The most expensive perfume ingredients
Scents are immaterial, but some of them have quite a divine equivalent, they cost a lot, and sometimes indecently a lot of money.
Musk - 50 000 dollars per kg
Natural musk is a leader among the most expensive components of perfumery. Now it is almost completely replaced by a synthetic analogue, which with the development of the chemical industry can be used in most perfume compositions without loss of quality and originality. But, in fact, musk is the secretion of the glands of deer of musk deer. Its popularity is due to the fact that it fixes the aroma well and makes it very persistent.
Amber 25 000 dollars per kg
Like natural musk, natural ambergris played the role of a fixative in complex aromas. Now they have learned to synthesize it in the laboratory. But real ambergris is formed in the intestines of a sperm whale for digesting food, and then it is excreted from the body with other waste products. At first, the substance resembles a liquid, darkish mass, which gradually hardens in the sun. If you touch it and warm it with your hands, you can hear a surprisingly attractive, enchanting aroma.
Oud oil, 18 000 dollars per kg, tree
Wood oil (oud) is just a magical ingredient, from the point of view of all fans of exclusive perfumes. Perhaps, for a layman, the oud flavor at the first meeting will be too harsh and unusual. The most expensive tree in the world has been used to base a variety of incense for several centuries. Especially famous for the content of this component are the flavors created in Arab countries. In Japan and India, oud is also very much appreciated.
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