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The Rarest and Most Precious Perfume Ingredients in the World

Have you ever wondered why some perfumes command such high prices while others are more affordable? While it's easy to assume that expensive fragrances are made with luxurious or high-quality raw materials, the reality is more nuanced. The…
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Danger of musk ketone in perfumes

Musk ketone is widely used as a synthetic alternative to natural musks and is extensively found in various consumer products such as perfumes, cosmetics, soaps, lotions, sprays, and detergents. Studies have revealed a number of dangers of…
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Natural White Musk – Ambrette

 Aromatherapy uses: Essential oils derived from the ambrette seeds emanate a wonderful soft musky smell, making it very beneficial in aromatherapy. The white musk scent of ambrette essential oil has been widely used in aromatherapy for treating anxiety, nervousness, and depression among other emotional imbalances.
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Thoughts from Timbuktu – fixatives

Our customs change as generations pass but the words of our language remain, some of them taking a different meaning or even becoming misleading. A century ago perfumes were largely used on handkerchiefs, scarves and gloves rather than…
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Goat Hair Tincture and Human Pheromones

Time ago I received two samples of goat musk from Gayla of the Always Enough Ranch in California where she breeds goats. She wrote: " I know they have musk glands behind their horns, but I believe they exude musk through their urine too.…
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Tri-dimensional Perfumery

My search for the real musk deer scent has carried me in some of the farthest spots of the Hindu Kush but at last, I found it from its fount. I fully understand the need of all perfumers for a sustainable musk scent substitute, but the…

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The Kashmiri Musk Deer

The Kashmiri Musk Deer There is a perfume so famous that everyone on earth knows its name but it is so rare that only very few living human beings can boast of having ever smelled it. It is the Musk. The Musk comes from a small deer that…