Civet *was* paperwhites

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At 08:58 AM 1/2/2007, you wrote:

>Civet always smelled like a poo-poo accident in a public restroom by

>a mexican kid who ate too much mango. I actually encountered that

>once, believe it or not, in Redondo Beach. Yuck.

Well, Arctander says that civet can be adulterated in Africa with

baby feces and honey, beeswax, among other things. I don't think the

nationality of the child matters, FWIW. He also states that some

*taste* it to check for adulteration, but all they are able to detect

that way is honey. What a job. Any takers?!

Be aware that well-tinctured, well-aged civet is not fecal at all.

Neither is the absolute.

Anya McCoy

Anya's Garden of Natural Perfume http://anyasgarden.com

Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild http://artisannaturalperfumers.org

Natural Perfumers Community Group

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> >Civet always smelled like a poo-poo accident in a public restroom

by

> >a mexican kid who ate too much mango. I actually encountered that

> >once, believe it or not, in Redondo Beach. Yuck.

>

> Well, Arctander says that civet can be adulterated in Africa with

> baby feces (snip) I don't think the

> nationality of the child matters, (snip).

> Be aware that well-tinctured, well-aged civet is not fecal at all.

> Neither is the absolute.

>

LOL, Our kids eat way too much other stuff and processed baby food to

give that over-ripe papaya fruit note to their diapers, like mexican

little ones, only reason I mention the nationality. LOL. I actually

work at a children's hospital, if you're asking how I know this.

On another note, I actually bought some very well tinctured and aged

civet from a distinguished member of this very group who is almost an

obsessive purist about the sources of his scents. The civet absolute

he shared with me definitely smells like a restroom until properly

diluted, and it's among the best money can buy in this country. Wow,

this got to be quite a murky tangent, sorry to say.