Sean P. Broderick Honored with Fragrance Creators’ Eric Bruell Distinguished Service Award

Fragrance Creators Association (FCA) on April 24 posthumously bestowed its highest honor, the Eric Bruell Distinguished Service Award, on longtime Procter & Gamble executive Sean P. Broderick during the association’s spring dinner at the Westmount Country Club in Woodland Park, NJ.

Broderick’s husband, Gabriel Ross, accepted the award on his behalf.

Extraordinary Leader

Broderick is celebrated as a driving force behind FCA’s rise to the front ranks of Washington advocacy. Drawing on nearly three decades at P&G in regulatory compliance and government relations, he helped reimagine and rebuild the association’s government-affairs program as they forged bipartisan coalitions that advanced safety, sustainability and innovation across the fragrance value chain.

“Sean’s legacy is integrity, collaboration and service,” said Cynthia Reichard of Arylessence and FCA Board Chair. “He made complex issues accessible and united people to solve them.”

FCA previously recognized Broderick’s pandemic-era leadership with its Extraordinary Leadership Award—renamed in his honor in 2021. Earlier this year he was appointed chair of FCA’s Government & Legislative Affairs Executive Committee.

During his tenure at P&G, Broderick became a trusted counselor across the consumer-product sector, mentoring scores of professionals and serving on several trade-association boards. Colleagues remember him for servant leadership, curiosity, and a laugh that filled any room—qualities they pledge to carry forward.

“Sean could always turn common ground into higher ground,” said Farah K. Ahmed, FCA president & CEO. “Our industry is stronger because of his vision—and because he never forgot the human side of the work.”