
ChemistryApril 14, 2026
Inside the labs where chemists engineer luxury perfumes
At Givaudan and IFF, chemists build—and safeguard—new aroma molecules tightly linked to emotion and memory
April Long is a Brooklyn-based writer and author of the fragrance-focused Substack The Pomader.

Inside the labs where chemists engineer luxury perfumes
At Givaudan and IFF, chemists build—and safeguard—new aroma molecules tightly linked to emotion and memory