Wild Musk

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The harvesting of animals for fragrance material is now illegal. In the past wild musk deer were killed for scent glands that yielded aromatic musk containing the cyclic ketone, muscone. The development of synthetic musks for the fragrance industry has helped save the musk deer from extinction. 

In two separate studies (one testing experienced males, the other inexperienced unpublished observations) 6 groups of male mice were tested with 3 different stimuli female mouse urine, male mouse urine, and a perfume (Coty Wild Musk Spray) previously shown to acquire vocalization-eliciting properties, presumably via conditioning (Nyby et al., 1978). 

Musk is secreted exclusively by the male animals of Moschus moschiferus, a wild deer living in the mountains of Nepal, Tibet, and Mongolia. The light yellow... 

These synthetic ingredients appeared as a consequence of the high demand for perfumes in the 20th century, which made their cost increase while the availability of some of them decreased. For example, musk and ambergris are very difficult to obtain as a result of the Washington Treaty that bans international trade in protected species of wild animals and plants (Mitsui, 1998). 

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