A history built on partnerships

May, 2023, Agilex Fragrances becomes powered by dsm-firmenich as parent company firmenich merges with powerhouse dsm. Together these iconic companies join forces, combining strengths and heritage, to drive progress as the innovator in nutrition, health, and beauty, plus so much more, without ever compromising what is essential for people and planet.

• Agilex gains total access to the word-class innovation and resources of powerhouse dsm-firmenich while retaining the well-renown independence and agility of this unparalleled fragrance manufacturer boutique!
• At Agilex, the team now has an even greater toolbox of innovation, technology, raw materials, and expertise to help accelerate and drive customer success.
• Agilex brings the power of innovative fragrance solutions, brand concepts, infinitive resources, and breakthrough technology…to all in a unique full-service creation model.

Continuous improvement and automation bring unparalleled speed to Agilex’s manufacturing.  A state-of-the art production facility is christened on May 1, 2017 in Somerset, New Jersey. Features include engineering robots, flexible processes, interconnected, intelligent software, and 24/7 shift capacity.

• Agilex identifies opportunities coming from the U.S. West Coast – a unique ecosystem with thriving start-ups that drive technology and natural lifestyle trends. In June 2018, Agilex acquires Fragrances West, a leading body, home and air care perfumery house with a synergistic full-service approach. Agilex continues to offer superior creative scent design and best-in-class speed-to-market now supported by a manufacturing facility in Los Angeles. The acquisition advances Agilex’s vision as leaders in custom fragrance and innovation for the small to mid-size market.
• In 2021, to help clients keep pace with ever-changing market regulations, Agilex launches a proprietary new tool. Now, faster becomes fastest with Agilex’ fully automated regulatory portal. In an industry-first, regulatory documents are available instantly…only at agilexfragrances.com!
• Agilex emerges as best-in-class front-line workers delivering hand sanitizers in record numbers through a proprietary program, scents + science – and a whole new world in hygiene emerges! designed exclusively for I&I by Agilex expert perfumers at Agilex Pro, the new scents of Clean + Hygiene arrive.
• More innovation hits the market in 2021-2022 with new technologies for Agilex Pro partners! never-before found technologies and fragrances expertly designed by Agilex experts for Industrial and Institutional brands hit the market – H2O2 stable sragrances, bleach stable fragrance collections, Post Covid-19 Scents of Clean for public spaces, air freshening fragrances for safety, cleanliness, auto car wash, and more.
• New fragrance design and brands opportunities arise from Agilex’s team of accelerators and incubators, and innovation heads to the U.S. West Coast providing a unique ecosystem for thriving start-ups that drive technology and natural lifestyle trends.

The company’s network continues to grow as new partners join the team. Manufacturing and production continue to be a relentless pursuit. The goal: give clients their products quickly, efficiently and hassle-free…all while delivering beautiful, high-quality fragrances.

• Agilex begins production with new partner in China, shipping high-quality, proprietary ingredients directly to the overseas manufacturing floor. Agilex provides clients with the advantages of global production and cost efficiencies for custom fragrances …all while guaranteeing consistent production quality.
• The “Shopping Cart Method” and portable scales allow the team to bring the oil directly to production tanks. Reducing steps dramatically increases turn-around time.
• AromaTech and IFT become fully integrated. Agilex Fragrances is born and renamed based on the founding principles of agility and excellence.
• Continuous improvements at the 30,000 square foot branchburg manufacturing plant include on-demand production stations that increase the pours-per-day count to the highest in the industry!

Service, creativity and quality are the cornerstones of growth as the team expands in size and expertise. The creative center of excellence is launched adding new team members including PhDs, fragrance evaluators and marketing experts. Personal care specialists and fact-based market data propel the company into the body care category providing clients new areas of opportunity and know-how.

• Innovative “MakeScents” proprietary software is built to make fast even fastest, and the software is installed throughout the manufacturing floor. Speed-to-market is an unbeatable value-added.

The mission continues to build the fragrance company that “everyone dreams of”…and to share those advantages with the right partners. The “72 Hour Express” delivers made-to order fragrances to delighted clients. The company parlays its expertise in I&I into true air care for the home.

• New technology, cold gel fragrances, brings innovation to clients, driving market share and consumer experience.
• A merger with Atlanta-based international fragrance technologies brings new partners with value and logistics benefits.

The founding partners work tirelessly to build a fragrance company that they dream of working with, a company with a mission: creativity, consistency and immediate delivery. AromaTech promises unmatched partnership to clients, and produces and delivers high quality fragrances in 72 hours…besting the major fragrance companies by 3-6 weeks. Clients are stunned and the company doubles in size each year!

• PhD scientists join the team and a break-through in patented water-based technology takes the industry by storm.
• Production begins on products made 100% by a fragrance house, providing a much-need resolution to customers confronting challenges of new V.O.C. and carb regulations.

What begins as a grandfather’s need to scent his restaurant turns into an entrepreneurial legacy of expertise and invention in the industrial and institutional air freshener market. But the “perfect fragrance partner” can’t be found. Two grandsons later, AromaTech is born with the idea to vertically integrate the supply chain, and to improve and produce the company’s own fragrances.