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Making scents: could AI help perfumers take pressure off endangered plants?

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Some companies are working on using AI to reproduce perfume compounds so that endangered plants do not need to be harvested repeatedly.

Why it matters: Conservationists are sceptical of the approach, according to the text.

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“Firms working on reproducing compounds without need for repeated harvesting but conservationists are sceptical Many of the world’s most expensive perfumes begin with a wounded tree.”
Guardian AI, 06 Oct 2026, 13:00.

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