Origins of fragrance: the land and the people
From Madagascar to Provence, fragrance begins life in the fields. Symrise patiently constructs new supply chains.
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De Laire bases: a 150-year revolution
The Smell Talk at Palais Brongniart during Paris Perfume Week dedicated to the de Laire bases attracted a crowd of over 150 visitors, keen to listen to Symrise perfumers Aliénor Massenet and Pascal Sillon recounting the bases’ long history – and get the chance to smell some of them.
Thierry Duclos, Simppar: “Placing every exhibitor, whether a small producer or a multinational company, on equal footing”
For 35 years, Simppar has maintained a unique format dedicated to the discovery of raw materials. Following the success of its first edition in Grasse in 2024, the trade fair is now confirming its establishment in the perfume capital.
Maurice Roucel and Francis Kurkdjian get together to talk about the Héritage(s) collection
To mark Maurice Roucel’s contribution to the Héritage(s) collection, Symrise and the Per Fumum endowment fund organized a very special get-together between the perfumer, filmmaker David Richard, and Francis Kurkdjian.
A porcelain perfume
DSM-Firmenich continues to deepen the fruitful dialogue between art and fragrance since it created an olfactory signature for the musée national de la Marine in 2023.
Ayn Dawkah: the cornerstone of Omani frankincense
At the heart of Wadi Dawkah, the UNESCO-listed site and birthplace of Omani frankincense, Amouage has just laid the cornerstone of an ambitious project for a cultural center dedicated to the desert’s white gold.
Ivan Borrego : “Through the Barcelona Perfumery Congress, we aim to maintain an innovative, inspiring, and distinctive approach.”
On June 18 and 19, 2025, Spain will host the sixth edition of the Barcelona Perfumery Congress. Meeting with Ivan Borrego, General Manager of Beauty Cluster and Founder of the event.
Fragrances with taste: DSM-Firmenich’s vision of the future
For the past twenty years, DSM-Firmenich has been unveiling its vision of perfumery trends to its clients. The Mind Nose + MatterAn exclusive platform available to clients in New York, Paris, Dubai, Shanghai, Geneva, and São Paulo at the end of 2024. program explores major societal phenomena, giving free rein to perfumers in Paris and New York – offering a “preview” of the future.
Time to get your ticket for the Paris Perfume Week 2025
Drum roll and festive notes: the ticket sale for the Paris Perfume Week is officially open!
Paris Perfume Week returns for its second edition from March 20 to 23, 2025!
After a debut edition that brought together nearly 3,000 enthusiasts and professionals from around the world, Paris Perfume Week is back from March 20 to 23, 2025, at the Bastille Design Center. With it comes a vibrant and inspired lineup.
ScentXplore (New York) : “A spirit of camaraderie”
As Nez makes its annual world tour of fragrance events, our next stop will be New York, for the 2024 edition of ScentXplore (5-7 December), a trade show we’ll be taking part in for the 3rd year running. We met Max Forti, its founder.
5th Experimental Scent Summit: Olfactory culture under the Lisbon sky
On 6 June 2024, the 5th Experimental Scent Summit, organised by the Los Angeles-based Institute for Art and Olfaction, took place in Lisbon. A day teeming with encounters between researchers, artists and perfumers from all over the world who shared research and ideas about olfactory culture.
Scent, money, and ethics
Several scandals have hit the fragrance industry recently – while the word ethics is repeated over and over by the perfume brands. Maybe one of the keys lay in the fair remuneration of the first links in the chain? What seems obvious is yet far from being the rule. We offer an analysis of this burning issue, published in the last issue of Nez magazine.
Nez x GDR O3 – Smelling of roses
Did you know that a better understanding of the origin of the rose’s fragrance would pave the way for innovations both in cosmetics and pharmacy? This is, among other things, what the CNRS research engineer and member of the GDR O3 Benoît Boachon explained to us.
Nez x GDR O3 – The structure of olfactory receptors laid bare
Olfactory receptors are mysterious, but they are gradually unveiling their secrets to researchers. Biochemist Claire de March, a member of the GDR O3, and her colleagues were recently able to observe this secretive protein, in order to understand it better.
Monique Rémy, natural products in all their splendour
Founder of the natural ingredients company that carries her name in 1983, Monique Rémy passed away on Thursday 4 January 2024. Let’s take a look back at the career of a grande dame to whom the industry owes a great deal.
Nez x GDR O3 – Smelling positive emotions in the surrounding air: I feel good!
We can smell stress, but can we sniff out happiness? This was the question posed by Camille Ferdenzi, CNRS research associate and member of the GDR O3, and her team. Here are the results, digested by Nez.
Nez x GDR O3 – Cracking the combinatorial odour code
Let’s take a geek’s journey to the heart of olfactory receptors, sources of unexpected hope, with Jérémie Topin, Assistant professor at Université Côte d’Azur, and Matej Hladis, PhD student, both members of GDR 03.
“The human adventure”, by Jean-Claude Ellena
Our day-to-day lives are being increasingly infiltrated by what is given the catchall name of artificial intelligence. Perfumers are no exception. So how does AI change our relationship with the creative process? Drawing on an historical analysis of his profession, Jean-Claude Ellena offers a review of these new technologies, often championed by the perfumery industry.
Grasse, home-away-from-home for dsm-firmenich
Although dsm-firmenich is best known for its expertise in synthetic molecules, the composition house has been present in Grasse since 2007. It has gradually put down roots in the town, culminating in 2020 with the acquisition of Villa Botanica, a nature-rich haven open to perfumers and clients the following year. It is now releasing a book that tells the story of this journey and reveals the four-season symphony at the heart of the world’s perfume capital.
