Competition record
Givaudan
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Givaudan designs fragrances and flavors and sells them to the brands that make perfume, soap, food, and household goods. A consumer case continues against manufacturers that did not settle, and no judgment against Givaudan is recorded here.
Overview
Givaudan is one of the main houses that create a scent or a flavor and sell the formula to a consumer brand. Shoppers know the brand on the bottle, not the house that compounded it.
End users sued fragrance manufacturers. On 16 September 2026 a court finally approved a settlement with International Flavors & Fragrances, and the case continues against manufacturers that did not settle.
Givaudan remains in that continuing case. This page does not record a judgment against it.
Competition footprint
Fragrance houses compete for a brand's formula brief, and the brand's customers never see that invoice.
IFF has a final end-user settlement, and Givaudan does not.
Staying in the consumer case is not a finding that Givaudan coordinated anything.
Consumer & business angle
People who bought scented finished goods are the end-user class, and the brands that bottle those goods are Givaudan's direct customers.
The 16 September 2026 order finished IFF's slice and left non-settling manufacturers, including Givaudan, in the case.
What to watch
- Whether the consumer case against Givaudan moves toward trial or a settlement of its own.
- Any later order that actually enters a judgment against Givaudan, which has not happened.
Markets
fragrances · flavors · fragrance compounds
Also known as: givaudan