May 9, 2016
Los Angeles

The Institute for Art and Olfaction is pleased to announce the winners for the third annual Art and Olfaction Awards. The winners were announced at the Third Annual Art and Olfaction Awards ceremony on Saturday, May 7 in an open-to-the-public event at Hammer Museum. Special guest emcee Zackary Drucker (Whitney Biennial 2014; Co-Producer, Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning Transparent) hosted the event.

As with last year, two winners were selected from the Artisan and Independent categories, and one winner was selected for the Sadakichi Award for Experimental Scent. Each winner received a Golden Pear statuette, which continues to cement its status as a prestigious achievement in the independent, artisan and experimental perfume world.

The winners were selected out of a group of finalists by a group of highly qualified judges from the perfume world, the art world, and other creative industries. The artisan and independent category submissions were judged blindly, presented in generic vials and tracked by a numerical code. The preliminary round judges selected the finalists, and the top scoring projects in the finalist pool – as scored by the finalist judges – were selected as winners. In the Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent, the scores submitted by the judging pool established both the finalists and the winners.

THE JUDGES

• Independent Category Preliminary Judges: Steven Gontarski, Yvettra Grantham, Neal Harris, Laura Johnson, Sherri Sebastian, Lizzie Ostrom (aka Odette Toilette)
• Artisan Category Preliminary Judges: Antonio Gardoni, Hank Jenkins, Ashley Eden Kessler, Daniel Krasofski, James McHugh, Persephenie Lea
• Independent & Artisan Categories Finalist Judges: Mandy Aftel, Mark Behnke, Sarah Horowitz-Thran, Kaya Sorhaindo, Andy Tauer, Luca Turin
• Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent Judges: Allison Agsten, Dr. Kóan Jeff Baysa, Peter de Cupere, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Ashraf Osman

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ARTISAN CATEGORY WINNERS

Incendo
by La Curie
Lesli Wood Peterson (perfumer and owner, USA)

Miyako
by Auphorie
‘Eugene’ Zhe You Au; ‘Emrys’ Zhe Min Au (perfumers and owners, Malaysia)

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INDEPENDENT CATEGORY WINNERS

Bat
by Zoologist Perfumes
Victor Wong (owner, Zoologist perfumes, Canada), Ellen Covey (Perfumer, USA)

Néa
by Jul et Mad Paris
Madalina Stoïca-Blanchard, Julien Blanchard  (owners, JUL et MAD Paris, France), Luca Maffei (Perfumer, Italy)

SADAKICHI AWARD FOR EXPERIMENTAL WORK WITH SCENT WINNER

Century’s Breath
by Cat Jones, Australia
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ABOUT

The Art and Olfaction Awards was founded in 2012 as an independent awards mechanism designed to celebrate innovation and excellence in artisan and independent perfume, and experimentation in scent within arts practices. The Art and Olfaction Awards are a program of The Institute for Art and Olfaction, a 501(c)3 non-profit based in Los Angeles, CA.

The Institute for Art and Olfaction is a 501(c)3 non-profit based in Los Angeles, CA. The Institute for Art and Olfaction advances public and artistic engagement with scent. We do this by initiating and supporting arts projects that utilize the medium of scent, by providing accessible and affordable education in our experimental laboratory as well as in partnership with institutions and community groups, and by celebrating excellence in independent and artisan perfumery through our yearly award mechanism, The Art and Olfaction Awards. Through these efforts, we extend the world of scent beyond its traditional boundaries of appreciation and use.

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