Art
Perfuming design and designing perfume
DSM-Firmenich is marking Paris Design Week by unveiling Anankè in the garden at Maison de Victor Hugo. An excellent opportunity to celebrate the bonds between fragrance, art, and design.
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Wadi Dawkah
Frankincense, a firm perfume favorite
Frankincense is one of the world’s oldest fragrances, straddling the mystical and the sacred. It was used to make kyphi, the olfactory preparation used in ancient Egypt to enter the divine realm, and was widely burned in ancient temples and places of prayer.
Behind The Scent
DSM-Firmenich perfumery school: “As well as the technical training, students learn what a perfumer’s life is really like.”
For nearly 50 years, the house has been training its perfumers internally. What qualities are sought in candidates? What does a student’s daily life look like? Olivier Gurtler, Vice President of Creative Excellence at DSM-Firmenich, and Martin Koh, Master Perfumer and head of the school, respond.
Wadi Dawkah
Frankincense, the white gold
Over a few square kilometers in the south of the Sultanate of Oman, thousands of frankincense trees grow on the rocky ground of Wadi Dawkah, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Art
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.
Ingredients
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.
News
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.
Niche by Nez
Atelier des Ors: A partnership made in heaven
DSM-Firmenich and Atelier des ors have been collaborating closely since
2015, creating remarkable fragrances whose sources of inspiration include art, crafts and the French art of living.
Ingredients
Naturals take centre stage with DSM-Firmenich
A year after the release of its book Grasse, de la fleur au parfum published by Gallimard, innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty DSM-Firmenich continues to ramp up its approach to naturals. An approach that aims to “use science to harness nature and enhance its riches.” Xavier Brochet, Global Head of Natural Product Innovation, tells us more.
Ingredients
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.
Ingredients
Natural extraction over the next decade by Firmenich
On the occasion of the International Exhibition of Raw Materials for Perfumery (SIMPPAR) which will take place on May 31 and June 1 in Paris, we invite you to discover a series of articles originally published in the book From Plant to Essence – A World Tour of Fragrant Raw Materials. Let’s start with Firgood extraction method, unveiled by Firmenich at the exhibition two years ago.
History
Behind the scenes of the creative process: has the time come for perfume credits?
Who is really the author of a fragrance? While perfumers are increasingly in the limelight, the other contributors continue to remain anonymous. Why is this?
Ingredients
Renaud Salmon: “The frankincense industry deserves more transparency”
In Oman, the creative director of Amouage, a company founded in the sultanate in 1983, is overseeing a vast project that will combine responsible production of the precious resin with tourism and cultural activities.
Olfactory Culture
Cannabis, the transgressive green
The last few years have seen an increasing number of creations inspired by marijuana.
An overview of the olfactory interpretations of the plant, as seen through the eyes of perfumers Olivier Cresp (Firmenich) and Nicolas Beaulieu (IFF).
News
Well-being, Artificial Intelligence and Eco-Responsibility: A New Era for Perfumery
The loss of smell and national lockdowns were a blow to the perfume industry, but they also managed to initiate necessary rethinking in the sector. In order to respond to emerging societal challenges, Firmenich is laying the foundations for a new paradigm in perfumery.
Fairs & Events
Quintis Sandalwood Reimagined competition finalists, Emerging Talent category
Having unveiled the profiles of the five finalists in the “Global Winner” division of the “Sandalwood Reimagined” competition organized by Quintis, Nez reveals those of the participants selected as finalists for the “Emerging Talent” category.
Fairs & Events
SIMPPAR: Ingredients as fuel and off you go!
The International Exhibition of Raw Materials for Perfumery (SIMPPAR) was held on June 1 & 2, 2022, after three long years of anticipation. It provided the opportunity to not only learn about the latest developments and ingredients that will be used in future formulas, but also (and most importantly!) to finally be together again.
Ingredients
Quintis Sandalwood competition finalists, Global Winner category
The 10 finalists for Quintis’ Sandalwood Reimagined competition were recently unveiled, with the two winners to be announced at WPC in Miami in early July. Who were the five senior perfumers chosen, and what inspired them? Here are their profiles.
Olfactory Culture
Conscious perfumery at Firmenich: from vision to reality
Firmenich’s shift to conscious perfumery, far from curbing perfumers’ creativity, has instead proved to be a source of innovation and inspiration.
Perfumery and sustainable development: behind the messaging
When packaging goes green
Can eco-responsibility and luxury cohabit when it comes to bottling and packaging fragrances?
