The organization states the following as its mission: "Awarded to just four perfumes and one experimental project a year, The Art and Olfaction Award is designed to raise interest and awareness for independent and artisan perfumers - and experimental practitioners with scent - from all countries.

[3] The Sadakichi Award was added as "a new category aimed at recognizing innovative uses of scent beyond the bounds of commercial perfumery"[4] - joining the artisan and independent awards to create what was intended as a broad snapshot of the diversity and creative potential in the field of perfume.

The third annual Art and Olfaction Awards were held on May 6, 2016 at Hammer Museum as part of their public programming.

The expanded event was hosted by artist and producer Zackary Drucker, and was free, open to the public, and live streamed on the internet.

Aftel Award for Handmade Perfume "Pays Dogon", by Monsillage, Canada - 2018 winner "Maderas de Oriente Oscuro", by PK Perfumes, USA - 2019 winner "Rasa", by Pomare's Stolen Perfume - 2020 winner "Behold, Patchouli" by Gallagher Fragrances - 2021 winner Other Awards Algorithmic Perfumery (project lead: Frederik Duerinck), Septimus Piesse Visionary Award - 2019 2014 Finalists Artisan Category: "Blackbird", Olympic Orchids; "Golden Hour", Artemisia Perfumes; "Lampblack", Bruno Fazzolari; "Magnolia Esxentialis", Cristiano Canali; "Mosaic", Imaginary Authors; "Owl", Sweet Anthem Perfumes; "Semsei", Piotr Czarnecki; "Vesper", Mik Moi Independent Category: "Blood Sweat Tears", Atelier De Geste; "Christopher Street", Charenton Macerations; "Feu Follet", by Friede Modin; "FR!01/02", by Fragrance Republ!c; "Jardin Mystique", by Friede Modin; "Only for Her", Hayari Parfums; "Sahraa Oud", Fragrance DuBois, France 2015 Finalists Artisan Category: "A City on Fire", Imaginary Authors; "Foxglove", DS & Durga; "Tobacco Cognac", House of Cherry Bomb Independent Category: "Boccanera", OrtoParisi; "Ombre Indigo", Olfactive Studio, France; "Pashay", Ray Matts Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent: "Catalin", by Charles Long, Carrie Paterson, Karen Reitzel, Seth Hawkins, Emery Martin, Michael Mascha; "Chroma", by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz; "Crime and Punishment", by Mike McGinley, Charles McGinley; "In Libro de Tenebris", by Paul Schütze 2016 Finalists Artisan Category: "Albino", DSH Perfumes; "Bird of Paradise", Thorn & Bloom Perfume; "Cape Cod Wild Beach Rose", Nomaterra; "Love for 3 Oranges", Aether Arts Perfumes; "Musk Rose Attar", Rising Phoenix; "Namibia", Frazer Parfum; "Peach Tree Garden", Phoenix Botanicals; "Salomé", Papillon Artisan Perfumes Independent Category: "Panorama", Olfactive Studio; "Waihèke Dreams", Juliana Parfums Co.; "Fougère Nobile", Nobile 1942; "Salim Attar", Tabacora Parfums; "Past | Presence", Roads; "Dark Ride", Xyrena;"Elephant + Roses", Maria Candida Gentile Maitre Parfumeur; "Rose de Taif Extrait", Perris Monte Carlo Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent: "Dear Enemy", by Christy Gast, with Camila Marambio, Derek Corcoran, Giorgia Graells; "The Juice of War", by Maki Ueda; "Signal", by Carrie Paterson; "Western Drive", by Kellen Walker 2017 Finalists Artisan Category: "Baraonda", Nasomatto; "Ceremony", Mirus Fine Fragrance; "Fatih Sultan Mehmed", Fort and Manlé; "Limestone", Thorn & Bloom; "Liquorice Vetiver", SP Parfums; "Onycha", Dawn Spencer Hurwitz; "Rosuerrier", Pryn Parfum; "Saffron", Aether Arts Perfume; "Vanilla and the Sea", Phoenix Botanicals Independent Category: "Absolue D'Osmanthe", Perris Monte Carlo; "Anti Anti", Atelier PMP; "Belle de Jour", Eris Parfums; "Civet", Zoologist; "Close Up", Olfactive Studio; "Lankaran Forest", Maria Candida Gentile Maitre Parfumeur; "Maître Chausseur", Extrait D'Atelier; "Romanza", Masque Milano; "Stones", Atelier de Geste Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent: "Is This Mankind", Peter de Cupere; "Paradise Paradoxe", Elodie Pong; "Smell of Data", Leanne Wijnsma; "The Feelies: Multisensory Storytelling - Amazon", Grace Boyle 2018 Finalists Artisan Category: "Bee's Bliss", Sonoma Scent Studio; "Cigar Rum", Strangers Perfumerie; "Impressions de Giverny", Fort and Manlé; "Morah", Pryn Parfum; "Silphium", Stora Skuggan; "Touchstone", Aesther Arts Perfume; "Villa M", Paul Schütze Perfume; "Wonderly", House of Oud Independent Category: "A.E.O.M.

", Bijon; "Ankh Sun Amon", Anima Mundi Perfume; "Cacao Aztèque", Perris Monte Carlo; "Elephant", Zoologist; "London", Gallivant Perfumes; "Osang", Talismans - Collezione Preziosa; "Pink Heart v.6", Map of the Heart; "Rose Olivier", Bastide Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent: "Olfactory Games", Maki Ueda; "Smoke Flowers", Peter de Cupere; "Whoa (Pineapple Nails)", Aleesa Cohene; "The Library of Smell", Hisako Inoue 2019 Finalists Artisan Category: "15", OSM; "Carré Blanc", The Zoo; "Gardener's Glove", St. Clair Scents; "Irisistible", April Aromatics; "L'Anima Della Rosa", Auphorie; "La Bibliothèque", NeZ ZeN; "Rosé All Daé", Gallagher Fragrances; "Violeta", Jade Daisy Perfumes Independent Category: "Atlante", Sarah Baker Perfumes; "Birds In Paradise", Régime des Fleurs; "Dulceo", Cūrata; "Falls", Régime des Fleurs; "Migration de l'Arbre", Senyokô; "Rake & Ruin", BeauFort London; "Red Shoes", Jacques Fath Parfums; "Rubacuori", MIRUMest Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent: "Tangible Scents: Composition of Rose in the Air", Maki Ueda; "Every Word Was Once an Animal", Carla Bengtson; "Smell Forward", Priscille Jotzu; "Veneno", Miguel Matos 2020 Finalists Artisan Category: "Absinthe-Minded", Anka Kuş Parfüm; "Bonsai", House of Matriarch; "Eve", St. Clair Scents; "Fall", Criminal Elements; "Impermanence", Christèle Jacquemin; "Keman", DI SER; "Nepenthe", En Voyage Perfumes; "Nimbis", Parallax Olfactory; "OBO #302", OK Fine Fragrances; "Perfumista", Anatole Lebreton; "Rasa", Pomares Stolen Perfume; "Weinstrasse", Chatillon Lux; "Wild Child", CognoScenti Independent Category: "20|20", J. F. Schwarzlose Berlin; "Accento Overdose", Xerjoff; "Amyi VIII", Amyi; "Bee", Zoologist; "Behique", Renier Perfumes; "Ganymede", Marc-Antoine Barrois; "Love Kills", MASQUE Milano; "Moire", Les Nez Parfums d'Auteurs; "November 2019", Scent Trunk; "Post_Hume", Son Venïn; "Squid", Zoologist; "Young Hearts", Bruno Acampora Profumi Sadakichi Award for Experimental Work with Scent: "Cerca (Closer)", Alejandro Ros and Pablo Eduardo Schanton; "Jónsi (Hvítblinda / Í blóma / Svartalda)", Jónsi Birgisson; "Notes", Lauren Jetty; "Olfactory Labyrinth V. 5: Invisible Footprints", Maki Ueda; "Tree VR", Milica Zec and Winslow Turner Porter III Past judges include Stefan Sagmeister, Christophe Laudamiel, Luca Turin, Mandy Aftel, Sarah Horowitz-Thran, Michael Edwards, Annick Le Guérer, Katie Puckrik, Spyros Drosopoulos, Andy Tauer, Helder Suffenplan, Andreas Wilhelm, Denyse Beaulieu, Mark Behnke, Matthias Janke, Steven Gontarski, Antonio Gardoni, Ashley Eden Kessler, Bruno Fazzolari, Dana El Masri, Harald Lübner, Sherri Sebastian, Yvettra Grantham, Ashraf Osman, Caro Verbeek, Kaya Sorhaindo, Kóan Jeff Baysa, Matthias Tabert, Simon Niedenthal, Allison Agsten, Bettina Hubby, Brent Leonesio, Daniel Krasofski, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Hank Jenkins, James McHugh, Laura Johnson, Lizzie Ostrom (AKA Odette Toilette), Marcos Lutyens, Mark Allen, Miriam Vareldzis, Christopher Gordon, Grant Osborne, Neal Harris, Sarah Baker, Peter de Cupere, Persephenie Lea, Sebastian Fischenich.