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Nationality | Swiss |
Born | 3 December 1913 |
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Sport | Sailing |
Georges Firmenich (born 3 December 1913, date of death unknown) was a Swiss sailor. He competed in the 6 Metre event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [1]
Firmenich SA was a Swiss company in the fragrance and flavor business. The company has created perfumes for over 125 years and produced a number of well-known flavors. Founded in 1895, it merged in May 2023 with the Dutch company DSM to form dsm-firmenich.
Koninklijke DSM N.V., was a Dutch multinational corporation active in the fields of health, nutrition and materials. Headquartered in Heerlen, at the end of 2017 DSM employed 21,054 people in approximately 50 countries and posted net sales of €8.632 billion in 2018 and €9.204 billion in 2021. In May 2023 it merged with the Swiss company Firmenich to form a new entity named dsm-firmenich.
The water polo tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 28 July 1996, in Atlanta, United States.
Team dsm–firmenich PostNL is a Dutch professional cycling team at UCI WorldTeam level. The team is managed by Iwan Spekenbrink. The team is sponsored by the nutrition, and fragrances company DSM-Firmenich.
Michiel Elijzen is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who retired from competition after the 2010 season to become a sporting director for Omega Pharma–Lotto, the team for which he last rode competitively. He now works as a directeur sportif for the Sunweb Group B.V. teams: UCI WorldTeam Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL, UCI Women's WorldTeam Team dsm–firmenich PostNL, and UCI Continental team Development Team dsm–firmenich PostNL.
Synthetic musks are a class of synthetic aroma compounds to emulate the scent of deer musk and other animal musks. Synthetic musks have a clean, smooth and sweet scent lacking the fecal notes of animal musks. They are used as flavorings and fixatives in cosmetics, detergents, perfumes and foods, supplying the base note of many perfume formulas. Most musk fragrance used in perfumery today is synthetic.
Darling is a women's fragrance from Coty, and the first perfume to be endorsed by Kylie Minogue, released on 9 November 2006. The perfume was designed by Thierry Wasser from Firmenich. Wasser wanted to create a perfume which reflects the Australian singer: the key notes are Australian sandalwood, star fruit, freesia and Boronia flower.
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, Australia, began on September 23 and lasted until October 1, 2000.
Team dsm–firmenich PostNL is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour. The team is sponsored by Swiss health, nutrition, fragrances and materials company Firmenich, following its merger with the Dutch company DSM.
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour, respectively.
Rachele Barbieri is an Italian professional road and track cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team dsm–firmenich PostNL.
Development Team dsm–firmenich PostNL is a Dutch UCI Continental team founded in 2017. The team acts as the development squad for UCI WorldTeam Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL.
Juliette Labous is a French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team dsm–firmenich PostNL. She rode in the women's road race event at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships.
Megan Jastrab is an American professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team dsm–firmenich PostNL. In September 2019, Jastrab won the women's junior road race at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England.
André Firmenich was a Swiss sailor. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Frédéric Firmenich was a Swiss sailor. He competed in the 6 Metre event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Iwan Spekenbrink is a Dutch cycling manager, who has been the team manager of UCI WorldTeam Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL since the team's creation in 2005. He is also the president of the AIGCP, which he was elected to in 2015.
Joseph Firmenich (1821–1891) was a German painter. Firmenich was born in 1821 in Cologne and died in 1891 in Berlin. According to art historian Gustav Ebe, Firmenich was an autodidact who was a court painter in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and painted natural landscapes from Tyrol and other regions. Other sources say that Firmenich was a student of Simon Meister. While visiting France, he once entered into a wager that German painters could paint more accurately than French painters. Firmenich painted an oak tree within an hour and won the challenge.
Sean Flynn is a Scottish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL.
Firmenich is a surname of German origin.