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4.0 KiB
Competences — fragrance chemist
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e027434f-8aa4-4d87-a070-b1d5c57749e6).
Essential
- analytical chemistry (knowledge)
- assess the feasibility of implementing developments (skill/competence)
- calibrate laboratory equipment (skill/competence)
- check quality of raw materials (skill/competence)
- cosmetics industry (knowledge)
- create fragrances formulae (skill/competence)
- decide on fragrance titles (skill/competence)
- define technical requirements (skill/competence)
- document analysis results (skill/competence)
- good manufacturing practices (knowledge)
- manage chemical testing procedures (skill/competence)
- prepare chemical samples (skill/competence)
- research fragrances (skill/competence)
- run laboratory simulations (skill/competence)
- test chemical samples (skill/competence)
- test fragrances against customer satisfaction (skill/competence)
- translate formulae into processes (skill/competence)
- use chemical analysis equipment (skill/competence)
- write specifications (skill/competence)
Optional
- advise on fragrances (skill/competence)
- biological chemistry (knowledge)
- botany (knowledge)
- chemical preservation (knowledge)
- cleaning products (knowledge)
- communicate with external laboratories (skill/competence)
- control production (skill/competence)
- develop new food products (skill/competence)
- food allergies (knowledge)
- food flavourings (knowledge)
- food product ingredients (knowledge)
- gas chromatography (knowledge)
- molecular biology (knowledge)
- negotiate supplier arrangements (skill/competence)
- olfaction (knowledge)
- oversee quality control (skill/competence)
- perform calorimeter operation (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 5 ads, as of 2026-07-12)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- fragrance development — 80 %
- product development — 40 %
- cost analysis — 40 %
- chemical analysis — 40 %
- formulation — 40 %
- regulatory compliance — 40 %
- results documentation — 20 %
- scent creation — 20 %
- compound identification — 20 %
- compound testing — 20 %
- chemical experimentation — 20 %
- aerosol formulation — 20 %
- data collection — 20 %
- laboratory testing — 20 %
- market trend analysis — 20 %
- fragrance research — 20 %
- fragrance testing — 20 %
- ingredient evaluation — 20 %
Methods
- clean beauty standards — 40 %
- project management — 40 %
Responsibilities
- fragrance library maintenance — 40 %
- sample tracking — 40 %
- safety protocol adherence — 20 %
- raw material data collection — 20 %
- regulatory review — 20 %
- signature scent development — 20 %
- team collaboration — 20 %
- team communication — 20 %
- timeline management — 20 %
- tracker maintenance — 20 %
- vendor communication — 20 %
- vendor coordination — 20 %
- batch making — 20 %
- brief creation — 20 %
- fragrance coordination support — 20 %
- data preparation — 20 %
- documentation maintenance — 20 %
- existing product improvement — 20 %
- feedback cycle management — 20 %
- formula coordination — 20 %
- formula testing — 20 %
- lab experiments — 20 %
- lab organization — 20 %
- lab process documentation — 20 %
- laboratory experimentation — 20 %
- laboratory maintenance — 20 %
- information tracking — 20 %
- fragrance effectiveness assessment — 20 %
- material research — 20 %
- product evaluation support — 20 %
- product testing — 20 %
- paperwork management — 20 %
- problem solving — 20 %
- product creation — 20 %