Jurassic Park for Perfume: Ginkgo Bioworks Reconstructs Scents From Extinct Plants
Synthetic biologists resurrect fragrance-producing genes from bygone plant speciesMove aside, Chanel No. 5. Scientists have now created a scent that’s even older than the iconic perfume, even if it only just wafted into human nostrils for the first time in more than 100 years. That’s because the piney, earthy perfume…