Is It Okay To Change The Way A Flower Smells?
As Shakespeare once said: “A rose by any other name would smell like root beer.” Actually that’s what the great Bard would have said if had he read this Discovery.com story about customized flower fragrances.
Root beer roses
Scientists at the University of Florida have figured out how to change the scent of a flower by genetically altering the plant – they have literally made roses that smell like root beer and petunias smell like wintergreen. In addition to custom-scented bouquets, this discovery could also lead to new perfume notes.
The research is not as frivolous as you might think, though. They’re actually trying to find ways to increase pollination of fruit producing plants to increase crop yield.
What do YOU think? Would you want “designer flowers” or would you stick with the old standards? Leave a comment and share your flowery prose with the rest of the Beauty Brains community.
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