The New York-based Fragrance Foundation is launching an educational course about the latest and most influential trends in the fragrance market targeting both industry professionals and consumers.
International Fragrance and Flavors has reported a significant gain in second quarter sales, with a strong performance in emerging markets offsetting higher costs and slower beauty sales.
International Flavors & Fragrances has won the 2011 FiFi Award for Technological Breakthrough of the Year for its encapsulation Time-Touch Technology used for the first time in personal care products.
Symrise exceeded its sales and earnings for fiscal year 2010 thanks to the global economic recovery, strong boost in demand and a solid positioning in emerging markets.
Amyris has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Givaudan to develop a derivative of Biofene to be used as a building block for one of the most important proprietary fragrance ingredients in the fragrance and flavor company's palette.
France-based speciality chemicals company Rhodia is increasing the production capacity of its sandalwood fragrance ingredient Rhodiantal IBCH (Isobornylcyclohexanol) in China in order to strengthen the position of its Aroma Performance business unit in...
Travelling the world looking for rare and endangered fragrant plants has been the life’s work of Givaudan fragrance chemist Roman Kaiser, who has investigated thousands of species.
New research points to the fact that women often buy fragrances that represent what they want to be rather than one than representing what they are about, research suggests.
Going beyond the visual is the latest way to make a product stand out on the store shelf, according to packaging professionals at this year’s PCD Congress.
NTT Communications has developed a ‘fragrance communication’ system that makes it possible to send a variety of different fragrances using the internet.
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) insists research budgets are not in danger despite the recession and that spending on fundamental research is actually on the rise at the company.
Over eight hundred new perfumes hit the shelves every year but too many fail to achieve the success their creators hope for. CosmeticsDesign.com invited industry insiders and observers to discuss how the next generation of fragrances may seduce the customer.
Genetically modified flowers and even aroma producing yeast could figure highly in the fragrance industry of the future, according to researchers in Israel.
A flurry of new fragrance launches bearing the names and images of some of the world’s most recognized faces has marked the run-up to the all important holiday season.
A new type of microcapsule may allow manufacturers to embed
fragrances in textiles without resorting to formaldehyde, according
to scientists in Portugal.
Following the success of its racy cosmetics Playboy has signed a
licensing agreement with Coty that will bring the iconic bunny to
the male fragrance market.
After announcing a major expansion into the US market, contract
manufacturer Parfum D'Image has reported high double-digit annual
sales and net profit growth.
Launched in 'Chloe's apartment' the luxury brand's new fragrance
seeks to push boundaries of expectation in order to reach out to
customers with a clear product concept.
A number of flavor and fragrance companies in the US have united
under one umbrella to create Agilex Flavors & Fragrances Group,
which aims to carve its niche as a leading player in the market.
A Californian perfumery company is launching a range of innovative
cream fragrances formulated with perfume oils derived from France,
creating formulations without alcohol.
Ex-Gucci designer Tom Ford has launched a new fragrance made
up of 12 individual scents designed to be mixed and matched,
allowing consumers to create their own distinctive smell.
That is the findings of sensory branding experts at Arylessence,
whose latest fragrance trend report suggests that
consumers choose scents according to their lifestyle.
Leading US flavor and fragrance firm IFF has reported strong growth
in its fourth quarter and full year, indicating that the company
could be coming up for air after a tough year in 2005.
Independent watchdog for the aroma trade Cropwatch has upped its
campaign to boycott the International Fragrance Association's
(IFRA) recent 40th amendment to its voluntary code of practice with
a new online petition.
Demand for flavors and fragrances in the US is forecast to grow
significantly, off the back of particularly strong demand for
fragrances from the cosmetic and toiletry industry.
It comes in a cut glass crystal flacon topped off with a large
diamond, an 18-carat gold collar and contains half a litre of
perfume. The fragrance will be sold exclusively at top store
Harrods and costs nearly €170,000, a price-tag...
Pfeiffer has launched two new, smaller, pump dispensers aimed at
providing cosmetic companies greater flexibility in the packaging
of middle- to high-end fragrances.
Adding to its wide selection of foam technology dispensers,
non-aerosol-dispenser specialist Airspray was demonstrating its new
'foaming fragrance' concept this week at the 2003 HBA Health Beauty
America Show.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reports
that a team of researchers are currently using beams of chilled
neutrons to determine how aroma compounds are embedded into
assortments of other chemicals that carry...
US giant International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), the world's
leading creator and manufacturer of flavors and fragrances, and
Anderson French Salons, this week announced the opening of Anderson
French at IFF.
Symrise - the new fragrance and flavour synergy. Just four months
after the European Commission gave equity group EQT the all clear
to buy two leading German-based fragrance and flavour producers -
Haarmann & Reimer and Dragoco...