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Micro-Perfumer
Written by WTJ on October 31, 2008 – 11:50 pm -
“Perfume: The Story of a Murderer” (2006) directed by Tom Tykwer was a really nice movie. The story was about a man born with superior olfactory sense tried to preserve the finest smell as perfume, and ultimately he turned to the dark side to achieve his goal.
In the movie, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille the perfumer source of finest perfume was young females. Scientists also found a way to create perfume, however it is not from women, but tropical Vetiver grass. The root bacteria of the tropical grass were found having the ability to promote the production of essential oils in the oil-producing cells. The bacteria are also able to change the molecular structure of the oil, hence changing oil’s flavours and properties (termicidal, insecticidal, antimicrobial and antioxidant). The researchers involved in this study were the microbiologists Pietro Alifano and Luigi Del Giudice, the plant biologist Massimo Maffei and their colleagues.
Tags: antimicrobial and antioxidant, bacteria, essential oil, grass, insecticidal, Luigi Del Giudice, Massimo Maffei, microbiology, perfume, Pietro Alifano, plant biology, termicidal, tropical Vetiver grass, Vetiver
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