Fine Fragrance SDM Assistant Intern

Location: Tlalnepantla, Mexico; on-site role. Preferred schedule: Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Company

Global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health and biosciences, delivering sustainable innovations for everyday products.

What you will do

• Support fragrance evaluation sessions and develop the ability to smell, classify, compare, and describe fragrances.
• Explore fragrance families, ingredients, market references, and emerging olfactive trends.
• Support Scent Design Managers throughout fragrance development projects, from client briefs through fragrance selection and submission.
• Contribute to inspiration searches, benchmarking, mood boards, fragrance collections, and creative presentations.
• Research consumer trends, fragrance preferences, cultural movements, and emerging olfactive directions.
• Assist with project trackers, fragrance samples, evaluation materials, project follow-up, and fragrance bank maintenance while collaborating with Scent Design, Perfumery, and cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor’s degree in Gastronomy, Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Fragrance/Perfumery, Marketing, Design, Consumer Science, or a related field.
• Strong interest in fragrance, beauty, creativity, and consumer trends.
• Interest in developing olfactive sensitivity, fragrance vocabulary, and evaluation skills.
• Creative mindset with an interest in storytelling and conceptual thinking.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
• Proactive, curious, open to feedback, and strongly willing to learn.
• Intermediate to advanced English proficiency.

Nice to have

• Previous exposure to fragrance, cosmetics, beauty, luxury, or consumer goods.
• Strong curiosity for fragrance evaluation, sensory experiences, and consumer trends.
• Ability to connect consumer, cultural, market, and brand insights with creative ideas.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on exposure to fragrance creation and development.
• Learning opportunities alongside Scent Design Managers, Perfumers, and cross-functional teams.
• Exposure to fragrance evaluation, benchmarking, consumer insights, and creative strategy.
• Opportunity to progressively contribute to real fragrance development projects.
• Immersive introduction to the fragrance industry and Scent Design within a creative, collaborative, open-minded, and inclusive workplace.