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Five Talent Trends Shaping Hiring Across Specialty Ingredients in 2026

Technical expertise alone won't cut it anymore in specialty ingredients hiring.

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Can Fragrance Help Cure the Loneliness Epidemic? Givaudan Innovates to Boost Belonging.

Scent can communicate presence, attentiveness and openness at a time when consumers are experiencing what the company describes as a “pandemic of loneliness.”

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BASF Future Proofs Citrus With New Micadelva Ingredient

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

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IFEAT Academy Offers New F&F Bundles and Limited-Time 20% Discount on Individual Units

IFEAT launches fragrance and flavor bundles for busy professionals seeking flexible expertise without diploma commitment.

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Ulta’s Next Growth Wave: Fragrance, Hair Care and Global Expansion

Ulta is signaling confidence, raising its full-year comparable-sales growth forecast to 3.2%-3.7%.

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Bulgaria’s Natural Ingredient Crisis Is a Warning for Fragrance

The decline of small-scale agriculture could ultimately leave the global industry with fewer authentic natural materials and less supply-chain resilience.

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Bath & Body Works Finds Growth Beyond Its Stores

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GLP-1s Are Changing What “Good Taste” Means

There is an opportunity to engineer better-balanced flavor experiences that deliver satisfaction without overwhelming altered sensory perceptions.

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Yeast Turns Plastic Waste Into a Better-Tasting Cookie

Baker’s yeast has been engineered to produce vanilla flavoring from plant biomass, giving the otherwise highly unconventional cookie a familiar sensory profile.

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Mapping the Global Senses (Part 3 of 3): Flavors Meet the Machines

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Sanchi, the Wood of Transformation

In this field report from Assam, India, author David Hidalgo explores the journey from a larva moving through a living Aquilaria tree to an oud oil valued at as much as $80,000 per liter and inviting questions about what the fragrance market ultimately calls oud.

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Marc vom Ende Joins Bell’s Leipzig Perfumery Team

The company also plans to explore AI as a complementary tool for formulation and decision-making.

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?

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dsm-firmenich Files China Patent Case Over Biotech Sclareol Production

Sclareol is an important intermediate used to produce amber fragrance ingredients, including Ambrox Super.

dsm-firmenich Proposes Richard Ridinger as New Chairman

The timing reflects the completion of the dsm-firmenich merger and the establishment of its strategic direction.

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Coty Returns to Sales Growth in Q4 as Fragrance, Cosmetics and Americas Lead; Names Soraya Benchikh CFO

Coty said FY27 will focus on strengthening its core business, simplifying the portfolio and improving consumer engagement.