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Civet (perfumery)

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65: 96:). Most civet is produced in African farms, where African civets are kept in cages for this purpose. African civets typically produce three to four grams of civet per week. In 2000, civet sold for about five hundred dollars per kilogram. 103:-like in consistency. Its odor is strong, even putrid as a pure substance, but once diluted it is pleasantly and sweetly aromatic. It is prepared for use in perfumery by 307: 414: 384: 529: 462: 202:
virus. The US does however permit the importation of civet oil, as long as it has been treated to ensure it is noninfectious.
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Civet is a soft, almost liquid material. It is pale yellow when fresh, darkening in the light and becoming
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The United States does not allow civets to be imported, as the species can transmit the
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A number of viverrid species secrete civet oil in their perineal glands, including the
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and was formerly a versatile ingredient of fine fragrances. It is being displaced by
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The chemical in civet oil that gives it most of its distinctive odor is
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Civet was among the many trade items that caravans, controlled by the
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Fahlbusch, Karl-Georg; et al. (2007). "Flavors and Fragrances".
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The African civet is one of the species that secretes civet fluid.
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Willie F. Page; R. Hunt Davis, Jr., eds. (2005), "civets",
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Index

musk
glandular
Viverridae
species

African civet
large Indian civet
small Indian civet
salve
solvent extraction
tincture
absolute
resinoid
civetone
ketones
cyclopentadecanone
cyclohexadecanone
cycloheptadecanone
6-cis-cycloheptadecenone
indole
skatole
musk
5-cyclohexadecen-1-one
absolute
CAS#
SARS
Arabic
Old Italian
Middle French
al-Masudi

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