Announcing The 2021 Judging Panel
Best of the Best Fragrance Writers Deserve Best of the Best Judging Panel
New York N.Y. 2/23/2021. Each year, Perfumed Plume Awards for Fragrance Journalism™
calls upon a diverse group of esteemed professionals steeped in the marketing, manufacturing
and making of fragrance, to review the submissions. In past years, the judging panel, experts in
their particular fields, never failed to read each and every story with care and enthusiasm.
Lyn Leigh and Mary Ellen Lapsansky, Perfumed Plume Co-Founders, thank the 2021 judging
panel sincerely for graciously giving their time and dedication to the awards voting process in
selecting the finalists and winners. They bring a wealth of understanding, passion for the métier
and appreciation for the written word about fragrance in its many various interpretations, read by
perfume aficionados everywhere. "We can’t thank them enough. Because the best of the best
deserve the best of the best. We are honored they accepted our request."
This year’s stellar panel who volunteered their precious time are:
Marian Bendeth
Global Fragrance Expert and Owner of Sixth Scents
Andrea Bifulco
Founder, Nose University
Sarah Colton
Perfume Writer/Journalist/Blogger/Video Producer
Darryl Do
Perfumer, Delbia Do Fragrances
Alison Gould
Executive Creative Director/Copywriter
Trudi Loren
Creative Director North America IFF
Mary Manning
President Manning Associates
Raymond Matts
CEO/Creative Design at Raymond Matts LLC - Perfume Designer
Sonia Milfort
Fragrance Professional: Development and Evaluation
Pamela Vaile
President, Pamela Vaile LLC
Click here to read the judges' full bios
About The Perfumed Plume Awards™ The Perfumed Plume
Awards™ for Fragrance Journalism, now in its 6th year, is an independent recognition
of creative storytelling that engages and educates the consumer on the art and craft
of fragrance. It celebrates stories that give the reader an inside view of the
cultural, historical and personal approaches to fragrance design and what it takes to
create an evocative scent. Stories that illuminate why some fragrances can instantly
evoke memories of a person, time or place.
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