Basenotes

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Basenotes
Type of site
 Online perfume database
Available in English
Created byGrant Osborne
URL basenotes.net
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Users 194,640 (May 2018) [1]
LaunchedAugust 2000
Current statusOnline

Basenotes is a United Kingdom-based online fragrance resource which includes a fragrance database, message boards and editorial. The site was launched in August 2000 by Grant Osborne as an information site for men's fragrance and grooming. In 2004, the site expanded to include feminine fragrances. [2]

Contents

Basenotes Fragrance Directory

The Basenotes Fragrance Directory contains over 20,000 fragrances and over 90,000 fragrance reviews by the site's visitors. Users of the site can search for fragrances by name, house, year of launch, gender, notes (ingredients), perfumer or bottle designer. Visitors to the site can submit information to be included in the directory. [3]

The consumer reviews on the site have been described as "admirably prosaic" [4] by Alexis Petridis in The Guardian .

Basenotes Fragrance Awards

Each year, Basenotes asks visitors to the site to vote for their favorite fragrances that year. [5] Regular winners include Old Spice, Shalimar, Vetiver de Guerlain, Chanel No.5, YSL M7, Green Irish Tweed and A*Men. There are also categories for the best new fragrance and best celebrity fragrance.

Awards and recognition

Basenotes has won five awards for its editorial content, written by Marian Bendeth, at The Canadian Fragrance Awards in 2007,[ citation needed ] 2008 [6] and 2009.

In 2009, the website won a prize for Best Web Editorial at the Jasmine Awards for an article by the writer, Liz Upton. The following year, the same prize was won by the Basenotes writer, Walker Minton. In 2018, Claire Vukcevic won the Best Practical Guide Award for her guide to summer fragrances on Basenotes. [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Basenotes Forums". Basenotes.net. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Basenotes: an interview with Grant Osborne :: Now Smell This Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Women's Wear Daily 1 September 2007 "TEch's THE TICKET; ELECTRONIC INNOVATIONS ARE PROVIDING ENTRY TO THE FUTURE OF RETAILING. - WWD | HighBeam Research". Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
  4. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (25 November 2006). "Alexis Petridis: I smell a rat in men's fragrance". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Frederick, Kelly (10 November 2008). "Basenotes.net Award Winners". Perfumer & Flavorist. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  6. ↑ German Duftstars, Canadian Fragrance Awards ~ the 2008 winners :: Now Smell This Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "The Fragrance Foundation Jasmine Awards 2018 Winners | The Jasmine Awards". thejasmineawards.co.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Summer Fragrances for People Who Hate Summer & Also Summer Fragrances ~ by Claire Vukcevic – Basenotes.net". www.basenotes.net. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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