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Like top athletes or singers, IFF's best perfumers draw salaries that approach $1 million, including bonuses based on successful fragrance sales. Even for someone with a naturally strong sense of smell, it takes more than a decade of training and apprenticeship to develop a refined understanding of the thousands of compounds smell authors draw upon. "Not everyone who blends a few ingredients is a true perfumer," says Subrenat. "Just as not everyone who burns a steak at home is a three-star Michelin chef." The best scent specialists are so savvy that they can identify the most prominent three...
However tough the competition, the industry is united in one concern. Development, says Subrenat of the World Perfumery Congress, is endangering its raw materials. India has lost thousands of acres of its sweet-smelling sandalwood trees, for instance, over the past decades. If that trend continues, it will be even harder for fragrance-and-flavor companies to develop the next blockbuster smell or taste. Already, for every five to 10 samples perfumers dream up and perfect, just one generates a sale...
...Hunger" highlighted the tragedy of Zimbabwe under the rule of President Robert Mugabe [April 23]. Another loser is South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki and his ineffective policy of "quiet diplomacy" (what South Africans call "silent diplomacy"). Mbeki's supposedly close ties with Mugabe have not helped him develop a plan to rescue Zimbabwe from its dire situation. It is only a matter of time before the African leaders who so often criticize Western governments start calling on them to aid Zimbabwe...
...tried very hard to develop new courses for undergraduates, because we found that although the Divinity School claims that undergraduates take their courses, they don’t,” Orsi said...
...held this semester by the newly-formed Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum (HCEF).HCEF will link the winners of their 2007 Startup Plan Competition and Summer Fellowship Program to an early-stage investor who will provide up to $10,000 to cover the team’s expenses while they develop their business.Tanjeloff and Galkowski, who were honored for their win in a ceremony held last week, first met through HCEF’s online community and soon started work on the business plan they submitted in February.The $10,000 idea, Check My Radar, seeks to connect lovelorn college students with...