metalsmith
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Post by metalsmith on Feb 1, 2013 13:28:48 GMT -5
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 1, 2013 17:54:58 GMT -5
Also its used in perfume making,as is horse pee! Nasty!
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blackout5783
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Post by blackout5783 on Feb 1, 2013 18:40:40 GMT -5
In my previous job I worked for a fragrance manufacturer. The animal derived fragrance materials are generally gross:
Ambergris (what this guy found) - whale vomit
True musk (not the synthetic stuff) - pellets from a deer abdomen
Civet - scrapings from a cat's a$$
Castoreum - beaver a$$ glands
Hyraceum - rock hyrax $hit
Like I said, gross.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2013 19:39:07 GMT -5
kinda stupid too. Now that laboratories all have mass spectrometers they can determine the chemical composition of the odors. Then fabricate them in lab. No need for harvesting hyrax feaces. I always wanted a herd of hyrax in my backyard tho'.  |
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blackout5783
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Post by blackout5783 on Feb 2, 2013 18:48:01 GMT -5
A lot of the larger fragrance houses do just that shotgunner. I had the opportunity to smell civettone, one of the active odorants from civet. Has a nice deep, clean musky note without any of the other smells that let you know that the natural stuff comes from a cat butt!
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metalsmith
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Post by metalsmith on Feb 3, 2013 16:10:28 GMT -5
Also its used in perfume making,as is horse pee! Nasty! comes up smelling of roses ;D |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 3, 2013 18:05:04 GMT -5
I can't believe that's worth more than double the 12 pound gold nugget found in Australia a couple weeks ago ($300K)!
Oh, wait - I took another look at it, it's only $65K, not $650K. I'd hate to think vomit would be worth more than gold. I'll take the gold any day! No stinky perfume for me, thankyouverymuch! Jean
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Feb 4, 2013 21:31:03 GMT -5
Castor smells great.
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