Fragrance Suppliers and Companies

Explore Saskia Wilson-Brown’s IAO, from independent film to public scent laboratories, collaborative art, the Art and Olfaction Awards, and ways to participate.

Explore Fragrantica’s origins, multilingual editors, perfume database, reader reviews, search tools, and the different kinds of information they offer.

Explore the Osmothèque in Versailles: its founders, perfume preservation, original formulas, reconstructions, and ways to experience fragrance history.

Explore Nez’s origins, founders, magazines, books, podcasts, and exhibitions, and the editorial work that helps readers put scent into words.

Explore Grasse’s MIP, its founders, 1989 opening, later expansions, perfume collections, research, and separate gardens, with practical visitor information.

Explore The Fragrance Foundation US, Annette Green’s legacy, its awards and voting systems, and the education opening doors to fragrance careers.

Trace Takasago's history from Tadaka Kainosho's European training to asymmetric menthol synthesis, natural ingredients, and contemporary perfume creation.

Trace IFF’s history and explore its fragrance ingredients, perfumer training, and technologies for capturing and composing scent.

Explore the history of Firmenich, its ingredient research, perfumers, and the relationship between chemistry and fragrance creation.

Explore Symrise's history, from vanillin and de Laire bases to natural ingredients, contemporary perfumes, and in-house perfumer training.