Today’s consumers are more interested than ever in self-care – in the fullest sense of the word. And when it comes to personal care and home care solutions, carefully designed fragrances can make a world of difference.
Thanks to our advanced fragrance expertise, we help our customers deliver the sensations people are looking for in beauty & cleaning products. Our solutions enable brands to evoke a sense of care, hygiene, and protection against the challenges of the world.
Clean and fresh skin shouldn’t compromise skin comfort. Yet many consumers complain soap bars leave their skin feeling dry, signaling a clear opportunity for moisture‑driven innovation in cleansing.
Our solution: skinpositive™ moisture, dsm‑firmenich’s breakthrough fragrance technology designed to bring credible skin‑care benefits into soap bars, while still delivering a delightful, sensorial cleansing experience.
Built on deep expertise in skin biology and formulation science, skinpositive™ moisture is a unique AI‑powered fragrance design solution. It enables fragrances to form a remanent protective film on the skin, helping it resist wash‑off, support barrier recovery after washing, and reduce water loss during the critical post‑cleansing period.
The result? Scents that do more: clinically validated fragrance design that helps lock in moisture right from the shower and can boost hydration for up to 8 hours, supporting a softer, more comfortable skin feel, wash after wash.
A balanced skin microbiome supports the health, well-being, and protection of the entire body. But modern life can make it hard to maintain that balance. With a growing number of consumers exploring a broad range of products that can protect the skin microbiome, market demand for fragrances that support this goal is also on the rise.
Our solution? skinpositive™ biome, dsm-firmenich’s science-based, biome-friendly fragrance design model. These beautiful fragrances respect and preserve the natural balance of healthy bacteria that support skin health, with no compromise on product performance. What’s more, they’re accompanied by insightful fragrance design guidance, helping perfumers create effective products for our skin that are a treat for the senses while being gentle on our natural biome.
It’s all founded on our decades of biological expertise, including patents on how fragrance ingredients impact bacteria found in the skin microbiome. And since most of the 800+ ingredients in the skinpositive™ biome model are biodegradable, perfumers have a broad palette to choose from when creating natural-origin and 100% biodegradable fragrances. Drawing from this deep well of inspiration, brands can make skin care products even more desirable for their consumers.
Did you know that, when it comes to healthy behaviors, more consumers engage in home care gestures than in diet and exercise? Today’s everyday home and self-care products need to offer functional protective performance while being pleasurable, comforting, and indulgent – contributing to people’s holistic health and wellness.
That’s why we’ve developed our sereniclean® fragrances. By augmenting the perception of hygiene in home care, laundry, and skin-cleansing products – as proven in neuroscientific testing – these fragrances bring together feelings of sanitation and relaxation, making consumers feel more serene in the spaces around them.
