The Fragrance Oscars 2015 - The Fragrance Foundation Arabia

by: Sandra Raicevic Petrovic

Just like previous years, The Fragrance Foundation Arabia is organizing The Fragrance Oscars 2015, which will take place for the sixth time in Dubai. The award celebration will be held on November 11, 2015 at the Jumeirah Mina A'Salam Hotel in Dubai.

As Mr. Shahzad Haider, Chairman of The Fragrance Foundation Arabia, informs us, this year the list of categories was expanded and three new categories were added in the CONNOISEUR'S CHOICE OF THE YEAR – expert choice (niche perfume of the year, exclusive collection of the year and oriental set of the year).

Besides this novelty regarding nominations, the categorization remained the same as previous years and voting follows for:FRAGRANCE OF THE YEAR(Arabian Prestige Male, International Prestige Male, Arabian Popular Appeal Male, International Popular Appeal Male, Arabian Prestige Female, International Prestige Female, Arabian Popular Appeal Female and International Popular Appeal Female).

On top of that, perfumes compete for the award MY FAVORITE PERFUME OF THE YEAR – selected by a jury consisting of Hia bloggers and online voting.

Nominations for perfumes in all categories are ongoing on the official website of The Fragrance Oscars 2015 -fragranceawardsarabia.com

This year, the jury consists of Ali M. Jaber (Jury chairman), Mai Badr (Hia Editor-in-Chief), Dr. Rami M. Boulad (Executive Vice-President CBDO/CMO), Serge Kotovsky (Creation), Alistair Johnson (General Manager of Retail Operations at DFS).Shirrin Sarkaree (Dubai Duty Free), Terek Anbar (Symrise),Karen Pasquali Jones (Editor Friday Magazine, Gulf News),Alexandre Hawari(MediaquestCorp), Menno Oosterhoff (Managing Director, P&G Prestige Middle East & Africa), Nevra Merkezli(Business Development and Sales Director/ SELUZ), Ghania Azzam (Head of Fashion and Beauty Section Zahrat Al Khaleej Magazine & Anazahra.com),Ghassan Hajjaj (Training Manager of YSL,  Loreal) andLina Samman (International fashion ambassador).

Hia’s Jury consists of bloggers: Adnan Al Kateb (Chairman of Bloggers Jury), Amira Ashour, Lojain Omran, Maya Ahmed, Rosemin Manji, Sara Murad and Tamara Al Gabbani. Read more on each jury member on the official website.