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

Scientists say the fragrance industry will soon be able to reproduce scents and compounds from endangered plants without repeatedly harvesting them. Scientists say the fragrance industry will soon be able to reproduce scents and compounds from endangered plants without repeatedly harvesting them. Making scents: could AI help perfumers take pressure off endangered plants? M any of the world's most expensive perfumes begin with a wounded tree. When some trees are damaged, they produce a dark, fragrant resin that becomes agarwood, or oudh - an ingredient so valuable that wild trees have been illegally felled in its pursuit.