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Disruption in Disclosure

As the industry continues to refine its meaning of natural, consumers are increasing their demand for products and increasingly asking for more transparency.

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Digitally Delivered Fragrance and the Perfumer

For as long as man has used fragrance, it had one feature that set it apart from all other forms of esthetic decoration, cultural messages, sensory agents and psychological magic: once you presented it, you had lost control over it. It would float wherever diffusion and air currents carried it.

Beauty 2018-2020: Don’t Fear the Disruption

How industry growth is playing out across makeup, skin care, hair care and fragrance, as reported during the CEW's “State of the Beauty Industry Report 2018-2019."

Be Different

If fragrance companies and their customers are to protect their bottom lines, differentiated fragrances among products will become crucial.

The Power of Perfume and the Aromatic Plants of Provence, the Alps and Côte d'Azur

Highlights from the 30th Essential Oil Days (Journées des Huiles Essentielles [APPAM]) and International Congress of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Congrès International Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales [PAM])

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Burning Desire

How avant-garde candle profiles strengthen the experience economy.

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Did Someone Say Change?

The fragrance industry is at a turning point, defined by shifts in fragrance launch strategies, the rise of bath and body, artisanal scents, sustainable sourcing and more.

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Fragrance Issues: Defining “Natural”

As the first personal care products bearing the Natural Products Association’s seal hit store shelves, an assessment of “natural” fragrances in personal care

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The Juice: Dr. Wolfgang Krause

Krause’s work with geraniol, citral and menthol introduced him to the world of flavor and fragrance where he continues to foster an advocacy for the industry by active participation in the community and education to the trade and public.

The Last Word: Wylie Dufresne

What a chef can teach the F&F industry about innovation

Synesthesia is a neuropsychological trait in which the stimulation of one sense causes the automatic experience of another.

Decoding the Synesthesia Fragrance Boom

How perfumers and brands are telling multi-dimensional stories of emerging scents.

The dynamics of fragrance marketing

Fragrance suppliers have traditionally developed fragrances with limited knowledge of the components which characterized the total package. We would like to see the 1980s emerge into an era in which we will be afforded the opportunity of developing highly specialized fragrances; ones which would be finely tuned to and illustrative of the "total package" concept.

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Keeping Laundry Detergent Fresh

As consumers become more sophisticated with their fragrance choices in home care, air care, candles and car care among others, fragrances are beginning to emerge as a popular feature in laundry detergent products as well.

Digitally Released Aroma and the Flavorist

In this technology, an aroma, dispersed in a specially selected solvent system, is adsorbed on a chemically inert carrier material, again selected for its compatibility within the total system, and released in a stream of carrier gas at an electronically controlled moment for a brief and precisely controllable time span through an outlet ergonomically designed to lead it to the consumer’s nose with minimal spill-over to the environment.

Digitally Released Aroma and The Flavorist

Many of the most pleasurable culinary experiences happen before you take the first bite or sip: think of the enticing scent of pizza just coming out of the oven that makes you stop in front of a pizza place when you hadn’t even been aware that you were getting hungry; of the aroma of freshly brewed coffee that makes you forget the pain of having to get out of bed early; of the warm, subtle blend of spices and seafood and cream that makes your mouth water when the waitress puts a bowl of lobster bisque down in front of you.

The Last Word: Competing Ingredient Demands

How the world's food needs and novel natural aromatic ingredient applications could put new pressures on F&F ingredient supplies.

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Emerging Trends Driving Innovation in Fragrance

Managing editor Jenna Rimensnyder shares her taps Mintel analyst to discuss how fragrances will have to adapt to new macroeconomic contexts, and provides insight into the June 2023 issue.

Defending Fragrance in a Transparent World

Highlights from the first annual meeting of the International Fragrance Association North America

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