It takes a good nose and a dose of craziness to be artisan perfume makers like Vero Kern and Andy Tauer. They’re up against huge competition from the fragrance industry. But their niche market is surviving, thanks in part to the Internet.
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Raffaella Rossello
Neither of these perfume makers will get rich from what they do, but they were able to turn their passion into a full-time occupation, with no need for a side job to pay the bills. (Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch)
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Swiss fragrance companies taste global success
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The firms that are responsible for many of the flavours in the food we eat, the scents in the perfumes we use and fragrances in the detergents we clean with were both founded in 1895, in Zurich and Geneva respectively. The similarity ends there. Whereas Givaudan has grown through a series of acquisitions and is publically…
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Swiss companies Givaudan and Firmenich purchase thousands of different natural raw ingredients – in addition to synthetic ingredients – from all corners of the globe. Often working in remote areas with local communities, sourcing of such materials is a delicate affair in which the health and sustainability of the communities is intricately tied to that…
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