Per our Fragrance Awards, the following 16 scents are considered timeless, encompassing both classic favorites and modern masterpieces.
The Fragrance Awards 2022, a prestigious event in the world of perfumery, recently took place, showcasing the best in the industry. An esteemed panel of experts, including Alice de Parcq, Clemence Pelle, Nicola Bonn, and Suzy Nightingale, judged the entries based on criteria such as scent originality, quality of ingredients, creativity in composition, longevity, sillage, and overall impression.
Standout Performances
Mind Games' Mentor: Best Eau de Extrait
Mind Games' Mentor, a powerful unisex fragrance, took home the award for Best Eau de Extrait. With notes of caramel, plum, Italian lemon, coffee, amber, resin, cassis, tonka bean, sandalwood, and oud, this modern vanilla scent is a delightful blend that has been praised by judge Nicola Bonn as "creamy orris, slightly sour apple. It's delicious."
Byredo's Blanche: Best Eau de Parfum
Byredo's Blanche, the ultimate "clean girl" scent, won the award for Best Eau de Parfum. With crisp aldehydic notes, black pepper, and warm neroli, this fragrance is "very easy to wear and incredibly chic in design and scent," according to Suzy Nightingale, fragrance writer and co-host of the On the Scent podcast.
Prada Paradoxe: Best Classic Women's Fragrance and Sustainable Choice
Prada Paradoxe, a floral amber scent with a long-lasting effect, won the awards for Best Classic Women's Fragrance and was recognised for its sustainability. By choosing a 100ml refill of Prada Paradoxe instead of two 50ml bottles, consumers can help save resources such as glass, metals, plastic, and cardboard.
Diptyque: Best Fragrance Collection
Diptyque won the award for Best Fragrance Collection, with each glass vial intricately designed to evoke the treasures of nature, including coral, mother of pearl, bark, water lily, and desert rose crystals.
Other Notable Winners
- Dolce & Gabbana's Light Blue won the award for Best Eau de Toilette.
- Brioni's Brioni won the award for Best Designer Fragrance - Men's.
- Kylie Cosmetics' Cosmic by Kylie Jenner won the award for Best Highstreet Fragrance.
- Bulgari's The Allegra won the award for Best Fragrance Bottle and Best Purse-Friendly Fragrance.
- Ormonde Jayne's Ormonde Woman won the award for Best Classic Women's Fragrance and Best Fragrance of the Year.
- Tom Ford's Bois Pacifique Eau de Parfum won the award for Best Classic Men's Fragrance.
- Marks & Spencer's Discover White Coconut Eau de Toilette won the award for Best Purse-Friendly Fragrance.
A Surprise Scent in the Office
One unexpected moment during the awards took place in our office, where the team stopped and demanded to know what had just been spritzed when Byredo's Blanche was sprayed. The fragrance, with its crisp aldehydic notes, black pepper, and warm neroli, left a lasting impression on everyone who encountered it.
In conclusion, the Fragrance Awards 2022 was a celebration of the best in the perfumery world, with a wide range of scents, from modern vanillas to clean and chic eaux de parfum, and from floral ambers to innovative highstreet fragrances. The winners showcased the creativity, quality, and innovation that the industry continues to bring to the world of scent.
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