The scores from the phase one judging round are in, and the ten finalists in each category (artisan and independent) have been selected!

These finalists are currently in the process of criss-crossing the globe on their way to the mailboxes of our phase two judges: Luca Turin, Stefan Sagmeister, Mandy Aftel, Christophe Laudamiel and Sarah Horowitz-Thran. The scores these judges submit will determine the winners of the first annual Art and Olfaction Awards, which we will announce at our ceremony on April 25th at Goethe Institute Los Angeles (more on that soon!).

Once we've received the scores from the phase two judges, we will be free to announce the names of the finalists.This will happen on March 17th, on this website (and - of course - related social media).

Why are we waiting? Well, so our phase two judges do not know whose work they are judging. It's all in the interest of anonymity and fairness.