7th Annual Basenotes Fragrance Awards - Voting is now open

Voting is now open for the 7th Annual Basenotes Fragrance Awards sponsored by Aedes de Venustas. Consumers from all over the world can now vote in the 7th Annual Basenotes Fragrance Awards. There are several new categories this year including Best Fragrance Blog, and Best Celebrity Fragrance. The awards are sponsored this year by New York-based perfumery, Aedes de Venustas, and one randomly-picked voter will receive an Aedes Giftcard worth $200. The categories for the 7th Annual Basenotes Fragrance Awards are: • Best new fragrance (masculine and feminine) • Best overall fragrance (masculine and feminine) • Best fragrance for day (masculine and feminine) • Best fragrance for evening (masculine and feminine) • Best fragrance packaging (masculine and feminine) • Best designer, mainstream or fine fragrance (masculine and feminine) • Best niche, independent, artisanal or boutique fragrance (masculine and feminine) • Best mass-market, drugstore, budget or direct-sell fragrance (masculine and feminine) • Best celebrity fragrance (masculine and feminine) • Best fragrance house • Best fragrance blog Votes can be registered at the Basenotes.net website. Voting closes on 31st December 2006, and the results will be announced in February 2007. About the Basenotes Fragrance Awards At the end of every year, fragrance website, Basenotes, has asked fragrance consumers which fragrances they have enjoyed in that year. The results are then tallied and announced in February. Last year the awards were dominated by the French house of Creed who picked up four awards (Best Fragrance House, Best Fragrance for Daywear, Best Masculine Niche Fragrance and Best Feminine Niche Fragrance). Two awards each were picked up by Yves Saint Laurent (Best feminine fragrance for daywear and Best masculine fragrance for evening) and Thierry Mugler (Best feminine fragrance for evening and Best masculine fragrance). (From Basenotes press-release)