The International Perfumery Contest

Coinciding with the fourth edition of the Pairing of the Senses, Teià will host the celebration of the IV International Mouillette Silver Perfumery Contest. It is an annual event aimed at professional perfumers from around the world who want to publicize their creative capacity.

The jury of the award will be chaired by the master perfumer Rosendo Mateu and made up of a group of experts in the world of perfume, design, gastronomy, art and the winners of the 2020 edition.

There will be three “* Mouillette d'argent” awards: Best Perfume Award - general category, Audience Award and Best Perfume Award - freelance category. The jury will select from all the perfumes sent, 6 perfumes from the general category and 6 perfumes from the freelance category, which will go to the final, and from which the best perfume in each category will be chosen. In addition, these 12 finalist perfumes will be the ones to compete to become, one of them, the winner by voting of the general public.

Mouillette d'Argent

THE AWARDS

The Award is a unique trophy with a very beautiful design made by a young talent. The three prizes will be awarded on Saturday 5 June 2021 at the Espai d'Art Ca l'Antiga (Teià) in a public event in the afternoon, where all contestants are invited. The event can be held online if finally situations of state of alarm or restrictions caused by the COVID ‐ 19 pandemic or situations of force majeure so require.

The fourth edition of the International Perfume Competition – Mouillette d’Argent have had a historical record of participants. More than 100 perfumers from 25 countries registered to participate in a contest that has already become an international benchmark for perfumery.

In this edition, perfumers has been eligible for the jury award in two different categories: professional perfumers (who work in the industry) and independent perfumers. Additionally, all perfumes presented will compete for the audience award.

Registered perfumers come mainly from Spain, France, the United States, Italy, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Brazil and Germany. The presence, for the first time in this edition, of perfumers from South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Greece and Kuwait stands out.

The awards ceremony will take place in Ca L’Antiga (Teià) on June 5th of 2021. The contest, promoted since its inception by the Beauty Cluster, the Teià City Council and Ainea Perfums has grown edition after edition to bring together the main international specialists in the perfume industry.

Meet the winners

The talented perfumers