Howard E. Kennedy is a renown perfumer who creates fragrances and flavors for the beauty, food/beverage and household products industries. Of the 300 or so perfumers working internationally (for major companies), only about 10 are African Americans. He was the only minority individual, while employed by Pfizer, to lead a company to five prestigious awards from the Fragrance Foundation for "Fragrance of the Year": IRON; LADY STETSON; STETSON (for men); SOPHIA (Sophia Loren) and NUANCE. He also created and developed UNDENIABLE FOR MEN and WOMEN, marketed by Avon and endorsed by Billy Dee Williams. His additional successes include GINGER WITH A TWIST marketed by Estee Lauder and the very popular maple flavor in Log Cabin’s Country Kitchen Syrup marketed by Pinnacle Foods Group. His firm also developed the fruity flavors for Seagram's "Extra" and "Sunfrost Tea" wine coolers. Other clients include, but are not limited to, Kraft Foods, Ulta, Carol’s Daughter, Pantresse and Revlon.