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Animal Extracts Today
- Many animal extracts are ethically problematic and have synthetic alternatives.
- Perfumers may still use natural civet, supplementing it with synthetics, but sourcing carefully.
Synthetic Perfume Revolution
- Modern perfumery was revolutionized by synthetic chemicals mimicking natural scents.
- Many synthetic smell discoveries were accidental, like Baur's musk from explosives.
Synthetics and Creativity
- Synthetics allow for abstract or imaginative scent creation without natural ingredients.
- Vanillin, originally isolated, was later synthesized, demonstrating the evolution of fragrance creation.