[Pollinator] scents of rare and endangered species
David Inouye
inouye at umd.edu
Sat Mar 5 06:47:31 PST 2011
An interesting interview about preserving floral fragrances.
<http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v470/n7335/full/470464a.html>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v470/n7335/full/470464a.html
Q&A: Perfumes preserved
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<http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v470/n7335/full/470464a.html#auth-1>Jascha
Hoffman
Nature 470, 464 (24 February 2011)
doi:10.1038/470464a
Published online 23 February 2011Roman Kaiser, a
chemist at the Givaudan Research Centre in
Dübendorf, Switzerland, has recreated the scents
of hundreds of rare and endangered plants in his
laboratory, some of which he describes in his
latest book. Here he explains how he preserves the smell of disappearing flora.
Scent of the Vanishing Flora
Roman Kaiser Wiley: 2010/2011. 400 pp. £105/$155
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