dsm-firmenich is once again giving color a scent. The fragrance manufacturer has unveiled a new collection inspired by Cloud Dancer, Pantone’s Color of the Year 2026, a luminous white designed to bring a sense of calm to an increasingly fast-paced world.

The launch builds on dsm-firmenich’s long-running partnership with Pantone, for which it has served as official sensory partner since 2001. Year after year, the collaboration translates color into fragrance, blending creative perfumery with scientific research. For 2026, the focus is squarely on serenity, softness, and emotional balance.

The Cloud Dancer collection features ten fragrances across different formats, including eau de parfum, eau de toilette, candle, body mist, face and body cream, room spray, and liquid hand soap. Each product is designed to capture the same airy mood, turning the visual purity of Cloud Dancer into a sensory experience that moves seamlessly from personal care to the home.

Behind the scents is dsm-firmenich’s emotiOn neuroscientific program, which explores how fragrance influences emotion, combined with emotiCode focus, a set of design rules aimed at supporting mental clarity and performance. Together, these tools guided perfumers toward ingredients that feel light, clean, and quietly comforting — think white florals, transparent and fresh notes.

At the heart of the collection is Cloud Dancer eau de parfum, created by Paris-based perfumer Coralie Spicher. Her composition reimagines patchouli through a softer, brighter lens. “Cloud Dancer is such an inspirational name and color with poetic facets, it is a color in motion — not fast, but slow and delicate, carried by the wind, deeply connected to nature,” Spicher said.

To achieve that effect, she paired white patchouli with coconut notes and an overdose of Clearwood Prisma, a proprietary biotech-derived material, creating a contrast that is both calming and expressive.

The collection also features signature dsm-firmenich ingredients such as Patchouli Heart SFE and Coconut NaturePrint using state-of-the-art techniques like Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) and headspace to capture scents sustainably.

By translating Pantone’s Cloud Dancer into scent, dsm-firmenich positions perfume as a tool for emotional wellbeing — an invisible layer of calm, designed for modern life – reinforcing its belief that fragrance can do more than smell good.