do you have an artistic flair and an interest in science ? do you have a strong sense of taste , smell , and imagination ? then you might make an ideal flavorist . A flavorist is a person who creates natural and artificial flavorings that go into foods their work entails first identifying the individual chemicals found in nature then they recreate the flavors using different chemical combinations such manufactured flavors ofter last longer have strong flavor and smell better than flavors found in natural these flavors can also avoid the allergens sometimes contained in natural flavors