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José Balibrea shared, 'Our agility enables us to move faster than the industry average, allowing our customers quicker access to trends and ensuring their projects are delivered in a shorter time frame.'

Iberchem 2025 Fragrance Leaders & Newsmakers

Iberchem's managing director shares how the company is leveraging artificial intelligence and neuroscience to create more effective fragrance ingredients.

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Announced Flavorcon 2023 Speakers & Sessions

Sessions cover innovations and white space in plant-based, sports nutrition and dietary supplements, neuroscience and much more.

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system, its functions and disorders.

Two Sense Videocast: Neuroscience's Understanding of How the Nose Processes Smell

Stuart Firestein, Ph.D., professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Colombia University weighs in on how neuroscience differs from a perfumer's perspective.

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Kimba Raises $5.4M to Bring AI-Powered Scent Science to the Future of Sleep

Startup combines olfactory neuroscience, artificial intelligence and personalized scent delivery to create a new category of non-pharmacological sleep technology.

Report Says Addictive-like Eating Shouldn't Be Called "Food Addiction"

“Eating addiction,” rather than “food addiction,” better captures addictive-like eating behavior, according to a recent report published in the journal Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

ChériScentz was developed to meet consumer demands for scents that reflect authenticity, inclusivity and emotional connection.

Givaudan Introduces ChériScentz Fragrance Technology

ChériScentz will join the company’s existing line of neuroscience technology innovations.

The Future of Fragrance: Toward a Biotechnology of Scent Creation

How can the molecular biology and neuroscience of olfaction help shine light on the relationship between the molecular properties of an odorant and its odor quality? This question invites many others, because in order to go from stimulus to perception all the intermediate steps need to be understood.

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FlavourTalk 2026 Brings Joy and Curiosity to Consumer Flavor Perception Conversation

This year’s exhibition and conference focused on the underlying neuroscience of flavor and how product developers can leverage this research.

Dr. Jeannette Haviland-Jones, professor emirita, department of psychology, Rutgers University, discussed expert panels and detecting mood odors.

F&F Perception Symposium Examines Aromas, Mood and Taste

A recap of the fourth annual Flavors, Fragrances and Perception Symposium at Rutgers University on June 8, which focused on sensory studies, neuroscience, consumer testing and new developments.

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Crossing Sensory Boundaries at SCC Annual Meeting

Cross-modal sensory integration took to the main stage at the 2019 SCC Annual Meeting and Technology Showcase, including the keynote on neuroscience-inspired cosmetic design and a talk on acoustic measurements of hair conditioning.

Monell Names Henney and Fluharty to Board

Henney was a US Food and Drug Administration commissioner; Fluharty is senior vice provost for research at the University of Pennsylvania

Emotions and Experiments in Perfumes, Cosmetics and Makeup

Apr 25th, 2013Apr 25th, 2013

Don't miss your chance to reconnect and forge new relationships with industry professionals, attend a slew of conference sessions and walk the expo hall floor.

Alex Woo Takes the Stage at Flavorcon 2023 to Discuss NeuroFoodScience

Actionable examples of modulators for sweet, bitter, salty, umami and kokumi tastes will be highlighted.

Stanford-Trained Biologist and Surgeon Introduces Science-Backed Fragrance House

SIX7 worked with a combined team of neuroscientists, chemists and sensory designers to develop its compounds, called “codes.”

Second Annual Flavors, Fragrances and Perception Conference

Sep 12th, 2013Sep 12th, 2013

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Throughout 2023, readers have been the hungriest to intake headlines covering artificial intelligence in F&F as well as emerging ingredient launches.

Top 5 Headlines of 2023

We are tracking a real hunger from readers for insight into evolving technologies (with an emphasis on artificial intelligence), ingredient portfolio launches to combat material shortages as well as major shifts in the industry.

The webinar is designed to focus on the collective global move into the metaverse and all that entails.

BSF to Hold Sensory Science and Emerging Technology Webinar

The webinar is designed to focus on the collective global move into the metaverse and all that entails.