22 SCIENCE NEWS | June 18, 2022
ALAIN GUILLEUX/ALAMY STOCK PHOTOFEATURE
Ancient
Smellscapes
Identifying odor molecules and brewing Cleopatra’s
perfume yield new findings on past scents By Bruce BowerA carved relief of
an ancient Egyptian
queen smelling a
lotus flower
represents the
fragrant world that
pharaohs and their
families inhabited.