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 8th Annual Basenotes Awards
Best Women's Fragrance for Evening Wear: Black Orchid by Tom Ford
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Silver Award: Shalimar by Guerlain
Bronze Award: Gucci by Gucci by Gucci
Black Orchid by Tom Ford takes Gold; Previous winner, Shalimar, takes Silver and newcomer Gucci de Gucci takes Bronze.
The Finalists...
- Angel by Thierry Mugler
- Black Orchid by Tom Ford
- Chergui by Serge Lutens Les Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido
- Fifi Chachnil by Fifi Chachnil
- Fracas by Robert Piguet
- Gucci by Gucci by Gucci
- Mitsouko by Guerlain
- Narciso Rodriguez for Her by Narciso Rodriguez
- Opium by Yves Saint Laurent
- Shalimar by Guerlain
Previous Winners...
Dior Addict by Christian Dior (2005)
Angel by Thierry Mugler (2006)
Shalimar by Guerlain (2007)

















