September 27 - September 28, 2021
Washington, D.C.
Flavors and Fragrances 2021 is coming to Washington, D.C., September 27-28, 2021. Flavors and Fragrances Conference is the leading North American event exploring opportunities in the growing flavors and fragrances industries. This event focuses on idea-sharing and connection, providing professionals and innovators the opportunity to collaborate and discuss solutions to challenges. Attendees become market experts while speakers discuss the hottest trends in both flavors and fragrances, and tackle topics that affect both sectors, such as sustainability, consumer demands, transparency, ecommerce, and more. Learn More About This Event
The 2021 agenda has been released! At the 2021 event...
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Experience the Sensory Corner: Join in on these year's new, innovative agenda addition: The Sensory Corner. Visit booths with novel flavor and fragrance products you can test and experience first-hand, and learn about innovations and packaging developments. SPONSOR THE SENSORY CORNER | PARTICIPATE IN THE PITCHING HOUR
The 2021 event is taking place alongside Cleaning Products US 2021, September 29-30.
Fred Hart is a Partner and Creative Director at Interact Boulder, a spirited and obsessive branding and packaging design firm that works closely with food and beverage brands. Located in Boulder CO, at the epicenter of the natural foods movement, Fred helps usher in the good food revolution and changing of the guards in CPG.
Fred’s CPG experience includes work in multiple bleeding and leading-edge food and beverage categories, as well as in automotive and household cleaning industries. Notable brands he’s worked with include Dogfish Head Brewery, Mondelez-owned Enjoy Life Foods, Monster Energy, and S.C Johnson brands Scrubbing Bubbles & Pledge.
When Fred’s not walking through grocery stores like they’re art museums, he’s actively disproving that white men can’t jump and exploring cities on foot.
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Emma Schmalz is the Fragrance Development Manager at Dr.Squatch where she leads fragrance development across all product categories. She has 5+ years of experience working in Product & Fragrance Development for major brands such as Bath & Body Works, Victoria’s Secret, & Tom Ford. Also, she has experience in Advertising for Church & Dwight Brands and PR experience for Tom Ford. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from Saint Joesph’s University in Communications with a double minor in Marketings and Advertising.
Danielle Botelho, PhD is responsible for the RIFM safety assessment process and leading her team to build universal acceptance and trust in the safe use of fragrance materials through applied science and research. She received her PhD in Toxicology from Rutgers University. She has over 12 years of research experience specializing in nanotoxicology and pulmonary studies relating to molecular and physiological endpoints. She is passionate about communicating science and safety to a global audience.
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For over 40 years, Custom Essence has been serving the fragrance needs of entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 companies, natural product manufacturers, and everyone in between. We create high-quality fragrances through an artful balance of creativity and technical knowledge. A team of master perfumers, evaluators, marketers, regulatory professionals, customer service staff, and researchers come together to create winning fragrances for the next generation of product development.
At Custom Essence we pride ourselves on our ability to stay ahead of the curve, through the identification of market needs and capitalizing on the analysis of new raw materials to develop cutting-edge fragrances that excel in the marketplace. Let us apply our expertise to help you build a successful brand experience.
We are a leader in the development of natural fragrances and have worked with some of the largest companies that are driving the market for natural personal care, household, laundry and home fragrance products. Our perfumery expertise enables us to create natural accords to compete with their synthetic counterparts.
• Corporate Headquarters, R&D and Perfumery in Somerset, NJ
• Manufacturing in New Jersey, Europe, and China
Jack Corley is Chief Sales Officer of Custom Essence Inc. and serves as President of Custom Essence Inc.'s Natural Fragrances Division. He is also a member of the Custom Essence, Inc. Senior Advisory Committee. Mr. Corley has 37 years’ experience in the Fragrance and Flavor Industry. Prior to joining Custom Essence in July 2014, Mr. Corley was Vice-President and Director of Sales and Marketing for Symrise, managing the PureScent (Trilogy Fragrances) division and brand. Mr. Corley also spent 21 years with International Flavors and Fragrances.
Mr. Corley has been retained by some of the largest Fragrance and Flavor Companies in the world, advising them on natural and organic product/market development, natural and organic ingredient sourcing and natural/organic product formulation, labeling and regulatory issues.
He has written numerous articles related to personal care subjects over the years and is a featured speaker at Fragrance and Personal Care events and seminars as well. In addition, he was a founding member of the Natural Product Association Personal Care and Home Care Standards Committees; and remains a Joint Committee member of the NSF-305 task force. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Vocational Rehabilitation.
He is as an Adjunct Professor of Business at Monmouth University, in West Long Branch, NJ for the past 14 years.
Mr. Corley holds both a BBA and an MBA from Baruch College.
Nick has global safety evaluation and regulatory compliance responsibilities for all fragrances and flavors used in P&G products world-wide as well as management responsibilities for P&G’s human safety research programs. Nick started his career at P&G as an Environmental Scientist in P&G’s corporate environmental group and has held a variety of positions in P&G that have included management of safety and regulatory work associated with P&G’s cosmetic businesses, product stewardship for acquired businesses and business divestitures, new compliance system design, and new chemical hazard evaluation. Before joining P&G, Nick worked as a scientist at US Department of Agriculture’s, Agricultural Research Service and attended the University of Maryland where he earned his PhD in Chemistry.
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Paul Ricciardi is the Principal Flavorist at the Campbell Soup Company. He manages all flavor activities for the Meals and Beverage business both internally and with external vendors. Before Campbell, Paul spent 20 years in the flavor industry working for the majority of that time with Firmenich and International Flavors and Fragrances. Paul is also the current president of the Society of Flavor Chemists.
Tom joined Berjé 16 years ago, entering the management trainee program, whereby he rotated through every aspect of the business from QC to production and sales, finally establishing himself with a degree in design as Berjé’s Marketing Manager. Combining his love of nature and aromas, he found the perfect blending of these passions in his current role at Berjé. Tom is at the forefront of trends in the Flavor and Fragrance markets, with a focus on ingredients across multiple applications. Tom also serves on the Beauty board of the Color Association of America (CAUS) developing future color palettes for the Beauty industry.
Tom is an avid rock climber, an adventurous cook, enjoys travel and experiencing the diverse aspects of all he encounters. He is married proudly to a doctor of internal medicine and has a four legged furry child named Loopy.
