Eurofragance introduces proprietary perfumery ingredient Olivante

Olivante is made by upcycling discarded olive pulp into a fragrance raw material through a 100% natural process

Eurofragance will unveil its fourth proprietary perfumery ingredient in Dubai at the Beautyworld Middle East trade show on October 27, 2025.  The Spanish fragrance house’s latest exclusive raw material brings opulence to fragrance compositions. 

Olivante is not only destined to a Middle Eastern target; but also can act as a highlighter of typical western world perfumery ingredients.  Eurofragance Perfumers, who have been formulating with this innovative captive ingredient, state that with the inclusion of Olivante, fruity notes become richer, gourmand notes more delightful and delectable, and certain white floral notes more intense. 

Belén Garcia, Master Perfumer at Eurofragance who is composing with the raw material says: “In recent years we have seen how consumers in the West have opened up to Middle Eastern perfumery.  Powerful notes of leather and oud have gained consumer acceptance well beyond the Gulf Region.  Olivante® is multi-faceted and offers some of these olfactive aspects that are now appreciated across geographies.”

In developing its fourth proprietary raw material, Eurofragance followed its sustainability philosophy.  It collaborated with a partner in the olive oil industry who upcycles olive residues into various byproducts, following the extraction of oil from the olives. 

Felipe San Juan, R&D Manager Ingredients and Fragrance Performance and Magdalena Rey, Technical Perfumer, both at Eurofragance, spent months scouring the Spanish countryside searching for the variety of olive with the right concentration of the desired volatiles and precursors.

San Juan states: “Olivante® cannot be made from any random olive pulp.  Terroir and climate from a very specific region of Spain are key to this project.  Then we applied our scientific expertise to characterize and separate the essential odorant molecules needed to develop a desirable captive ingredient.”