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SIMPPAR transformed the heart of Grasse into an open-air celebration of perfumery ingredients, welcoming fragrance professionals from around the world to explore new naturals, captives and technological advances against the backdrop of the industry’s historic capital.

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

From Soil to Scent: Indesso’s Responsible Patchouli Journey

From Soil to Scent: Indesso’s Responsible Patchouli Journey

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

The new Brazilian household care application lab will focus on laundry and dishwashing systems, allowing formulators to evaluate enzyme performance under regional washing conditions and water profiles. The facility is intended to speed formulation development and strengthen collaboration with detergent manufacturers working on next-generation cleaning products.

IFF Expands Fermentation and Enzyme Innovation Footprint in Latin America

The Ulta rollout follows the company's official launch on Amazon earlier this year and builds on its successful expansion into more than 1,000 U.S. college campus stores, signaling a deliberate shift toward an omnichannel distribution strategy designed to reach younger consumers and drive incremental growth.

Why Bath & Body Works is Accelerating Omnichannel Distribution With Ulta Beauty Deal

The Ulta rollout follows the company's official launch on Amazon earlier this year.

'Iberchem made its first investment in China in 2002,' said José Balibrea, managing director of Iberchem and vice president of Croda's fragrances and flavors division. 'Today, China is our number one country by sales, and Asia is a key pillar of our F&F 2030 growth strategy.'

Iberchem Opens New Guangzhou Fragrance Innovation Center to Fuel Growth Across China and Asia

"Today, China is our number one country by sales, and Asia is a key pillar of our F&F 2030 growth strategy."

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.

SIMPPAR 2026 served as a platform for new and notable fragrance materials.

SIMPPAR 2026: The Ingredients Shaping Fragrance’s Next Chapter

Fruity captives, next-generation musks, essential oil blends and more stole the show in the south of France.

From Piña Colada to Electric Daisy: The New Faces of Gourmand Scents and Flavors

Effects that expand the boundaries of flavor and fragrance creation.

Derived from the wood of Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa), Seikodo Ishida Co., Ltd.’s hinoki oil is a distinctive natural ingredient that combines a fresh coniferous character with warm woody depth and strong sustainability credentials.

From Sacred Cypress to Barrel-Aged Oak: Woody Ingredients Branch Out Across Flavor and Fragrance

From Japanese hinoki oil to elevated cedarwood, ingredients are bringing depth to flavors and fragrances.

From juicy notes to cola-enhancing effects to fresh impacts in scents, citrus ingredients deliver a wide array of effects.

Citrus Unleashed: The Zesty Ingredients Driving Flavor Innovation

Bergamot blends, yuzu, sinensal, cold-pressed Key lime and much more.

For an industry valued at €180 billion, supporting 3.5 million jobs and generating €30 billion in exports, the agreement is being viewed as a competitiveness measure as much as a regulatory update.

Europe’s Cosmetics, Fragrance and Essential Oils Sectors Rally Behind Omnibus VI Deal

The agreement is being viewed as a competitiveness measure as much as a regulatory update.

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Mane Plants Seeds for the Future of Fragrance with New Grasse Research Garden

Mane plans to deploy a mobile laboratory capable of extracting aromatic compounds directly from freshly harvested plants in the field.

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Why Gamma-Decalactone Remains a Go-To for Soft Dairy Flavors, Tropical Notes & Much More

'Aroma: Perception resulting from stimulating the olfactory receptors; in a broader sense, the term is sometimes used to refer to the combination of sensations resulting from stimulation of the entire nasal cavity.'

From "Absolute" to "X-Free Essential Oil": IOFI Launches Global Flavor Glossary to Bring Consistency to an Increasingly Complex Industry

Inconsistent terminology can create friction in product development, regulatory compliance, customer communication and advocacy efforts.

Cosmo’s approach reflects a structural change in perfumery: ingredients are no longer only aesthetic building blocks, but data-informed emotional actuators.

From Notes to Neurostates: Cosmo Ingernational Fragrances Unveils “The Mood Lab” at WPC 2026

Cosmo’s approach reflects a structural change in perfumery: ingredients are no longer only aesthetic building blocks, but data-informed emotional actuators.