EXHIBIT 99.4

                     INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.

                 OFFER FOR ALL OUTSTANDING 6.45% NOTES DUE 2006
                                 IN EXCHANGE FOR
                              6.45% NOTES DUE 2006
                        WHICH HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
                                   AS AMENDED

To: Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

     International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (the "Company") is offering, upon
and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus, dated    ,
2001 (the "Prospectus"), and the enclosed letter of transmittal (the "Letter of
Transmittal"), to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") its 6.45% Notes due 2006,
which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for
its outstanding 6.45% Notes due 2006 (the "Original Notes"). The Exchange Offer
is being made in order to satisfy certain obligations of the Company contained
in the Registration Rights Agreement dated May 7, 2001 by and among the Company
and the initial purchasers referred to therein.

     We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold Original
Notes regarding the Exchange Offer. For your information and for forwarding to
your clients for whom you hold Original Notes registered in your name or in the
name of your nominee, or who hold Original Notes registered in their own names,
we are enclosing the following documents:

     1.   Prospectus dated           , 2001;

     2.   The Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information of your
          clients;

     3.   A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Exchange
          Offer if certificates for Original Notes are not immediately available
          or time will not permit all required documents to reach the Exchange
          Agent prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) or if the
          procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely
          basis;

     4.   A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose account
          you hold Original Notes registered in your name or the name of your
          nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients' instructions
          with regard to the Exchange Offer;

     5.   Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on
          Substitute Form W-9; and

     6.   Return envelopes addressed to United States Trust Company of New York,
          the Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer.

   YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED. THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00
P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON    , 2001, UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY (THE
"EXPIRATION DATE"). ORIGINAL NOTES TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAY
BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE.

     To participate in the Exchange Offer, a duly executed and properly
completed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof or Agent's Message in
lieu thereof), with any required signature guarantees and any other required
documents, should be sent to the Exchange Agent and certificates representing
the Original Notes should be delivered to the Exchange Agent, all in accordance
with the instructions set forth in the Letter of Transmittal and the
Prospectus.

     If a registered holder of Original Notes desires to tender, but such
Original Notes are not immediately available, or time will not permit such
holder's Original Notes or other required documents to reach the Exchange Agent
before the Expiration Date, or the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be
completed on a timely basis, a tender may be effected by following the
guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Prospectus under the caption
"The Exchange Offer--Guaranteed Delivery Procedures."

     The Company will, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial
banks and trust companies for reasonable and necessary costs and expenses
incurred by them in forwarding the Prospectus and the related documents to the
beneficial



owners of Original Notes held by them as nominee or in a fiduciary capacity.
The Company will pay or cause to be paid all stock transfer taxes applicable to
the exchange of Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, except as set
forth in Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.

     Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Exchange Offer, or requests
for additional copies of the enclosed materials, should be directed to Bank One
Trust Company, N.A., the Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer, at its address
and telephone number set forth on the front of the Letter of Transmittal.

                              Very truly yours,


                              INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.

     NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY
PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR
ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER
OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EX PRESSLY
MADE IN THE PROSPECTUS OR THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

Enclosures

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