Perfumes have fascinating histories. Look into Red Moscow and Chanel No. 5. Floral notes of jewry and a base aroma of murder.
Haha, speaking of the history of perfumes… (from wiki because I’m lazy):Perfumes have fascinating histories. Look into Red Moscow and Chanel No. 5. Floral notes of jewry and a base aroma of murder.
Ambergris, or grey amber is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish colour produced in the digestive system of sperm whales.[1]Freshly produced ambergris has a marine, fecal odor. It acquires a sweet, earthy scent as it ages, commonly likened to the fragrance of isopropyl alcohol without the vaporous chemical astringency.
Eucalyptus essential oil is great in the mop bucket. (I love mopping.)I like a handful of essential oils. Engineered scents/perfumes are 100% icky to me.
I remember now, it’s the scent of “musk.”I recall that the prized “essence” in some elite designer perfumes is the territorial spray of male deer.
Also, one of the most expensive animal products in the world.The musk deer belongs to the family Moschidaeand lives in Tibet,[7] India, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Siberia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea and North Vietnam. The musk pod, a preputial gland in a pouch, or sac, under the skin of the abdomen of the male musk deer, is normally obtained by killing the male deer through traps laid in the wild. Upon drying, the reddish-brown paste inside the musk pod turns into a black granular material called "musk grain", which is then tinctured with alcohol. The aroma of the tincture gives a pleasant odor only after it is considerably diluted. No other natural substance has such a complex aroma associated with so many contradictory descriptions; however, it is usually described abstractly as animalistic, earthy and woody[5] or something akin to the odor of baby's skin.[8]