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Editor's Notebook: The Flavor & Fragrance Ingredients Seen at SIMPPAR and FlavourTalk 2026

From unique citrus to woody notes and beyond, recent events featured ingredients for every occasion.

A Look at ABT’s New Materials at FlavourTalk 2026

A Look at ABT’s New Materials at FlavourTalk 2026

Advanced Biotech's extensive portfolio, comprising of natural, synthetic, and fermentation-derived molecules, is constantly evolving to meet the changing demands of our valued clients.

Overall, this year’s Esxence signaled a category at a crossroads: expanding rapidly in scale and creativity, but increasingly challenged by oversaturation and the need to sustain meaning in an overcrowded fragrance landscape.

Esxence 2026: “Sensing the World” Signals a New Era of Scale, Storytelling, and Scent Saturation in Artistic Perfumery

Brands leaned heavily into immersive activation strategies to drive engagement.

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Consumers' proactive approach to health is unlocking vast market opportunities, but it comes with a dramatic twist for product formulators. For decades, flavor was an uncompromisable king; however, today's health-conscious public is opening the door to distinct sensory trade-offs.

The Sweet Compromise: How the Longevity Boom Is Rewriting the Rules of Flavor Development

The work identified molecular weight, size, shape and polarity as the dominant drivers separating weak from powerful odorants—findings that align with long-established mass-transport principles governing volatility, sorption and receptor access.

AI Takes on Odor Strength: New Study Maps the Molecular Drivers of Fragrance Impact

By combining capabilities in skin science, microbiome research and functional health ingredients, the division is designed to help customers create “inside-out” and holistic care solutions.

Inside-Out Care: Symrise Launches Division Linking Beauty, Wellness and Biotics

Elevating the Taste Experience with BioSymphony™

Elevating the Taste Experience with BioSymphony™

The activation also serves as a showcase for dsm-firmenich's expanding technology platform. Building on more than a century of floral innovation—from early breakthroughs such as Iralia, Wardia and Hedione—the company highlights how modern technologies including Firgood extraction, NaturePrint capture and the new captive ingredient Heliobliss are enabling perfumers to create more nuanced, sustainable and expressive floral signatures.

dsm-firmenich Uses Global Art Platform to Reframe Floral Perfumery and Spotlight Next-Generation Ingredients

Beyond traditional florals: discover revolutionary ingredients reshaping fragrance creation.

A Paris native, Salamagne's path to perfumery began unconventionally. Raised in a family of physicians, she initially pursued medical studies before shifting to chemistry, ultimately discovering her vocation at ISIPCA.

dsm-firmenich Elevates Marie Salamagne and Frank Voelkl to Master Perfumers in Rare Fine Fragrance Honor

Two legendary perfumers just earned fragrance's most exclusive title in eight years.

Steven Weaver joined Custom Essence in July 2025 as vice president of business development after nearly two decades at Symrise, where he most recently served as vice president of sales, North America.

Custom Essence Ushers in New Sales Leadership as Jack Corley Retires, Steven Weaver Named CSO

Steven Weaver takes the helm as new CSO, bringing two decades of multinational FMCG leadership experience.

Elevating the Taste Experience with BioSymphony™

Elevating the Taste Experience with BioSymphony™

Designed to meet growing consumer demand for natural, clean-label ingredients, BioSymphony™ is an innovative portfolio of natural flavors crafted directly from nature’s finest ingredients.

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Behind AXE’s Strategic Return to Fine Fragrance with a FIFA World Cup 2026 Partnership

Global Cosmetic Industry speaks with Caroline Gregory, Global Brand Director of AXE/Lynx, on partnering with FIFA World Cup 2026, the launch and the return to fine fragrance.

Developed in partnership with IFF perfumer Andrew Everett and using a number of the company's key ingredients, Studio Rose centers on a simple philosophy: living life through 'rose-colored glasses.'

How Julia Rose Siegler Built a Fragrance Brand Around Life's Moments

The brand reflects the growing consumer appetite for fragrance wardrobes, emotional storytelling and identity-driven scent choices.

In practical terms, businesses are looking for flavorists, application scientists, sensory specialists and formulation experts who can work with stevia variants, Reb M, thaumatin, sweet proteins, sweetness enhancers, bitterness blockers, masking systems, fibers, fats and texturants to rebuild a complete product experience.

Five Specialist Skills Driving Real Hiring Activity in Flavor and Fragrance

Pet food, fragrance compliance and texture innovation are reshaping F&F hiring priorities right now.

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Amberol Adds Clean Musk and Lasting Diffusion to Fragrances

Flavor is now engineered as an integrated, multi-sensory system where taste, mouthfeel, and texture function as a unified matrix.

The New Era of Flavor Leadership

Executives are aggressively redefining how flavor innovation drives commercial value in a volatile market.

Across the board, consumers are looking for multi-sensorial experiences. So much of life is consumed via screens now that people crave fully engaging, elevated sensory experiences whenever possible. We are not only considering taste, but also texture, mouthfeel, color, aroma and more.

Sensient’s Flavor Playbook for a Rapidly Evolving Food Industry

'Over the past 12 months, Scentium has experienced a particularly strong period of growth, achieving a 22% increase in global turnover,' says Manuel García, global sales director/deputy general manager Scentium. 'This performance was driven by our differentiated service model in priority product categories and territories across emerging markets, as well as by our niche-focused strategy in more mature markets.'

Inside Scentium’s 22% Growth Surge and Global Flavor Expansion