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World Service,2 mins

How do perfumes get their scent?

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Popular scents in perfume, like rose, can be extracted in different ways - though they can be expensive to develop. Stéphanie Bakouche, who owns her own perfume laboratory in France, explains how cheaper synthetic bases that mimic natural scents have been fabricated by chemists for over a century. (Image: Perfume bottle and roses, Credit: Getty Images.)

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