As previously announced, Perfumer & Flavorist magazine has partnered with The Fragrance Foundation to restructure the FiFi Awards for Technological Breakthrough of the Year. As a result, a specialized category—Technological Breakthrough in Fragrance Creation—has been established. The nominees are now in. This new award category considered submissions in the following areas:
- Innovations in production or formulation
- Methods of ingredient extraction
- New ingredients
- Fragrance applications
- Sustainability efforts as they relate to ingredients, formulation and finished fragrance
- Basic research (fragrance-centric)
!['[W]hen a perfumer is given a brief, you're taking parts from different parts of your life and experiences, you're bringing such a personal POV to create an olfactive experience that can't be replicated by a computer that doesn't have those touchpoints,' says perfumer Nicole Mancini.](https://img.perfumerflavorist.com/mindful/allured/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/img-7063.PH7aX8fPat.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&h=191&q=70&w=340)
