A practical treatise on the manufacture of perfumery
CHAPTER VI.
PERFUME-SUBSTANCES FROM THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
Musk and its varieties; Musk sacs, illustrated and described 178
Characteristics of Tonkin musk 180
Musk of the American musk-rat as a substitute for genuine musk 181
Other possible substitutes for the musk-deer; Artificial musk 182
Adulterations of musk and their detection 183
Civet 184
Castor and its varieties 185
Adulterations of castor; Ambergris 186
Constituents of ambergris 187
Adulterations of ambergris 188