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Civet
Civet værdsættes for sine stærke fikseringsevner og blender og balancerer noter i nogle af verdens mest berygtet forførende dufte. I sin naturlige form er civet en dybt skarp duft - fækal og intenst animalsk - men når den fortyndes og bearbejdes af erfarne parfumørers hænder, forvandler ingrediensen sig og giver blomsternoter en dragende stråleglans og varme. Af etiske årsager genskabes civet næsten altid syntetisk (rekonstrueret med civeton) og bruges oftest i prestigeparfumeri.
Animalsk, gennemtrængende, vedvarende, musk, fækal og kraftfuld.
Leather
Historie
Hoarding civet to harness its intoxicating fixative effects is a process that predates this millennia. Long ago, unrefined civet was shipped in zebu horns large enough to transport 500–1200 grams of the yellow paste-like substance, which darkened and hardened over time. If extracted from a single civet, it would have taken up to four years to extract such a large amount of the substance.
Produktion
The civet is a carnivorous wild cat with a greyish-yellow coat and unique pattern of black markings, not dissimilar to martens. In a rather cruel process, the civets’ glands were emptied once a week to collect the coveted secretion before being purified through a process of extraction using solvents. Synthetic substances are nowadays used to replace this outdated practice.
