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From Burnt Metal to Long-Lasting Tonka: the Latest Updates to the Fragrance Ingredient Palette

The Sephora launch introduces a tiered entry point: the full-size fragrances retail for $140, with $35 travel sprays and an $18 discovery set. The Villainelle and Painted Petals launch September 14, while Wild Cousin is slated to follow.

Anecdotes by Artists Brings Perfumer-Led Storytelling to Sephora With Sept. 14 Launch

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ScentFest SF Makes a Big First Impression

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

Research suggests that odors below the threshold of conscious detection can still shape perception, influence behavior and alter emotional responses.

The Invisible Influence: Why Subthreshold Odors Deserve More Attention

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

Peaudiris, a New Take on Violet Orris and Leather.

Discover Peaudiris, Padmini Aromatics’ new patent-pending ingredient that combines elegant orris with soft leather to deliver exceptional volume, tenacity and depth in fragrance formulations.

Each award recognizes a woman who meets the eligibility and selection criteria for the respective scholarship.

WFFC Opens Applications for 2027 Scholarships

Each award recognizes a woman who meets the eligibility and selection criteria for the respective scholarship.

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From Root to Richness: Discover Indonesian Vetiver

Together, these materials provide perfumers with a versatile palette—from the complexity of the whole root to targeted fractions and derivatives.

The site, located on the Indiana-Ohio border within the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area, is expected to strengthen Givaudan’s liquid production capacity and improve speed-to-market for food and beverage customers.

Givaudan Sets $215M North American Liquids Expansion

Construction is slated to begin in 2026, with partial operations targeted for 2028.

Robertet said performance was driven by continued momentum among niche fine fragrance brands and emerging fragrance players, particularly in Latin America and the Middle East. The division's growth contrasts with more challenging conditions in several of the group's other businesses.

Robertet Keeps 2026 Growth Target as Fragrance Surges 12.6%

The initiative, presented by Messe Frankfurt Middle East in partnership with Resperfuma, puts growers, harvesters and distillers directly in front of perfumers, buyers and fragrance houses.

Natural Notes Returns to Beautyworld Dubai With Seven Global Producers

Axxence September Ad Product Roundup Submission Sample Peach Creamy

Natural gamma-Hexalactone Brings Creamy Coconut and Peach Depth to Flavor Profiles

Interparfums Locks In Roberto Cavalli Fragrance Partnership Through 2046

With The BAC Studio, Belle Aire is effectively turning its Libertyville headquarters into a more integrated fine fragrance development destination, combining fragrance creation with the consumer, cultural and design inputs that increasingly shape how a new scent is positioned and experienced in the marketplace.

VIDEO: Belle Aire Creations Opens BAC Studio to Bring Fine Fragrance and Brand Design Under One Roof; Company Hosts Annual Sensory Inspiration Event

The studio brings together Belle Aire’s perfumers, fragrance development specialists, sourcing team, marketers, consumer insights experts and designers.

The school’s four-year curriculum begins with an intensive study of fragrance raw materials, including memorization of approximately 500 ingredients.

Givaudan Perfumery School Marks 80 Years of Training Fragrance Talent

"This story began in Grasse in 1946 with Jean Carles and a radically new idea: that a perfumer's job is not to reproduce formulas, but to create."

From Shanghai to New Jersey and beyond, the F&F calendar is busy in October.

October Sets a Packed Agenda for Flavor & Fragrance

Your primer for the month ahead.

'Sephora is such an iconic destination for beauty discovery, and I am so excited to bring my fragrance collection to their community,' said Kardashian. 'Creating these scents has been a deeply personal journey for me. I wanted to build a portfolio that offers a transportive and memorable experience and Sephora is the perfect partner to help tell that story.'

Khloé Kardashian Fragrance Scales Up With Sephora Expansion