RULE 424 (C)
                                                               REG. NO. 33-66756

                     INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.

                 SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 19, 1993
                 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 5, 1995

     The 201,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock in column (B) are covered
by this Prospectus, and are, or may be, offered by the officers of the Company
listed below who, at the time of such offering will have acquired such shares
upon the exercise of options granted since October 5, 1995 under the Company's
Empoyee Stock Option Plans of 1988 and 1992. The shares of the Company's Common
Stock shown in column (A) below include 435,379 shares of Common Stock which the
officers of the Company have (or will have as of 60 days after such date) the
right to acquire under stock options granted by the Company.

COMMON STOCK WHICH MAY BE SOLD ----------------------------------- (A) (B) SHARES UNDER OPTIONS GRANTED WHICH MAY COMMON STOCK BE OFFERED POSITION WITH COMPANY OWNED AS OF FOR THE SELLING WITHIN THE PAST DECEMBER 31, SHAREHOLDER'S NAME THREE YEARS 1996 ACCOUNT ---- --------------------- ------------- --------------- E. P. Grisanti President; Chairman of the Board 273,033* 40,000 B. D. Chadbourne Senior Vice-President and Director since January 1997; Vice-President September-December 1996; President and Chief Executive Officer, Keebler Company, a baked goods manufacturer, a subsidiary of United Biscuits plc 1993-1996 0 10,000 H. C. van Baaren Senior Vice-President and Director 68,564 35,000 T. H. Hoppel Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer; Director 56,972 20,000 S. A. Block Vice-President, Law and Secretary 20,000 15,000 E. Campbell Vice-President since 1996; employed by the Company since April 1995; Director, Human Resources, Avon Products, Inc. from 1991 to 1995 0 5,000 R. G. Corbett Vice-President since May 1997; employed by the Company prior thereto 6,916 10,000 R. S. Fenn Vice-President 68,733 7,500 C. A. Lobbosco Vice-President 20,333 7,500 L. G. Lynch, Jr. Vice-President 39,276 8,000 S. R. Maconochie Vice-President 14,000 15,000 R. Merz Vice-President 49,000 10,000 T. Schaffner Vice-President since May 1997; employed by the Company prior thereto 16 5,000 M. D. Sweeney Vice-President 16,500 5,000 D. J. Wetmore Controller 12,500 6,000 J. P. Huether Treasurer since May 1996; 2,381 2,000 employed by the Company prior thereto
- ------------- * See page 4 of the Company's Proxy Statement for 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders which is incorporated by reference herein for other shares of the Company's Common Stock beneficially owned by Mr. Grisanti. Mr. Grisanti's percentage of beneficial ownership stated in the proxy statement will remain unchanged after the sale of the shares in column (B) above. THIS SUPPLEMENT IS DATED AUGUST 26, 1997