Incense Sticks

Musk is a sexual secretion obtained from a sac beneath the abdominal skin of a male musk deer, usually found in the Central Asian uplands of Tibet. Totally natural musk has disappeared from Perfumery because of the cruelty toward the deer involved in obtaining this animal secretion. With the process of Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Chemical technology, the musk note can be recreated by materials created in the laboratory. Musk-type materials are used extensively in perfumery to give a warm, erotic, long lasting note, commonly perceived to have an almost aphrodisiac character

What is musk? How is it obtained?

Essential oils are oils derived from various parts of plants. They are relatively volatile oils that give plants their characteristic odor, for e.g., lavender, bergamot, eucalyptus, clove leaf oil etc. The common processes of extraction of these essential oils from plants include steam distillation, and volatile solvent extraction.

What are essential oils?

A perfume is composed of odoriferous materials of synthetic and/or natural origin. In modern perfumery, the Perfumer has access to a vast repertory of specialty materials synthesized in the laboratory. These materials may or may not occur in nature. Among the naturals, a perfume may contain plant extracts, resins, concretes, absolutes, or essential oils.

What is in a perfume?

The word "Perfume" derives from the Latin "per-fumum" meaning "through smoke." The name alludes to the early practice of humankind of releasing pleasant odors from fragrant materials by heat or burning.