The Art and Olfaction Awards are designed to raise interest and awareness for independent perfumers, artisan perfumers, and experimental practitioners with scent on an international scale. The Golden Pear™ awards serve as a prestigious marker for excellence in independent, artisan and experimental perfumery. They are handed out every year in a ceremony that travels to cities around the world, after a long judging process in which all perfumes are assessed blindly. By shining a spotlight on perfumery’s most outstanding creators, we hope to help generate support for independent practices in perfumery as a whole.

The Art and Olfaction Awards and the Golden Pears™ are a program of The Institute for Art and Olfaction, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, USA. Learn more about us here.

We launched a new website in 2023: please visit it here.

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RAISON D'ÊTRE

We've got ten years of history, and firm purpose.

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THE TEAM

Meet the people who make the awards happen.

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PRESS

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