Perfumed Plume Awards Winners and Finalists 2021: The Best Perfume Storytelling!

The Perfumed Plume Awards for Fragrance Journalism has announced winners among finalists in six categories! The Plum Girl remains a 2x finalist in 2021 in the category PERFUME STORIES IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA – DIGITAL.  The founders, Ms. Lapsansky and Ms.  Leigh applauded each and every winner and finalist, all the writers that submitted their work, and thanked the judging committee.

The 2021 winners and finalists were determined by the highest percentage scores received based on the criteria for each category, and here is the complete list!

The criteria for all award categories are published here, and you can also read the judging committee members’ bio here.

Here are the winners:

PERFUME STORIES IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA – DIGITAL

Joint Winners

1980s-1990s Men’s Fragrances: Smells Like My Teen Spirit – Clayton Ilolahia for ÇaFleureBon
Why Now Is the Perfect Time to Craft a Custom Perfume… Smell ya later, 2020, April Long for townandcountrymag.com

PERFUME STORIES IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA – PRINT

Modern Florals (Heavy Petalling), Suzy Nightingale for The Scented Letter

SHORT ‘N SWEET PERFUME STORIES – PRINT OR DIGITAL

The Thin Veil Between Art and Commerce: Andy Warhol and Perfume, Marianne Butler for ÇaFleureBon

INSTApost – Perfume Stories on Instagram

Fantosmia,  Danu Seith-Fyr for ode_r_

Visualization of Perfume Stories – Print & Digital

Smoke on the Water – 2020 Autumn Essentials, Armin Zogbaum, Anna Nizio, Olivier Yoshitomi for Scentury

Fragrance Book of the Year

Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World’s Smells by Harold McGee
With a special mention for inspiring a new children’s category: Zaza’s Scent-sational Super Power – Alexis Wintrob and illustrator Shera Serrulha.

I would like to thank The Perfumed Plume founders, all members of the judging committee, and congratulate all the winners and finalists! I’m thrilled to be a double finalist in such a company!

Humbled and proud at the same time to receive such recognition. Each of my reviews is so time-consuming, as I tend to go in-depth. I take it slow, give perfume time and respect, it takes thinking, testing, wearing, researching, asking questions, testing again, sketching, writing, editing, taking photos, editing again, publishing, sharing, loving.

It was even harder to enter the flow of inspiration in 2021 for me, mostly due to Covid19 + a hefty dose of earthquakes state of mind, but Perfume Writing Muses were kind to me.  It’s a labor of love and passion. Love for perfume, to be shared with you passionately. Special thanks to Filippo and Miguel, they inspire me continuously.

Let’s take a closer look at all the Perfumed Plume Awards Finalists 2021: 

PERFUME STORIES IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA – PRINT – MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS

The criteria for judging: quality of editorial content; originality & creativity; accuracy & depth of information: