IFF Elects Marcello Bottoli and Linda Buck to Board of Directors

20/07/07 International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., a leading creator of flavors and fragrances, announced today that Marcello Bottoli, President and CEO of Samsonite Corporation, and Linda Buck, a Nobel Prize winning scientist, have been elected to IFF's Board of Directors. With these additions, IFF's Board of Directors is now comprised of ten independent members as well as Robert M. Amen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IFF, for a total of eleven Directors.

"Linda and Marcello are exceptionally talented individuals who add to the diversity of viewpoint, background and experience of our Board, strengthening our Company," said Mr. Amen. "I am very pleased they are joining us and I look forward to working with them."

Mr. Bottoli has served as President and CEO of Samsonite since March 2004 and is a member of its Board of Directors. Previously, Mr. Bottoli was Chairman of the Board and CEO of Louis Vuitton Malletier, a major luxury goods producer. He has extensive and varied international business experience.

Dr. Buck shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research on the sense of smell, which clarified the intricate biological pathway from the nose to the brain that allows people to differentiate smells. Dr. Buck, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, currently serves as Associate Director of Basic Sciences at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Affiliate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington. Prior to her current roles, Dr. Buck was a Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.