The organization of the International Perfumery Competition - Mouillette d'Argent has revealed the finalists for the 2023 edition. In total, 93 perfumers from 26 different countries applied, and 12 are the finalists for the 2023 edition. Twelve of them, coming from Spain, the USA, Taiwan, France, Argentina, Poland, and Bangladesh, will aspire to the jury's ultimate prize: the Rosendo Mateu Award, which, for the first time, will have a cash prize of €2,500 provided by the perfumery brand founded by the master perfumer (R.I.P.) Mr. Rosendo Mateu. The organization of the event values this scoop and novelty as an additional recognition of the perfumer's figure who was the president of the competition for years and will also attract more international talent to the competition and boost its attractiveness and consolidation. Four of the Rosendo Mateu Award finalists, being freelance perfumers, will compete for the Best Independent Perfume Award, a specific category for perfumers who do not work in the industry.
All finalists will compete for the third award, the Audience Award. The finalist perfumes will be displayed starting from April 10th in different perfumeries across the country such as Regia, Les Topettes, Ruiz de Ocenda flores y perfumes de autor and in different centers of Julia perfumeries. The general public will be able to smell them and vote for their favorite until May 5th.
Another of the novelties that incorporate in this edition is that the Concurso will release a new logo with a new corporate image and web, from where will be able to access and obtain all the information in this regard, in addition to all the notable to the finalists, as well as the members of the jury and sponsors.
In this edition the Mouillette d'Argent goes back to celebrate in the frame of the Maridatge dels Sentits, a party of the senses that takes place in Teià. The assistants will be able to stroll by the decorate streets , the fair of independent perfumers, assist to exhibitions, conferences and, especially, smell and vote the prize of the public between perfume them finalists. Finally, it will celebrate the gala of delivery of prizes in a ceremony that has converted every year in a meeting point of perfumery, industry and collaborators.
This year, the design agency Noreste has joined the Beauty Cluster, Ainea Parfums, and the City Council of Teià as a co-organizing entity of the event. Noreste's entry has allowed for the creation of a unique image for the competition and the development of the website for the upcoming edition. In addition, the competition will once again have the sponsorship of the industry represented by companies such as Lluch Essence, CPL, Rafesa, Eurofragance, Iberchem, Sandir, Ventos, Scentmate by Firmenich, Cosmo Fragrances, and Bordas, which demonstrate the industry's support for the projection of the perfumers' figure.
In this next edition, the leading olfactory note will be the bergamot and the delivery of prizes will celebrate on 6 May in Ca l'Antiga, in Teià.