodriguez
- No. 5 by Chanel
- Prada Infusion d'Iris by Prada
- Shalimar by Guerlain

















