What Fake Fragrances Teach Us About Sustainability

Humans love to make perfumes and fragrances from the weirdest sources, And to protect those sources, we sometimes come up with synthetic alternatives….which then create their own sets of environmental problems.

Hosted by: Stefan Chin

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Ambergris: lucky, lucrative and legal?

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