Perfumer & Flavorist

In this month’s column, we evaluate ingredients from Van Aroma, a company founded in 2006 and based in Bogor in Indonesia, specialized in essential oils and other natural extracts.

Flavor Reports: British Society of Flavourists Inaugural Column

This month’s column features odor and taste notes on ingredients such as patchouli terpenes, dihydroeugenol and more.

At its most basic level, precision fermentation is a tool to transform cells into cell factories that assemble “molecules of interest” (desirable products) at a faster rate, resulting in a purer form.

Precision Fermentation is Shaping the Future of Flavor

The company is planning to recruit expert perfumers in the United Kingdom, United States and India to work across the global portfolio of brands.

Inside Unilever’s New Fragrance House: Q&A with VP of Fragrance

IFF announced changes to its executive leadership team, aligned with the company’s external reporting structure.

IFF Announces New Executive Leadership Team

Appointments include president of health and biosciences, president of food ingredients, and chief commercial officer.

Included in the renovated facility are new library compounding labs for both sweet and savory flavors and a specialty area for compounding and creating beverage flavors.

T. Hasegawa USA Expands Flavor Innovation Center in California

The renovated R&D facility will support the global flavor leader’s commitment to developing and producing best-in-class food and beverage flavors in the U.S.

Formulation of great tasting plant-based foods and beverages with yeast-based solutions

Formulation of great tasting plant-based foods and beverages with yeast-based solutions

The Director of Strategic Marketing and Innovation at Biospringer by Lesaffre discusses how yeast fermentation-based solutions can help solve taste and texture problems in plant-based foods.

The collaboration draws inspiration from the company’s olfactive history and Turner’s contemporary vision.

CARON and Givaudan Announce New Collaboration, Louise Turner Appointed House Perfumer

Turner reinterpreted some of Maison CARON’s iconic elements with new creations influenced by her childhood in Kent.

While the flavor solutions business eked out a mere 0.7% sales increase in FY2024, it had jumped 10% the year before.

McCormick Reports Strong Sales Growth at CAGNY 2025

The company hopes to continue to use its flavor business as a "growth engine."

Currency neutral sales increased 6%, led by double-digit performance in the company’s scent division and high-single-digit growth in the health and biosciences division.

IFF Releases Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results

CEO Erik Fyrwald shared, ""IFF delivered a solid performance in 2024, reflecting the hard work and dedication of our global team."

These deodorants are intended to be used as a foundational fragrance.

Each & Every Launches Deodorant Collection at Ulta Beauty

The clean beauty brand offers deodorants with gender-neutral scents made from natural fine fragrance-quality ingredients.

Samantha Mane is one of five members of the fifth generation of the Mane family.

Samantha Mane Becomes MANE Group CEO

She will become the first woman to preside over the company.

Sensient uses advanced technologies and global supply chain capabilities to develop specialized solutions for food and beverages, as well as products that serve the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and personal care industries.

Sensient Technologies Reports Results for Fourth Quarter 2024

The company experienced modest growth, particularly in the natural colors category.

In the update, the company officials showed that Coty has outpaced the beauty market in nine of the past 14 quarters.

Coty Presents Updates on Category Leadership, Financial Progress at CAGNY 2025 Conference

The company's chief executive officer and chief financial officer explained the strengths of their fragrance leadership and areas for growth.

Lake & Skye Founder on Acquisition by Tru Fragrance: ‘I’m excited to take the company to the next level’

Courtney Somer, founder and chief creative officer of Lake & Skye, discusses her education in wellness and what this acquisition means for her brand.