NEW YORK — Usher walked off with the Male Celebrity Fragrance of the Year bragging rights, and Bath & Body Works nabbed Retailer of the Year honors at the FiFi Awards on Thursday at the Downtown Armory here. Michael Kors was inducted into the FiFi Hall of Fame, his second such honor this week after picking up a Lifetime Achievement award from CFDA Monday night. Presented by the Fragrance Foundation, the awards also lauded a long list of fragrances introduced within the last year (detailed below).
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2010 FiFi Award Winners
Male Celebrity Fragrance of the Year: Usher
Retailer of the Year: Bath & Body Works
FiFi Hall of Fame: Michael Kors
Fragrance of the Year, Men’s Luxe: Tom Ford Grey Vetiver — The Estée Lauder Cos. Inc.
Fragrance of the Year, Women’s Popular Appeal: Halle by Halle Berry — Coty
Fragrance of the Year, Women’s Luxe: Lola Marc Jacobs — Coty Prestige
Fragrance of the Year, Men’s Popular Appeal: Seduction in Black, Antonio Banderas — Puig USA Inc.
Fragrance of the Year, Women’s Nouveau Niche: Bond No. 9 Astor Place — Bond No. 9 New York
Fragrance of the Year, Men’s Nouveau Niche: Bond No. 9 Brooklyn — Bond No. 9 New York
Fragrance of the Year, Women’s Private Label/Direct Sell: Love Rocks — Victoria’s Secret
Fragrance of the Year, Men’s Private Label/Direct Sell: Patrick Dempsey 2 — Avon Products Inc.
Fragrance of the Year, Unique Boutique: Tom Ford White Suede (unisex/women’s) — The Estée Lauder Cos. Inc.
Fragrance Hall of Fame: ck one — Calvin Klein Cosmetics/Coty Prestige
Fragrance of the Year, Bath and Body: Couture Couture by Juicy Couture — Elizabeth Arden
Best Packaging of the Year — Women’s Popular Appeal: Bath & Body Works Signature Collection P.S. I Love You EDT — Bath & Body Works
Best Packaging of the Year, Women’s Prestige: Life Threads Collection: Silver, Gold, Platinum — La Prairie
Best Packaging of the Year, Men’s Popular Appeal: Comme une Evidence — Yves Rocher North America Inc.
Best Packaging of the Year, Men’s Prestige: John Varvatos Artisan — Beauté Prestige International
Best Women’s Media Campaign: Chanel No.5 “No.5: Train de nuit” — Chanel
Best Men’s Media Campaign: ck one “We Are One” — Calvin Klein Cosmetics, Coty Prestige
Best Interior Scent Collection: Scentbug Diffuser — Slatkin & Co./Limited Brands Inc.
Perfume Extraordinaire: Firmenich
Editorial Excellence in Scent features: Allure, Elle, elle.com
Technological Breakthrough, Packaging Technology & Delivery Systems: Victorinox Swiss Unlimited rubber bottle — Victorinox Swiss Army
Technological Breakthrough, Fragrance Creation & Formulation: Miriad 2.0 — Givaudan Fragrances Corp.