POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and 
appoints each of John L. Hammond, Richard Carney, Stephen J. Rolfs, and 
Richard F. Hobbs, and each of them individually, the undersigned's true and 
lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's 
capacity as an Officer and/or Director of Sensient Technologies Corporation 
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other forms required to be filed 
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
and the rules thereunder (a "Section 16 Form") and a Form ID and any other 
forms required to be filed or submitted in accordance with Regulation S-T 
promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission 
(or any successor provision) in order to file the Section 16 Forms 
electronically (a "Form ID", and, together with the Section 16 Forms, 
a "Form");
(2)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned 
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form, 
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file 
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the 
New York Stock Exchange; and
(3)        take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the 
foregoing which, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of 
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, 
it being understood that the documents executed by each such attorney-in-
fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall 
be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as he may 
approve in his discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and 
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, 
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and 
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the 
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of 
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each 
such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do 
or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and 
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that each such attorney-
in-fact is serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, 
and is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's 
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange 
Act.
The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the 
undersigned is no longer required to file any Forms pursuant to Section 
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, with respect 
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued 
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed 
writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.
From and after the date hereof, any Power of Attorney previously granted 
by the undersigned concerning the subject matter hereof is hereby revoked.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be 
executed as of this 10th day of February, 2004.
                                        /s/  Charles A. Nicolais
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                                        Charles A. Nicolais
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