Natural ingredients

Responsible innovation, inspired by nature

Nature is a rich and complex ecosystem – and it’s no coincidence that our naturals palette is similar. After all, we take inspiration from the world around us, harness nature’s bounty, and collaborate with others in our own ecosystem to continuously develop our world-leading portfolio.

How? We combine the “savoir faire” of traditional cultivation and extraction with state-of-the-art green technologies. We work with suppliers and partners to protect natural resources and growers at source and make ingredients more sustainable for people and planet alike. And we enhance what nature provides through high-quality innovation at our Center of Excellence, producing unique ingredients that inspire perfumers and anticipate the fast-changing demands of the industry.

Sourcing

Our strategy for excellence in naturals

Discover how our ingredients are born and raised
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Sustainable procurement standards

Engage

Mandatory Code of Ethics and Responsible Sourcing Policy for all our suppliers

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Responsible sourcing

Protect

A portfolio of responsibly sourced ingredients with three collections

Advance

Involvement at source to support people and nature including advanced Digital traceability

Connect

Privileged  links with some of the best producers to assess progress and challenges in naturals supply chain

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Innovation

Craft

Innovative ingredients from advanced and clean extraction technologies, including our revolutionary, sustainable Firgood® process.

Sourcing
Ethically sourced naturals

From rose and vanilla to frankincense and pink pepper, we source hundreds of delightful naturals – always making and measuring a positive difference by following the dsm-firmenich Responsible Sourcing Policy and working with independent partners. 

We also collaborate closely with our suppliers to ensure the quality and sustainability of our ingredients. We ensure we source ethically, providing a fair deal for growers and greater traceability and transparency for customers and consumers. In other words, we're supporting a more ethical perfumery value chain and driving progress for people and planet.

 

A history of expertise

We're continuously growing our experience and capabilities as industry leaders in naturals. Discover our story so far: a tale of innovation, inspiration, and acquisitions.

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A natural home for naturals excellence

Our unique Naturals Center of Excellence is where more than 100 years of timeless tradition meet the twenty-first-century face of science, innovation, and quality.

Located in Grasse, in the south of France, our Center of Excellence has been home to our world-leading naturals experts since 2007. Specializing in everything from sourcing to bioscience, our teams work together to support traditional cultivation that respects the natural world we rely on. Then, it’s all about responsibly scaling up our laboratory innovation to pilot development and, ultimately, to industrial production.

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Expertise

Combining our local expertise with global reach across 10 manufacturing sites

Evolution

Reviving local cultivation by improving traditional farming and implementing high-tech extraction methods

Innovation

Innovating, developing, and delivering natural and renewable solutions

“Innovation in naturals combines responsible sourcing, extraction technology, and our leadership in biotechnology and green chemistry.”

Xavier Brochet, Global Head of Natural Product Innovation

Certified quality

We’re proud to offer ingredients that have been awarded the official “Absolue Pays de Grasse” geographical indication. It’s a mark that recognizes the region’s three-century-long contribution to and know-how in perfumery cultivation and industrial processes – so you know you’re getting the unique quality of a Grasse absolute and an ingredient that meets high standards of cultivation, extraction, and transformation.

Valorizing precious resources

With customers and consumers increasingly demanding more sustainable formulations, we embrace upcycling as part of the solution. Whether it’s salvaging citrus oils from discarded orange peels, or collecting cedar oil from furniture woodchips, our approach is to turn by-products, waste, or unused material into higher-value products. By minimizing waste, pollution, and consumption of energy and resources, upcycling enables high-quality ingredients with a lower environmental footprint.

Ingredients catalog

Learn more about our ingredients for perfumery
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