Umami finds it origin in Dutch and West Flanders, the piece of land which excels on gastronomic level. The collaboration of 2 companies which are active for decades in the world of skin care, has led to ‘UMAMI’.
Umami is originally a Japanese word which means ‘delicious’ or ‘savoury’. Next to the 4 basic tastes: salt, sweet, sour and bitter, it is certain that our taste buds are also sensitive for a fifth taste: umami. Read more
The Japanese professor Kikunae Ikeda described a new basic taste in 1908 while tasting broth based on sea weed. He was convinced that this new taste could not be put together with the four other basic tastes. Professor Ikeda found the new taste a pleasant taste experience and named the taste umami, which means tasteful in Japanese.
Describing a taste is always difficult and this especially with the umami taste which could not be based on the most familiar basic tastes. Terms such as savoury, meat taste and broth are often used when describing the umami taste. Until today, not a single Western language succeeded to create an own term for the fifth taste. That’s why the Japanese term is used everywhere.
And from this the idea is developed to unite surprising taste combinations in a unique fragrance experience, with a positive effect on the body as well as the spirit. The products of UMAMI are surprising (scent) combinations with challenging structure and all this nicely in balance.
