Germany-based flavour and fragrance provider Symrise has announced its first ever bond issue as a means of refinancing debt to increase cash flow and profitability.
Infusing tissue paper and material with long lasting fragrances are some of the new technologies offered by Memory Paper Scent to packaging and perfumery players, helping them differentiate from the competition.
Travelling the world looking for rare and endangered fragrant plants has been the life’s work of Givaudan fragrance chemist Roman Kaiser, who has investigated thousands of species.
Going beyond the visual is the latest way to make a product stand out on the store shelf, according to packaging professionals at this year’s PCD Congress.
NTT Communications has developed a ‘fragrance communication’ system that makes it possible to send a variety of different fragrances using the internet.
The scent of male changing rooms might not be to your taste but Scent of Success is just another of the weird and wonderful scents making it into this year's fragrance hall of fame.
US company Human Pheremone Sciences has filed a US patent for a compound derived from sea coral that can be added to fragrances and cosmetics as a mood-enhancer.
Over eight hundred new perfumes hit the shelves every year but too many fail to achieve the success their creators hope for. CosmeticsDesign.com invited industry insiders and observers to discuss how the next generation of fragrances may seduce the customer.
Genetically modified flowers and even aroma producing yeast could figure highly in the fragrance industry of the future, according to researchers in Israel.
A new type of microcapsule may allow manufacturers to embed
fragrances in textiles without resorting to formaldehyde, according
to scientists in Portugal.
Symrise has reported a sales increase for the first quarter of 2008
led mainly by emerging markets but bottom line figures suffered due
to higher energy and raw material costs.
Following the success of its racy cosmetics Playboy has signed a
licensing agreement with Coty that will bring the iconic bunny to
the male fragrance market.
Valentine's Day fragrance sales were particularly strong in 2007
says market research company NPD Group - so will 2008's innovative
gift ideas manage to maintain the trend?
After announcing a major expansion into the US market, contract
manufacturer Parfum D'Image has reported high double-digit annual
sales and net profit growth.
Launched in 'Chloe's apartment' the luxury brand's new fragrance
seeks to push boundaries of expectation in order to reach out to
customers with a clear product concept.
A number of flavor and fragrance companies in the US have united
under one umbrella to create Agilex Flavors & Fragrances Group,
which aims to carve its niche as a leading player in the market.
A Californian perfumery company is launching a range of innovative
cream fragrances formulated with perfume oils derived from France,
creating formulations without alcohol.
Ex-Gucci designer Tom Ford has launched a new fragrance made
up of 12 individual scents designed to be mixed and matched,
allowing consumers to create their own distinctive smell.
That is the findings of sensory branding experts at Arylessence,
whose latest fragrance trend report suggests that
consumers choose scents according to their lifestyle.
Following a period of restructuring and strong sales growth in
2006, German fragrance and flavours group Symrise says that its
focus on new products and improvement to services is likely to
drive strong market growth in 2007.
On-going industry misgivings that the International Fragrance
Association's (IFRA) recent 40th amendment directly
alienates smaller businesses has prompted the president of the
association to retaliate against such accusations.
Leading US flavor and fragrance firm IFF has reported strong growth
in its fourth quarter and full year, indicating that the company
could be coming up for air after a tough year in 2005.
Independent watchdog for the aroma trade Cropwatch has upped its
campaign to boycott the International Fragrance Association's
(IFRA) recent 40th amendment to its voluntary code of practice with
a new online petition.
Demand for flavors and fragrances in the US is forecast to grow
significantly, off the back of particularly strong demand for
fragrances from the cosmetic and toiletry industry.
It comes in a cut glass crystal flacon topped off with a large
diamond, an 18-carat gold collar and contains half a litre of
perfume. The fragrance will be sold exclusively at top store
Harrods and costs nearly €170,000, a price-tag...
Pfeiffer has launched two new, smaller, pump dispensers aimed at
providing cosmetic companies greater flexibility in the packaging
of middle- to high-end fragrances.
Adding to its wide selection of foam technology dispensers,
non-aerosol-dispenser specialist Airspray was demonstrating its new
'foaming fragrance' concept this week at the 2003 HBA Health Beauty
America Show.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reports
that a team of researchers are currently using beams of chilled
neutrons to determine how aroma compounds are embedded into
assortments of other chemicals that carry...
US giant International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), the world's
leading creator and manufacturer of flavors and fragrances, and
Anderson French Salons, this week announced the opening of Anderson
French at IFF.
Symrise - the new fragrance and flavour synergy. Just four months
after the European Commission gave equity group EQT the all clear
to buy two leading German-based fragrance and flavour producers -
Haarmann & Reimer and Dragoco...
Rhodia Perfumery, Performance & Agro (PPA) has increased the
price - from five to ten per cent - for a large range of its
products, the company announced recently.
