Givaudan SA is a Switzerland-based Company engaged in the fragrance and flavor industry. Givaudan Company has three divisions: Flavor, Fragrance and Innovation. The Flavor division creates flavors for beverages, sweet goods, savory and dairy products, as well as ingredient systems. The Fragrance division is engaged in creating fragrance ingredients, fragrances for air care, laundry care, home care products, and fine fragrances, which are used for perfumes and colognes. The Fragrance division has two fine fragrance studios in Paris, France, and New York, the United States. Givaudan Company's fragrance ingredients business focuses on design, production and commercialization of Perfumery raw materials. The Innovation division is engaged in research and development of flavors and fragrances. It also operates a perfumery school. As of December 31, 2009, Givaudan Company had 53 wholly owned subsidiaries in Switzerland, Argentina, Australia and China, among others, and two majority owned subsidiaries.