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Engineered Organic Frameworks Offer Tunable Fragrance Release

Carrier chemistry could be matched to the molecular properties of individual fragrance ingredients to achieve specific loading and release profiles.

AI Model Reportedly Opens New Path to Discovering Novel Fragrance and Flavor Molecules

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Why AI Sometimes Gets Perfume Notes Wrong

Depending on the AI platform, answers about designer perfumes were 22 to 32 percentage points more likely to include notes absent from official listings.

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RIFM: The Science Behind Confident Decisions: RIFM's 5th Annual Science Symposium

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Scientists Put Smell on the Internet, Opening New Possibilities for Digital Fragrance and Flavor

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Beyond Deodorant: Future Society's Jasmina Aganovic on the Future of Personal Scent

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RIFM Identifies Potential Path Toward Better Respiratory Sensitizer Screening

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What Does the Smell of Everyday Life Tell Us About Fragrance?

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IFF Takes Water-Based Fragrance to Higher Concentrations With AquaScent

AquaScent supports fragrance loads from 10% to as high as 25%, compared with up to approximately 15% for many comparable water-based systems.

Future Society Targets Body Odor at the Microbiome Level With Base Scent

The company reported that 80% of participants in the consumer study observed fewer scent fluctuations throughout the day and 75% felt more confident in their scent.

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BASF Turns Coconut Water Into a Botanical Extraction Tool

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BASF Future Proofs Citrus With New Micadelva Ingredient

Fragrance Creators Association Promotes Emily Cruz to Manager, Executive Operations and Events

Cruz joined FCA in 2023 as coordinator of executive communications and has played a key role in the association's event activity.

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Monell Researchers Help Build a New AI Framework for Predicting How Smells Mix

Can a machine understand whether two complex smells will be perceived as similar?

[PHOTOS] EFEO Meeting Report: Essential Oils Industry Rallies Ahead of 2029 Regulatory Deadline

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When the Molecule Is the Same, but the Label Isn't: How 'Natural' Keeps Its Edge

How maturing biocatalytic production routes are reshaping long-standing distinctions between “synthetic” and “natural” aroma ingredients in the flavor and fragrance industry.

IFF's Light-Activated Sensora Signals Next Frontier in Long-Lasting Fragrance Performance

"With Sensora, we are advancing fragrance performance into a new territory—one where scent continues to reveal itself in real life, long after the first moment of use."

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Inside Givaudan and Microcaps' Vision for the Future of Fragrance Delivery

The collaboration will initially focus on non-alcoholic fine fragrance performance.

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Editor’s Note: What I Learned at the 2026 World Perfumery Congress

The industry is adapting amid a rise in tech, ingredient innovation and a market boom.