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Marie Claire Fragrance Awards 2025 Winners
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onight, the Marie Claire team celebrated the very best in beauty at the annual Marie Claire Prix d'Excellence de la Beauté Awards. Each year, beauty editors from the global Marie Claire editions, along with some accomplished colleagues, come together to judge the biggest launches from the previous year.
The 44 awards—which span everything from fragrance families, niche scents, and modern classics to moreish body mists, scented candles and room diffusrs—were judged by some of the most renowned noses in the industry. This includes fragrance experts Alice de Parcq and Clémence Pellé, broadcaster and presenter Nicola Bonn and fragrance writer Suzy Nightingale, as well as our internal beauty team.
Now, without further ado, we introduce you to the 2025 Marie Claire UK Fragrance Awards winners…
Meet the breakthrough acts that have showcased the
power of perfumery this year.
See all of The New Guard winners
The New Guard
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Best New Fragrance - Luxury
Chanel Comète
Les Exclusifs de Chanel
Best Collaboration
Acne Studios
par Frédéric Malle
See all of the Legacy Scentswinners
From vintage icons to modern classics, these scents are indusry favourites that take centre stage in modern life.
Legacy Scents
Best Eau de Parfum
Byredo
Blanche Absolu EDP
Best Women’s Luxury
Amouage
Guidance 46
See all of the Beyond the Bottle winners
Scent Archetypes
Best Candle Design
ESPA
Alabastros Bergamot & Jasmine Candle
Best Scented Body Cream
Commune
Seymour Body Cream
With everything from decadaent candles and elevated room mists to waterless diffusers, there’s great innovation to be found across the lifestyle sector.
Beyond the Bottle
Best Spicy
Kingdom Scotland
Metamorphic
Best Wood
Officine Universelle Buly
Eau Triple Cedre du Liban
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Best Gourmand
Granado
Esplendor
See all of the Scent archetypes winners
Best Eau de Extrait
Mind Games
Mentor
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his morning, the Marie Claire UK beauty team celebrated the crème de la crème of olfactory excellence at our inaugural Fragrance Awards. Whether it's a heritage house or a disruptive new name, scent has always been a bedrock of our programming, and we are delighted to honour the most exquisite creations and groundbreaking innovations in this flourishing sector.
Sunil Makan
EDITOR
LOTTIE WINTER
BEAUTY director
KATIE THOMAS
Senior Beauty Editor
Nessa Humayun
Beauty Editor
Alice de Parcq
Fragrance Presenter,
Expert & Host
Clémence Pellé
Fragrance Expert
Nicola Bonn
Broadcaster & Fragrance Presenter
Suzy Nightingale
Fragrance Writer
Whether it’s a saccharine gourmand, a punchy citrus or a smoky oud, there’s a fragrance for every sensibility.
Photographs by: Neil godwin at future studios
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his morning, the Marie Claire UK beauty team celebrated the crème de la crème of olfactory excellence at our inaugural Fragrance Awards. Whether it's a heritage house or a disruptive new name, scent has always been a bedrock of our programming, and we are delighted to honour the most exquisite creations and groundbreaking innovations in this flourishing sector.
The 44 awards—which span classic, breakthrough acts, perfume families and lifestyle—were judged by some of the most renowned noses in the industry, including fragrance experts Alice de Parcq and Clémence Pellé, broadcaster and presenter Nicola Bonn and fragrance writer Suzy Nightingale, as well as our internal beauty team.
Now, without further ado, we introduce you to the 2025 Marie Claire UK Fragrance Awards winners…
Whether it's a heritage house or a disruptive new name, scent has always been a bedrock of our programming, and we are delighted to honour the most exquisite creations and groundbreaking innovations in this flourishing sector.
The 44 awards—which span classic, breakthrough acts, perfume families and lifestyle—were judged by some of the most renowned noses in the industry, including fragrance experts Alice de Parcq and Clémence Pellé, broadcaster and presenter Nicola Bonn and fragrance writer Suzy Nightingale, as well as our internal beauty team.
Now, without further ado, we introduce you to the 2025
Marie Claire UK Fragrance Awards winners…
Best New Fragrance - Luxury
Chanel Comète
Les Exclusifs de Chanel
Breakthrough Acts
Breakthrough Acts
Niche perfumes have well and truly broken
into the mainstream this year—and we’re
simply spoilt for choice.
Best New Fragrance - Luxury
Chanel Comète
Les Exclusifs de Chanel
BEST COLLABORATION
Acne Studios
par Frédéric Malle
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BEST COLLABORATION
Acne Studios
par Frédéric Malle
Classics
From vintage icons to recent classics, these perfumes have stoodthe test of
time for good reason.
BEST EAU DE PARFUM
Byredo
Blanche Absolu EDP
BEST WOOD
Officine Universelle Buly
Eau Triple Cedre du Liban
BEST WOOD
Officine Universelle Buly
Eau Triple Cedre du Liban
Families
Whether it’s a saccharine gourmand,
a punchy citrus or a smoky oud, there’s a fragrance for every sensibility.
check out all the winners
BEST GOURMAND
Granado
Esplendor
BEST SPICY
Kingdom Scotland
Metamorphic
check out all the winners
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Andrea Thompson
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Andrea Thompson
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Andrea Thompson
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Andrea Thompson
Editor-in-Chief
Andrea Thompson
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