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Perfumes of Madagascar

The island of Madagascar is renowned for its distinctive wildlife, but these Swiss scientists are
interested more in the islands smells and tastes, and the chance to find essences for entirely
new perfumes and flavors.

This scientist says he discovered a flower yesterday; the bud has just opened, and he expects
the flowers sent to be very appealing, perhaps primarily a mix of vanilla and jasmine. The Swiss
team goes by river, deep into the forest, then by balloon up into the treetops, hoping to obtain
new flowers and fruits.

The scientists bring the essences back to the laboratory, where they use technology to recreate
the scents.

“I’m quite happy. It’s already close to this beautiful Stephanotis scent -as I experienced it on the
Tampolo river.”

The scents and flavors will be used in a variety of products for purchase in stores all over the
world. Everything from bath products to fruit juices.

This scientist says they have found two or three types of fruit, whose taste is still unknown. They
may be able to use these new essences to change existing flavors, and perhaps derive entirely
new flavors, but not all the discoveries are special. Only a few of these scents and flavors will be
exported to markets and eventually displayed in stores, but the next time you're purchasing
perfume you could be smelling the secrets of Madagascar

Vocabulary bank:

renowned - adj. widely known and esteemed

distinctive - adj. of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; capable of being classified
essence - noun any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or
drug or other natural product from which it is extracted; a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant
odor; the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; the central
meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
perfume - noun a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor; a distinctive odor that is
pleasant; verb apply perfume to; fill or impregnate with an odor
appealing - adj. able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; expressing earnest entreaty; (of
characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
scent - noun an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced; any property
detected by the olfactory system; a distinctive odor that is pleasant; verb catch the scent of; get wind
of; apply perfume to; cause to smell or be smelly
export - noun commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country; verb cause to spread in
another part of the world; sell or transfer abroad