Ingredients
Origins of fragrance: the land and the people
From Madagascar to Provence, fragrance begins life in the fields. Symrise patiently constructs new supply chains.
Madagascar
Ingredients
Madagascar, a perfume paradise
The golden isle lying in the Indian Ocean is where the red soil of Africa and the rice fields of Asia meet. A happy encounter that has given the island its unique botanical character: 90% of plants that flourish in Madagascar grow nowhere else in the world.
History
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.
Ingredients
Vanilla, by Mane
On the occasion of the International Exhibition of Raw Materials
for Perfumery (SIMPPAR) which will take place 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 find out more about the Malagasy vanilla bean grown by Floribis, with whom Mane has established a partnership since 2000.
Ingredients
Ginger, by Symrise
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. Today, let’s talk about ginger, grown and distilled in Madagascar by Symrise.
News
Madagascar, a land of innovation for Symrise
A hundred years after the first botanical trials were run there, Madagascar remains an extraordinary open-air laboratory.
Ingredients
Madagascar, a unique testing ground for natural ingredients – Suzy Le Helley (Symrise)
Perfumer Suzy Le Helley (Symrise) tells us the story of the close-knit collaboration with Madagascar small-scale producers and the issues involved.
