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Here are the finalists of the 2012 Basenotes Reader Awards as voted by you. The winners of each category will be announced later this week:
Best New Fragrance for Women
  • Bottega Veneta [Coty]
  • Les Nombres d'Or - Oud : Mona di Orio
  • Prada Candy [Puig]
  • Shalimar Parfum Initial : Guerlain [LVMH]
  • Violet Blond : Tom Ford [Estee Lauder]


Best New Fragrance for Men

  • A*Men Pure Havane : Thierry Mugler [Groupe Clarins]
  • Aqua Fahrenheit : Dior [LVMH]
  • Eau d'Ikar : Sisley
  • Royal Oud : Creed
  • Santal 33 : Le Labo

Best Fragrance Flanker 2011

  • A*Men Pure Havane : Thierry Mugler [Groupe Clarins]
  • Angel Eau de Toilette : Thierry Mugler [Clarins]
  • cK One Shock : Calvin Klein [Coty]
  • Shalimar Parfum Initial : Guerlain [LVMH]
  • The Taste of Fragrance : Thierry Mugler [Groupe Clarins]

Best Fragrance Packaging 2011
  • Freak : Illamasqua
  • Blood Concept
  • Kokoriko : Jean Paul Gaultier [Shiseido]
  • Les Nombres d'Or - Oud : Mona di Orio
  • Idole Eau de Parfum : Lubin

Best New Celebrity Fragrance

  • Boyfriend : Kate Walsh
  • Dita Von Teese
  • Jennifer Aniston
  • Phoenix : Keith Urban
  • Second Cumming : Alan Cumming [CB I Hate Perfume]


Best Marketing Campaign 2011
  • Axe/Lynx Excite Angels Will Fall : Unilever
  • J'Adore : Dior [LVMH]
  • Prada Candy : Prada [Puig]
  • Shalimar Parfum Initial : Guerlain [LVMH]
  • Violet Blonde : Tom Ford [Lauder]


Best Perfumery

  • Aedes [New York]
  • Barney's [New York]
  • MiN [New York]
  • Les Senteurs [London]
  • Scent Bar [Los Angeles]


Best Online Perfumery

  • Aus Liebe zum Duft
  • escentual.com
  • Fragrancenet
  • Luckyscent
  • Perfume court


Perfumer of the Year 2011

  • Andy Tauer
  • Bertrand Duchaufour
  • Francis Kurkdjian
  • Jean Claude Ellena
  • Mono di Orio


House of the year 2011

  • Bond no.9
  • Creed
  • Guerlain
  • Mona di Orio
  • Serge Lutens


All Time Best (Women's)

  • Angel : Thierry Mugler
  • Chanel No. 5 : Chanel
  • Mitsouko : Guerlain
  • Opium : YSL
  • Shalimar : Guerlain


All Time Best (Men's)
  • Aventus : Creed
  • Dior Homme : Dior
  • Fahrenheit : Dior
  • Habit Rouge : Guerlain
  • Terre d'Hermes : Hermes

We'll be announcing the winner later in the week, but we'd be interested in hearing who you think should win in the comments below.