Discover the iconic ingredients at the heart of our creations. Season 2 of Ingenious Everyday turns the spotlight on the key materials that shape memorable fragrances, revealing the expertise and craft behind them, as well as the benefits they bring to our customers and the market.
Foral® & Staybelite®, Invisible but Essential
For nearly 95 years, our DRT Industry Ingredients teams have been transforming pine resin into materials for industrial applications such as adhesives, coatings, and chewing gum. In 2026, we took this expertise further. We opened a new state-of-the-art unit at our Vielle-Saint-Girons site in France to produce Foral® and Staybelite® bio-based rosin resins with the highest degree of hydrogenation available on the market.
Biotechnology, a new path for creation.
Biotechnology enriches the perfumer’s palette with high-performance ingredients from renewable carbon and helps reduce pressure on natural resources. Backed by years of research and expertise, dsm-firmenich was the first to introduce biotechnology in perfumery, with the launch of Clearwood® in 2014.
Amber, the Signature.
In 1950, dsm-firmenich scientists decoded ambergris, unlocking Ambrox® and Ambrinol and paving the way for decades of amber innovation — now led by biotech-derived ambery notes for an ever more responsible scent profile. All these highly diffusive molecules bring a unique ambery effect, from top notes to dry down.
Musk, the invisible icon of perfumery
Building on the House of Musk initiative launched by Perfumery & Beauty, discover how musk ingredients bring freshness, softness and sensuality to creations while meeting today’s demand for clean, modern and sustainable ingredients.
A series of movies to meet our people who bring our ingredients to life every day. These films highlight our spirit, our passion, our expertise. And our daily teamwork in Ingredients. Because before being ingredients, they are stories of people. Of Talents.