Dear lord sir, I knew you had a collection of fragrances but that sure surpassed my expectations! lol
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The same could probably be said for things like deer musk, castoreum (beaver secretions) ambergris (sperm whale bile) and so on. The truth, regarding the smells, is fairly simple. They smell good to someone, or did at one time. However gross its origins Ambergris is still pleasant smelling. Even today many people feel the same way about various musks and secretions: so much so that deer musk is worth more lb for lb than gold. People in general may not feel the same way about heavy musks and animal secretions now in their pure form but in their heyday there were environmental factors which acclimatized people to these scents.Quote:
How on earth did someone discover that an animals bum oil would smell good as part of a scent.
One need only look at some of the things people choose to eat and drink; in some cases paying through the nose for the privilege. In contrast bum oil sniffing seems almost pedestrian.
Civet coffee, anyone?
It's really interesting how the science of scents goes together. It is an art all it's own. Really looking forward to going to Rome in March. SWMBO and I will be going to visit a few "nose's" and perfumistas. Once you find good attar's, EDP, EDT Or Aoud there really is no reason why you would want to use a body spray.
Unless gimmicky ads and smelling like a 13 yr old works for you. Hell, you can go to Walgreens and get descent EDT for cheap.
The irony here is despite the reputations fragrance have for being expensive they are one of the most accessible forms of art for the general population. Setting reformulations aside, unlike so many other forms of art once the original artist has created the work as a quantifiable formula it can be re-created en mass, and not merely as a tawdry copy or facsimile. Rather like literature and poetry.Quote:
It's really interesting how the science of scents goes together. It is an art all it's own