ABOUT US

We Are Firmenich

We create fragrances, flavors and ingredients to delight the senses.

 

We have been innovators in the science of the senses since 1895. Today, with more than 10,000 colleagues in our global family, we are the largest privately-owned fragrance & taste company in the world. 

TAKING OUR LEGACY FORWARD

125 years of Timeless Emotions

Firmenich is not just the largest privately-owned perfume and taste business in its industry. It is also the name of a Family that has been personally committed to its Colleagues, Customers, Communities & Creativity for more than 125 years. 

About Our Business

We create emotions through the sense of taste and smell. With our extensive experience, we create fragrances and flavors for our customers. Touching over 4 billion consumers several times a day, in more than 100+ markets: from their breakfast cereals and their coffee in the morning, to their shampoo, shower gel & fine fragrance when they go out at night.

 

Fragrances

Fragrance

Through creativity and innovation, we are reinventing Fragrance with unbeatable sustainability and digital transformation. Focused on health, hygiene and well-being, we translate consumer insights into solutions that make our customers win. Recent customer successes include Fine Fragrance blockbusters K by Dolce & Gabbana and CK Everyone, and Consumer Fragrance triumphs for brands including Omo & Pantene.
Taste

Taste & Beyond

Through our Taste business, we create flavorful experiences for the world’s preferred household brands, spanning beverages, sweet goods and savory foods. We draw from nature’s most precious resources sustainably, to make healthy taste delicious. In 2020 our technologies enabled us to remove 150,000 tons of sugar from foods and beverages, representing over 1 trillion calories!
Ingredients

Ingredients

We are a leader in renewable & sustainable Ingredients – the cornerstone of all our creations and the foundation of our lasting success. We are committed to continually strengthening our best-in-class palette of ingredients including Synthetics, Naturals and our industry-leading White Biotech platform with pioneering bio-based ingredients, such as the recently launched Dreamwood™.
Research

Research

Fueling our success every day, science is our engine of growth. Since the creation of our company by a talented Swiss chemist, to our Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1939, all the way to pioneering the industry’s first white biotech ingredient in 2014, our success is rooted in world-class research. 

 
Operations

Operations

We turn our passion for innovation into dedication for service and delivery. We partner with our customers for their long-term market success. Our global Operations teams ensure delivery of industry leading products and solutions on time and in full.
Responsible Business

Responsible Business

We are a family company with a legacy of leading our business responsibly for more than 125 years! That’s why our 10,000 colleagues put their passion, creativity and innovation to work to drive positive impact for people, planet & society.

OUR FOOTPRINT

Locations around the world

At Firmenich, we count 83 affiliates which enable us to serve our customers needs in over 100 markets.

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