Writing in the latest edition of ‘World Leather’ magazine, Dr Martin Kleban of the chemicals giant Bayer AG revealed the company has developed the technology to enable a limitless range of fragrances to be infused in leather.  Based around aroma-containing microcapsules that rupture under pressure, the technology brings with it the prospect of training shoes that smell of tangy lemon, armchairs with the aroma of wild forests and car interiors redolent of pine forests.

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