The Second Annual Art and Olfaction Awards
Goethe Institut, Los Angeles
April, 2015
The second annual Art and Olfaction Awards took place on April 17 2015 at the Goethe Institut, with a full showing of the perfume and art communities in Los Angeles.
INDEPENDENT CATEGORY
WINNERS:
Black Pepper & Sandalwood
by Acca Kappa with Luca Maffei (Italy)
Skive
by Canoe with Jessica Hannah (USA)
SADAKICHI AWARD
WINNER:
Famous Deaths
by Marcel van Brakel, Frederik Duerinck, Wander Eikelboom, Mark Meeuwenoord
With Marcel Boonman, Daan Rijnkels, Caro Verbeek, Jorg Hempenius, Peter de Cupere, Thijs Eerens, Simon Kentgens, Martijn de Ruiter (The Netherlands)
FINALISTS:
A City on Fire
by Imaginary Authors (USA)
Foxglove
by DS & Durga (USA)
Tobacco Cognac
by House of Cherry Bomb (USA)
FINALISTS:
Boccanera
by OrtoParisi with Allessandro Gualtieri (The Netherlands)
Ombre Indigo
by Olfactive Studio with Mylène Alran (France)
Pashay
by Raymond Matts with Christophe Laudamiel (USA)
FINALISTS:
Catalin
by Charles Long
With Carrie Paterson, Karen Reitzel, Seth Hawkins, Emery Martin, Michael Mascha (USA)
Chroma
by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz (USA)
Crime and Punishment
by Michael McGinley, Charles ‘Chuck’ McGinley
With Noah Bremer and Ben Heywood (USA)
In Libro De Tenebris
by Paul Schütze (UK)
THE EVENT
We couldn’t be happier with how the event went: The Art and Olfaction Awards are really a community affair, and it shows in the familial atmosphere and friendly, inclusive atmosphere.
Our speakers were:
Emcee - Kendra Gaeta
Short Film - Steven Rimlinger
Opening Remarks - Saskia Wilson-Brown
State of the Industry Address - Adam Eastwood & Franco Wright
Submissions Process - Hank Jenkins
Presenting the Judges - Ashley Eden Kessler
Artisan Category Finalists - Sarah Horowitz-Thran
First Winner in Artisan Category - Adolfo Nodal
Second Winner in Artisan Category - Daniel Krasofski
Independent Category Finalists - Steven Gontarksi
First Winner in Independent Category - Christina Fidducia
Second Winner in Independent Category - Brent Leonesio
Sadakichi Award for Experimental Scent: Raison d’être - Dr. Kóan Jeff Baysa
Sadakichi Award for Experimental Scent Finalists & Winner - Bettina Hubby
Closing Remarks - Yosh Han
After the ceremony somebody said that next year we should have a drinking game where everyone has to take a shot each time someone says 'thank you'. Our goal, then, is to get you drunk: THANK YOU! First round of thanks goes to the perfume community! Without your participation, this entire undertaking would have been quite impossible.
PARTNERS
LuckyScent / Scent Bar
The Goethe Institut
Esxence Milan
Scent Culture Institute with Bern University for Applied Sciences
Allies.la
Beski Projekts
Hollywood Blonde
GreenBar
Standard Hollywood
Aftelier Perfumes
Sebastian Signs
CaFleureBon
Fragrance Belles Lettres
Fragrantica
JUDGES
Our judges are the life's blood of what we do. We wish to extend yet another sincere thank you to these dedicated people.
ARTISAN AND INDEPENDENT CATEGORY JUDGES
Ashley Eden Kessler
Brent Leonesio
Daniel Krasofski
Hank Jenkins
James McHugh
Laura Johnson
Neal Harris
Persephenie
Steven Gontarski
Sherri Sebastian
Yvettra Grantham
FINALS JUDGES
Luca Turin
Mandy Aftel
Miriam Vareldzis
Sebastian Fischenich
Sarah Horowitz-Thran
SADAKICHI AWARD JUDGES
Allison Agsten
Bettina Hubby
Dr. Kóan Jeff Baysa
Marcos Lutyens
Mark Allen
EVENT STAFF + VOLUNTEERS
Alexa Coblentz
Ben Chase
Borja Sau
Bradford Akerman
Ilene Hoffman
Jeffrey Paul
Maxwell Williams
Julianne Lee
Kendra Gaeta
Micah Hahn
Minetta Rogers
Monica Seggos
Saskia Wilson-Brown
Shelly Ray
Stacey Lazzara
