A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, as Shakespeare wrote, but erase just one little molecule in their flowers and you’d be lucky to catch a whiff of anything at all.

Florist Said You Should Never Smell Roses For Sale In Grocery Stores Because Of Exposure Of Fungicide. – ‘This had to be the nastiest job in the production room.’ Story by Matthew Gilligan ...

The way roses synthesize geraniol turns is equally distinctive, and scientists have tracked down the plant’s source of a precursor molecule key to geraniol’s production. ( Proc. Natl.

The Met invites the use of senses — smell, ... Another is covered with red and pink roses. ... Tolaas is internationally known as the smell artist. She's got a background in organic chemistry.