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CERTAIN ANIMAL SECRETIONS CONTAIN ODORIFEROUS SUBSTANCES ThAT INCREASE THE LASTING QUALITIES OF PERFUMES. SUCH SUBSTANCES AND SOME OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS ACT AS FIXATIVES, PREVENTING MORE VOLATILE PERFUME IN INGREDIENTS FROM EVAPORATING TOO RAPIDLY. THEY ARE USUALLY EMPLOYED IN THE FORM OF ALCOHOLIC SOLUTIONS. THE ANIMAL PRODUCTS INCLUDE AMBERGRIS FROM THE SPERM WHALE, CASTOR(ALSO CALLED CASTOREUM) FROM THE BEAVER, CIVET FROM THE CIVET CAT, AND MUSK FROM THE MUSK DEER. ODOR CARCHARACTERISTICS RANGING FROM FLOREL EFFECTS TO ODORS UNKNOWN IN NATURE ARE AVAILABLE WITH THE USE OF SYNTHETIC,AROMATIC MATERIALS. FINE PERFUMES MAY CONTAIN MORE THEN 100 INGREDIENTS. EACH PERFUME IS COMPOSED OF A TOP NOTE, THE REFRESHING, VOLATILE ODOR PERCIEVED IMMEDIATELY; A MIDDLE NOTE, OR MODIFIER, PROVIDING FULL, SOLID CHARACTER; AND A BASE NOTE, ALSO CALLED AN END NOTE OR BASIC NOTE, WHICH IS THE MOST PERSISTENT. PERFUMES CAN GENERALLY BE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO ONE OR MORE IDENTIFIABLE DOMINANT ODORS, THE FLORAL GROUP BLENDS SUCH ODORS AS JASMINE, ROSE, LILY OF CINNAMON, AND NUTMEG. THE WOODY GROUP IS CHARACTERIZED BY SUCH ODORS AS VEIVER (DERIVED FROM AN AROMATIC GRASS CALLED VETIVER, OR KHUSKHUS), SANDALWOOD, AND CEDARWOOD. THE MOSSY FAMILY IS DOMINATED BY AN AROMA OF OAK MOSS. THE GROUP KNOWN AS THE ORIENTALS COMBINES WOODY, MOSSY, AND SPICY NOTES WITH SUCH SUCH SWEET ODORS AS VANILLA OR BALSAM AND IS USUALLY ACCENTUATED BY SUCH ANIMAL ODORS AS MUSK OR CIVET. THE HERBAL GROUP IS CHARACTERIZED BY SUCH ODORS AS CLOVER AND SWEET GRASS. THE LEATHER-TOBACCO GROUP FEATURES THE AROMAS OF LEATHER, TOBACCO, AND THE SMOKINESS OF BIRCH TAR. THE ALDEHYDIC GROUP IS DOMINATED BY ODORS OF ALDEHYDES, USUALLY HAVING A FRUITY CHARACTER. FRAGRANCES DESIGNED FOR MEN ARE GENERALLY CLASSIFIED AS CITRUS, SPICE, LEATHER, LAVENDER, FERN, OR WOODY. Information taken from Encyclopedia Britannica (article #9059232). PARFUMS ARE US HAS THOSE FRAGRANCES, LOTIONS, SPRAY, BODY LOTION, POWDERS AND DEORDERANTS.
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