Olfiction Perfumer Pia Long Receives IAO’s Septimus Piesse Award

Our perfumer Pia Long returned from the 10th Art and Olfaction Awards with a golden pear! She was awarded the Septimus Piesse Award for Exceptional Vision and we are incredibly honoured to be recognised this way. Here is what the IAO had to say: “The Septimus Piesse Visionary Award is given to an outstanding person or group showing proof of exceptional vision with regards to how scent is used, developed, or imagined.Congratulations to Pia Long! Pia is a champion of nuance and understanding, and committed to shining a light on how perfume is created. In response to the proposed EU regulation, she rallied perfumers around the world to champion our craft and self-guidance, with a victory in furthering the discussion around regulations between perfumers and policymakers.

As a perfumer, member of IFRA, International Society of Perfumer-Creators, and the British Society of Perfumers, Pia is a committed advocate for fragrance creators, and continues to work in the heart of an international community to advocate for nuanced understanding of perfumery.“