creativity
Each year, we select a different olfactory note to be explored.
the olfactory note
The olfactory note this year is Leather, distinguished, wody, warm, smoked characteristic note.
So for our 2024 contest all perfumes must be created around the Leather.
LEATHER
Warm, smoky and distinguished… Leather evokes an image of burnt ember, mingling with the lingering scent of tobacco. Elegant and animal, this note is synthetically reproduced to evoke the powerful scent of leather goods.
In fragrance, the leather accord is a complex mixture of raw materials. Leather notes include birch and styrax as well as tobacco and animal notes. Every perfumer has their own secrets to creating leather notes, adding their own personal thumbprint. The perfumer can add floral or powdery notes to soften a leather base, depending on their inspiration and desired effect.
Perfumery’s first leather notes came from leather tinctures created by Maîtres Gantiers Perfumers in Grasse, one of the most prestigious perfume houses located in southern France. They created the notes using the incredibly soft leathers that were used to make the popular gloves of the time. The leather itself was tanned using silver birch bark in accordance with the ancient Cosack method. The leather accord was very popular from 1920 to 1960 when it was most commonly used in both women’s and men’s fragrances. Leather was even considered to be its own olfactory family.
Leather’s subtle animal scent has a reassuring effect.
There will be three "Mouillette d’Argent" awards
Award for the best perfume
Jury Award General category
Award for the best perfume
Jury Award Freelance category
Award for the best perfume
Public Prize
The rules
Each perfumer may submit a single perfume to the competition, provided that this perfume includes the scent or olfactory note selected for this edition and meets the requirements specified in the section «Sending samples».
The competition organisers reserve the right to accept or reject entries if they do not comply with the conditions of these rules or have any other deficiency or formal defect. This also includes failure to meet the published deadlines for any of the stages of this competition.
Registration for the competition has cost of 85 €. Payment should be made through here
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FRAGRANCES
You already have the winning perfumes of the 2019 and 2020 edition on sale at www.aineaperfums.com