SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                           
                                     SCHEDULE 13G
                                           
                       UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                 (AMENDMENT NO. 15)*
                                           
                         International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
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                                    (NAME OF ISSUER)

                             Common Stock $.12-1/2 par value
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                             (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)


                                       459506 10 1
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                                     (CUSIP NUMBER)



Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement / /. (A
fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous
statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five
percent of the class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed
no amendment subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five
percent or less of such class.) (See Rule l3d-7.)

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which
would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of
that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of
the Act (however, see the Notes).

                            (Continued on following page(s))

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CUSIP No. 459506 10 1            13G            PAGE  2  OF   4 PAGES
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 1 
    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON 
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON 

    Harmon Duncombe (deceased). Mr. Duncombe died December 11, 1993.
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 2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*        (a) / / 
                                                             (b) /x/ 
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 3  SEC USE ONLY

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 4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 

    U.S.A.
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                  5     SOLE VOTING POWER 
   NUMBER OF

    SHARES                See item 1
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 BENEFICIALLY     6     SHARED VOTING POWER 
    
   OWNED BY
                          See item 1
      EACH       ------------------------------------------------------        
                   
   REPORTING      7     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 
      
    PERSON                See item 1
                 ------------------------------------------------------        
     WITH         8     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 
       
                        See item 1
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 9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     See item 1
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10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
    CERTAIN SHARES* 

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11  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

    See item 1
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12  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

       IN
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                          *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



                           SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C. 20549

                                      Schedule 13G

                        Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



    Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this

statement. / /

    Item 1 (a)   Name of Issurer
                 --------------------

                 International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

    Item 1 (b)   Address of Issuer's Principal
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                 Executive Offices:
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                 521 West 57th Street
                 New York, New York 10019

    Item 2 (a)   Name of Person Filing:
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                 Harmon Duncombe (deceased). Mr. Duncombe
                 died December 11, 1993.

    Item 2 (b)   Address of principal business office
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                 or, if none, residence:
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                 30 Rockefeller Plaza
                 New York, New York 10112

    Item 2 (c)  Citizenship:
                -----------
                U.S.A.

    Item 2 (d)  Title of Class of Securities:
                ----------------------------
                Common Stock $.12-1/2 par value

    Item 2 (e)  CUSIP Number:
                ------------
                459506 10 1

    Item 3      If this statement if filed pursuant to Rules 13
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                13 d-1 (b) or 13 d-2 (b) check whether the
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                person filing is a:
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                Not applicable

    Item 4      Ownership:
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           (a)  Amount Beneficially Owned

                  See item 2(a)

           (b)  Percent of Class

                  See item 2(a)



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           (c)  Number of shares as to which such person
                has:

                (i)   sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
                      See item 2(a)

               (ii)   shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 
                      See item 2(a)

              (iii)   sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition
                      of:       See item 2(a)

               (iv)   shared power to dispose or to direct the
                      disposition of:  See item 2(a)


    Item 5     Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
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               Not Applicable

    Item 6     Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of
               ------------------------------------------------
               Another Person
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               Not Applicable


    Item 7     Identification and Classification of the
               ----------------------------------------
               Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
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               Reported on by the Parent Holding Company
               ------------------------------------------

               Not Applicable


    Item 8     Identification and Classification of Members
               --------------------------------------------
               of the Group
               ------------

               Not Applicable


    Item 9     Notice of Dissolution of Group
               ------------------------------

               Not Applicable


    Item 10    Certification
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               Not Applicable

 
Signature

    After reasonable inquiry and the best of my knowledge 
and belief, I certify that the information set forth in the 
statement is true, complete and correct.



February 10, 1994
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Date

/s/George Rowe, Jr., 
   Executor of Estate of Harmon Duncombe
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Signature


George Rowe, Jr., 
Executor of Estate of Harmon Duncombe
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Name/Title



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