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House of Matriarch just received two 2019 "Best New Artisan Fragrance Awards" from TasteTV!

BONSAI and TETRAMORPH were named as two of "The 5 Best New Fragrances of 2019" by a panel of esteemed judges at TasteTV and the Academy of Media Tastemakers for the The Artisan Fragrance Salon. In addition to being named as the Best New Fragrances of the Year, House of Matriarch also received the title of Official Fragrance Partner of the 11th Annual TASTE AWARDS which will take place in Beverly Hills in 2020. The judges sampled and ranked countless fragrances for elements such as Best Ingredient Combinations, Best Aroma, Most Unique and Most Seductive Scent in an effort to narrow the list down to only five fragrances. Thank you, TASTE TV and congratulations to the other three fragrance creators that also received the honor!

TASTE TV has announced that House of Matriarch’s “We Believe in Magic"  video marketing campaign for the Nordstrom 2015 retail launch has been previewed and named as a finalist for the Ferrara Flame Award for Best Branded Video Promotion/Campaign and also for Best Branded Program.

We share this honor with our director and branding team, GIRVIN Design, product stylist Michael Kennedy, producer Jennie Lake and cinematographer Jenessa Joffe of Thousand Faces Media, and cinematographer Adrian Rhetoric of Lamda Entertainment. 

Here are a few behind the scenes pictures from the Trillium shoot:

 House of Matriarch has been awarded 14 medals by TasteTV at the 2015 Top Artisan Fragrance Awards. Three of our soon to be released perfumes; Madrona, Trillium and Sex Magic were awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals in the categories of ARTISTRY, UNIQUENESS, SEDUCTIVENESS, INGREDIENT COMBINATIONS and BEST AROMA!

ARTISAN PERFUME AWARDS: 2015

An annual Juried Awards competition rewards the Top Artisan, Niche, and Custom Fragrances of the Year.

Products from across the country were entered into this competition and sent to a panel of judges located throughout North America, who reviewed and voted on which they consider to be the “Top Artisan Fragrances of the Year.”

Madrona

Bronze in overall Top Judges Selection

Silver in Aroma

Silver in Ingredient Combinations

Bronze in Scent Seductiveness

Silver in Uniqueness

Gold in Artistry

Trillium

Silver in Aroma

Bronze in Ingredient Combinations

Bronze in Scent Seductiveness

Gold in Uniqueness

Gold in Artistry

Sex Magic

Bronze in Aroma

Bronze in Ingredient Combinations

Bronze in Scent Seductiveness

Bronze in Uniqueness

Silver in Artistry

House of Matriarch returns to the red carpet, in association with The Artisan Group, for the invitation-only luxury celebrity gift lounge hosted by GBK Productions on April 10-11, 2015 at an exclusive location in Hollywood, California in honor of the upcoming 2015 MTV Movie Awards.

Matriarch's 100% natural Super Natural Collection Giftset will be prominently featured at the event and all attending celebrities will be gifted the most popular artisan fragrances Bohemian Black, Coco Blanc, and Forbidden. This event will also be attended by nearly fifty press and media outlets who will also receive the perfumes. Fragrance does not usually make the cut at these events, and this is a first for natural fragrances, so this is a huge honor for the Seattle-based fragrance house, established by Christi Meshell in 2008.

More about House of Matriarch:

We believe in the power of fragrance to connect us to the past, harness our being to the present and help us to write the future. House of Matriarch is a high perfumery rooted in the rich history of magic and alchemy speaks that language – one that is luxuriously mysterious, powerfully rendered and recalling the craft of the apothecary.

Our language speaks to the past but carries our community into the future, to the pinnacle of the highest art of perfume-making. Hearkening back to the mysteries of thousands of years of science, discovery and artful application, and gathering that legacy to a renewed modernist appraisal of the futurist art of high perfumery. Matriarch is as richly layered as our expression in the magical alchemy of the marvelously detailed fragrances that we create.

Our Perfumer, Christi Meshell, is “the Nose” behind some of the most compelling fragrances now enlivening the niche fragrance scene. Her visionary versatility, as both Creative Director and Fragrance Composer, allows her to single-handedly develop a concept from initial inspiration through final display. A mystical heritage since her childhood has evoked Christi’s lifelong study of natural correspondences, sacred cosmology and plant medicine, a knowledge which finds practical application in the Matriarch fragrance creation and the storytelling of their innovative journey.

Located on Seattle's Eastside, House of Matriarch creates perfumes and flavors for niche market segments and independent private labels. Our award winning perfumes are created with timeless methods and noble materials. Through the ancient Royal Art of High Perfumery, we enter the Temple of Alchemy to embody fragrance at its highest: Mother Nature in liquid form.

Our Perfumer and brand visionary, Christi Meshell is "the Nose" behind some of the most compelling new fragrances in today's niche marketplace.  Her versatility as both Creative Director and Fragrance Composer allow her to single-handedly develop a concept from initial inspiration through final display.  Each of her creations is an original design, composed from her proprietary accords and without any premixed bases or fillers.  Critics and fans continually laud her designs with accolades like "The Gold Standard in Fragrance", "Genius in a Bottle" and "The Priestess of Perfumery".

A mystical heritage has called her the lifelong study of magical correspondences, plant medicine and sacred cosmology, knowledge which finds practical application in the fragrance creation process.  In August, 2013 Christi received the title Top Artisan Perfumer at the International Fragrance Awards and in December, 2013 House of Matriarch was named TOP INDIE FRAGRANCE HOUSE of 2013 by Cafleurebon. Her work has also been praised in Men's Journal, Sunset Magazine and Seattle Magazine.  

Christi launched her first perfume in Bellevue in 2009, and she's been churning out award winning compositions under her own Matriarch brand and for private labels all around the world. Her first cult classic, BLACKBIRD created a stir in fragrance circles in 2012 when it beat out anchor brands like Versace and Chanel in sniff tests.  Some say BLACKBIRD marked the "dawn of a new era in perfumery" .  Now all eyes are on Seattle and the "fragrance revolution" she has been credited with igniting.

    "Beauty will save the World."  C. Meshell

The TASTE AWARDS are the highest awards for the Lifestyle Entertainment Industry. Also known as the Tasty Awards, they are the premier broadcast awards show celebrating the year's best achievements in Food, Fashion, Home and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, Online, and on Radio.

House of Matriarch was selected as Official Fragrance Partner for our outstanding showings at recent West Coast fragrance Salons.  Our Perfumer and Flavorist, "Tastemaker" Christi Meshell and the Matriarch brand will be honored on January 16, 2014 at the Red Carpet celebration at The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.  

The awards event will feature a star-studded lineup of food and fashion TV celebrities, including winners, nominees and presenters followed by an after-awards reception for networking, photography, mingling, interviews and socializing over wine, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and artisan chocolate.  Because fragrance is so personal, all the VIP's will be enjoying our perfumes after the party.  There are samples of our brand new Bohemian Black for every guest.