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title: FRAGRANCE HOUSES PRICE FIXING INVESTIGATION
description: The Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP is investigating major fragrance houses for alleged price fixing. Contact us if your business has bought from these brands.
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Investigation

# Fragrance Houses Price Fixing Investigation

**The firm is no longer pursuing this investigation. But, per the below form, if you have a comment on this or one of our other investigations or cases, we encourage you to share your experience or thoughts.**

##### **FRAGRANCE MANUFACTURERS INVESTIGATED FOR ****PRICE FIXING & MARKET ALLOCATION**

On March 7, 2023, the European Commission, in collaboration with the United States Department of Justice and other competition authorities announced investigations involving the following fragrance houses: 

- International Flavors & Fragrances (United States)
- Firmenich (Switzerland)
- Givaudan (Switzerland)
- Symrise (Germany)

Authorities indicate that the fragrance houses potentially coordinated price increases, allocated markets, and limited the sale of certain fragrances and ingredients.

The companies under investigation are the four biggest worldwide manufacturers of fragrances and fragrance ingredients, accounting for more than half of the global market. These houses focus on creating unique blends of fragrance compounds and sell them to consumer-oriented businesses.

Their customers include cosmetic industry clients, such as perfume and toiletries manufacturers and the household products industry, including manufacturers of soaps, air fresheners, and various household cleaning solutions.

Publicly available information shows that the four fragrance manufacturers’ prices—and profits—have been increasing in recent years, in some cases dramatically. This is consistent with a classic illegal price-fixing scheme. Businesses that purchase fragrances to make soap, personal care lotions and creams, candles, perfumes, room sprays, diffusers, or other scented or flavored products would likely have paid any allegedly unlawful price increases.

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### CONTACT US IF YOUR BUSINESS HAS BOUGHT FROM THESE BRANDS

**The firm is no longer pursuing this investigation. But, per the below form, if you have a comment on this or one of our other investigations or cases, we encourage you to share your experience or thoughts.**

The Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP is investigating whether these fragrance houses have violated the antitrust laws of the United States.

If you or anyone you know has purchased fragrances or fragrance ingredients from these companies, we would like to hear from you. Any information you provide will be kept strictly confidential as provided by law unless and until you agree to publicly disclose the information.

If you wish to inform us of any unfair business practice, antitrust or competition issue, or comment on one of our cases, please use the form below. There is no cost or obligation for our review of your case. We agree to protect your name and all confidential information you submit against disclosure, publication, or unauthorized use to the full extent under the law. Please note that completion of this form does not contractually obligate our firm to represent you. We can only represent you if both you and our firm agree, in writing, that we will serve as your attorney. [Please read our disclaimer](https://www.saverilawfirm.com/terms-conditions/?hsLang=en).

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