- Basenotes
Infobox Website
name = Basenotes
url = [http://www.basenotes.net/ www.basenotes.net]
commercial = Yes
type =Online perfumedatabase
language = English
registration = Optional
author =Grant Osborne
launch date = August 2000
current status = ActiveBasenotes is an
United Kingdom -based onlinefragrance resource which features a fragrance database, message boards, and editorial. The site was launched in August 2000 byGrant Osborne as an information site for men's fragrance and grooming. In 2004 the site expanded to include feminine fragrances. [ [http://nowsmellthis.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2005/10/17/1303340.html Basenotes: an interview with Grant Osborne :: Now Smell This ] ]The Basenotes Fragrance Directory
The Basenotes Fragrance Directory contains over 11,000 fragrances and over 30,000 fragrance reviews by the site's visitors. Users of the site can search for fragrances by name, house, year of launch, gender, notes (ingredients),
perfumer or bottle designer. Visitors of the site can submit information to be included in the directory [Women's Wear Daily 1 September 2007 http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-179313929.html] , though it does seem to take some time for user submissions to be included on the site.The consumer reviews on the site have been described as "admirably prosaic" [ [http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/fashion/story/0,,1955117,00.html Alexis Petridis: I smell a rat in men's fragrance | Life and style | The Guardian ] ] by
The Guardian .The Basenotes Community
Basenotes has a lively fragrance discussion board, described by the
New York Times as "the rialto for perfume talk" [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/magazine/16wwln-medium-t.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=basenotes&st=nyt&oref=slogin Virginia Heffernan - The Medium - Television - Internet Video - Media - New York Times ] ] , where registered members can discuss fragrances and trade fragrances in the Basenotes Marketplace.The Basenotes Fragrance Awards
Each year Basenotes asks visitors to the site to vote on their favorite fragrances that year [ [http://www.perfumerflavorist.com/news/19099669.html P&F.com | News | Basenotes.net Award Winners ] ] . Regular winners include
Old Spice ,Shalimar ,Vetiver deGuerlain ,Chanel No.5 , YSLM7 ,Green Irish Tweed and A*Men.Other features
The site also features regularly updated industry news, user blogs, articles [ [http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article1554639.ece The click - Times Online ] ] and interviews with figures in the fragrance industry.
Awards and recognition
Basenotes has won two awards for its editorial content at
The Canadian Fragrance Awards in 2007 [ [http://newsblaze.com/story/2007050310040200005.cc/topstory.html Coty Canada, Prestilux Inc., Estee Lauder and Lancome: Big Winners At The 2007 Canadian Fragrance Awards-Shelley Rozenwald Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award ] ] and 2008 [ [http://nowsmellthis.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/26/3661406.html German Duftstars, Canadian Fragrance Awards ~ the 2008 winners :: Now Smell This ] ] . Both winning articles were written by regular contributor and fragrance expert,Marian Bendeth .In August 2008 Basenotes was one of 50 websites recommended by
Men's Vogue in a best-of-the-web round-up which also featuredIMDB .Slashdot ,Boing Boing andeLuxury . [ [http://www.mensvogue.com/design/articles/best_websites_hub 50 Recommended Web sites: Tech: mensvogue.com ] ]References
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