{
  "id": 12437436,
  "title": "Making scents: could AI help perfumers take pressure off endangered plants?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/making-scents-could-ai-help-perfumers-take-pressure-off-endangered",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-06T13:00:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/06/fragrance-biotechnology-endangered-plants-perfume"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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. When some Aquilaria 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. The result has…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}