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    Marie Claire International Fragrance Awards

    If perfume halls make you flounder, choosing your next scent just got easier - introducing our top four frangrances as voted for by 26 beauty editors from accross the globe.

    By Marie Claire
    Published 28 June 2011 In Features

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    Theirry Mugler Womanity, £49 (50 ml EDT)
    Theirry Mugler Womanity, £49 (50 ml EDT)
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    If perfume halls make you flounder, choosing your next scent just got easier - introducing our top four frangrances as voted for by 26 beauty editors from accross the globe.

    If perfume halls make you flounder, choosing your next scent just got easier...

    BEST WOMEN'S FRAGRANCE AWARD

    BEST WOMEN'S FRAGRANCE AWARD

    Balenciaga Paris, £56 (50ml EDT)
    (Image credit: Sabine Forget)

    Beauty and style director, Lisa Oxenham, says: 'This fragrance is elegant and sensual with the surprising top note of violet. It s a very nostalgic fragrance but one that sits perfectly on a modern dressing table.' The team at MC Towers say: 'We love!'

    BEST INNOVATION & CREATIVITY AWARD

    BEST INNOVATION & CREATIVITY AWARD

    Theirry Mugler Womanity, £49 (50 ml EDT)
    (Image credit: Sabine Forget)

    'Incredibly inventive and bold, this fragrance has utilised the technology that the fragrance world had to offer to create this gourmand scent,' says Lisa. We wouldn t expect anything less from Thierry Mugler!

    BEST INNOVATION & CREATIVITY AWARD

    BEST INNOVATION & CREATIVITY AWARD

    Theirry Mugler Womanity, £49 (50 ml EDT)
    (Image credit: Sabine Forget)

    'Incredibly inventive and bold, this fragrance has utilised the technology that the fragrance world had to offer to create this gourmand scent,' says Lisa. We wouldn t expect anything less from Thierry Mugler!

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    BEST WOMEN'S FRAGRANCE BOTTLE AWARD

    BEST WOMEN'S FRAGRANCE BOTTLE AWARD

    Voyage D'Hermes, £ 55.50 (35 ml EDT)
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    This winner really blew our judges away. As Lisa Oxenham says, 'I haven t seen such an amazing design concept applied to a fragrance bottle like this before. The protecting chrome casing makes it the perfect travel companion.' 

    BRITISH JURY AWARD

    BRITISH JURY AWARD

    Gucci Guilty £45 (50 ml EDT)
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    Our UK panel loved this entry and Marie Claire's beauty and style director, Lisa, is a huge fan: 'I love a fragrance where you feel like you re buying into the whole brand and this is completely true of Guilty. From the first spritz you feel as though you are immersing yourself in the glamorous world of Gucci.' Now that's a world we all want to be a part of!

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