Hyraceum Tincture Blonde

I love Hyraceum Blonde tincture. However, it has been a slow seller, and I need the space for a new product. For this reason, all sizes are on sale for around 33% of their regular price. While my stock lasts.

Hyraceum Tincture Blonde includes sweet and floral notes (especially during dry-down), and a lovely dryness that compliments floral and Fougere perfume compositions. The dark Hyraceum delivers more of the darker animalic notes that Hyraceum is known for.

Frequently asked questions

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How does this compare to the dark Hyraceum?
The Blonde version is lighter in colour and has a sweeter, more floral profile with less of the intense sharp urine and dark animalic notes found in the dark version. Several reviewers note it is less potent and more approachable, with dusty, mildly animalic qualities rather than the barnyard intensity of the dark variety.
What does it smell like?
Reviewers describe it as sweet, floral, and mildly animalic with dusty qualities. Opening notes are musk and aged civet with a soft backdrop of castoreum, tobacco, and oud. Some note it has an unusual but pleasant quality—one customer compared it to kittens, another to a wet swimming pool smell. The dry-down emphasizes the floral and slightly urine-like notes.
Is it strong enough to use straight?
Most reviewers use it as a perfume ingredient in blends rather than alone. At a 1:10 alcohol ratio, one reviewer found it less potent than expected and describes it as something to use in special perfumery blends. Another notes it is "a little intense straight from the bottle but blends beautifully."
Is this suitable for perfume blending?
Yes—many reviewers specifically praise it as a perfume ingredient. It works well with leather, oud, spice, and fougère compositions, and provides an animalic note that adds depth and sophistication to custom blends.
What does the product contain?
Hyraceum Tincture Blonde is prepared from mineralized urine and feces of the Rock Hyrax, which has been naturally deposited and aged for thousands of years in Kenya. It is blended at a 1:10 ratio in perfume alcohol and is light yellow in colour.
Does it have an overpowering excrement smell?
No. While some reviewers note mildly animalic or urine-like notes, multiple customers describe it as surprisingly pleasant and not raw or offensive. One reviewer found it less excrement-like than expected compared to civet and ambergris. The Blonde version is notably milder and more refined than the dark Hyraceum.
How should I use this in a blend?
Reviewers use it as a small accent in custom perfume compositions to add depth and animalic character. One customer found it especially useful for creating earthy or barnyard-tinged accords, such as "dirty oud" blends with agarwood.
Will it develop or change over time?
According to the product description, this material smells like an aroma that has taken hundreds or thousands of years to develop, refine, and mature. The maker notes the mineralized deposits become more refined and ancient-smelling as they age naturally in the rock.
Explaining precisely what Hyraceum is is always fun.
To be succinct, Hyraceum Tincture Blonde is prepared from the mineralized urine and feces of the Rock Hyrax, which is the only other animal related to the elephant. (Even though it looks more like a Groundhog and doesn't have a long nose.)

Rock Hyrax communities deposit their excrement in the same place for thousands of years. These smelly aggregates are called middens and also serve the function of territorial markers. These middens can be as old as 50.000 years.
Rock Hyrax are most often found basking on warm rocks in sunshiny places from South Africa all the way to Israel and Lebanon.

Though used in traditional medicine, Hyraceum tincture is better known for its use in perfumery where it can deliver notes of leather, Deer Musk, Civet, Castoreum and Cade.

While most of the material I am familiar with is very dark and has an intense sharp urine/animalic aroma, this type of Hyraceum is much lighter in colour and has a different scent profile.

I collected the light-coloured stone I used to prepare the Hyraceum tincture Blonde from higher up on the rock walls above the black Hyraceum. As the centuries go by and this liquid makes its way to the ground, it builds up layers of mineralized material often forming stalactites. It is more of an intermediary product with colour and scent different from the final black deposits and a more ancient aroma..

I have taken some photos of it in it's natural state and will post them when I return from Kenya.

At a ratio of 1:10 in alcohol it is a light yellow without the dark tarry notes and colour. (See comparison photo above.

Hyraceum Tincture Blonds opens with tenacious notes of Musk and sweet, aged Civet with a soft backdrop of Castoreum, Tobacco and Oud.
I find it a calming and comforting scent.

There is nothing raw about it. It smells like an aroma that has taken hundreds, if not thousands, years to develop, refine, and mature.
The rock was collected in Kenya, and with some luck, I will be able to gather more on my coming trip.

Dan

Materials: perfume alcohol, Mineralized poop, Hyraceum.


Customer Reviews

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Chester (Vancouver, CA)
Amazing

Great scent addition can’t fault it best with leather oud and spice scents!

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A (Taipei, TW)
Amazing material

Never would I thought to come across the light colour poop! And smell is so good.. thank you

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Freddy White (Ashburn, US)
Item as expected; good packaging; quick pr...

Item as expected; good packaging; quick processing.

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Kathleen (Ashburn, US)
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Etsy customer

Hyraceum Tincture Blonde

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Eulalia (Ashburn, US)
I just love the smell of the hyrex middens...

I just love the smell of the hyrex middens it's so beautiful that pee and poop has an amazing smell

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Etsy customer

I just love the smell of the hyrex middens it’s so beautiful that pee and poop has an amazing smell

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Megan Gutkowski
Excellent product. I bought the Blonde and...

Excellent product. I bought the Blonde and the Dark

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Etsy customer

Excellent product. I bought the Blonde and the Dark

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Andrew Turner
Super awesome shop! Dan is amazing and the...

Super awesome shop! Dan is amazing and the products he offers are top notch! Super quick to respond to any questions or concerns as well!

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Johnny (Ashburn, US)
Wysokiej jakości produkt i szybka przesylk...

Wysokiej jakości produkt i szybka przesylka

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Etsy customer

Wysokiej jakości produkt i szybka przesylka

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N. (Ashburn, US)
迅速に送っていただいて感謝!!

迅速に送っていただいて感謝!!