Description
“A slightly sweet, mellow, floral, ambiguous, oscillating between urine/fecal side and cashmeran-y soft almost wool-like scent, exactly how a musk should be”.
Animal musk has been a vital part of perfumery for centuries. it is used to add sensuous animalic and arousing aphrodisiac elements in our creations. Many musks are considered base notes and fixatives in perfumes. They transform botanical perfumes, add extra dimension and a sense of “Down and dirty” or physical arousal and attraction.
There are a number of animals around the world that produce similar musk fragrance compounds.
Among them are the Musk Deer, Musk crocodile, the Musk ox, the Musk duck and of course, the Musk Rat.
This tincture is made from the ground fresh scent glands of the north American Muskrat at a ratio of 1:3 using 80% ethanol.
Please note: Though it can be worn on the skin for its fragrance, this is a perfume ingredient and truly shines when blended with other aromatics. It is not sold as a perfume in and of itself.
These animals were trapped for their fur and much of this material goes to waste.
“The Musk Rat or Ondatra zibethicus in Latin, is native to North America. Its specific name zibethicus means ‘musky’, being the adjective of zibethus ‘civet musk; civet’, or Civet-like in Latin. The genus name comes from the Huron word for the animal, ondathra, and entered New Latin as Ondatra via French”.(Wikipedia).
It lends a soft warm animalic note to perfumes.
Should we use animal products in our food, cosmetics and aromatic materials? I have found there is no universal answer that suits us all.
I believe that only by engaging and cultivating our own intimate personal relationship with Nature, can we plot our own path and divine our own code of ethics. Only then can we be responsible and responsive to Nature’s needs, true to ourselves, and make informed choices that ultimately affect us all globally.
Dan
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“This has amazing potential to be utilized in a similar fashion as the nitro musks from the 1970’s. Very beautiful, and I can’t wait to start working with it! Quickly shipped, and well packaged for safety! Thank you :)” A.F.
“A wonderful dark animalic smell of dark Swiss Chocolate (Lindt und Sprüngli Excellence 90 %) only lightly sweet and in the background a hint of dark Oudh like Oudh Cambodi. Good for people how think that musk (real and artificial) is too sweet for them and not animalic enough.” R.J.K.
“Remarkable stuff ,primordial, a hairy handed gent”
” The aroma is incredible. Falls somewhere between the “skank” of civet and the leather & fruit of castoreum. Has a unique effect on perfumes.”
“Shipped quickly..superior quality! Thank you”Please note-This is NOT a perfume! It is a perfume ingredient and meant to help transform and elevate perfume compositions. It does not smell like commercial perfumes.
Adele Swaniawski –
Very interesting scent. I like it.
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Jackson Murazik –
This is a very sophisticated musk … Happy to add this to my collection , thank you !
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Rory Moen –
Excellent scent👍, very masculin fruity leathery and pleasantly animalic👌. Thank you Dan🙏, thank you the entire ApothecarysGarden Team👏👏👏
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Damian Bartoletti –
product is interesting to smell. thank you
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Conrad Langosh –
Pleased with purchase. This muskrat oil is lovely!
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Alexa Hill –
Prodotto perfetto e difficilmente reperibile
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Belle Langosh –
Intoxicating! I love it.prompt shipping. Will definitely buy again
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Bulah Spinka –
Once again – great quality and this is exactly what I was like looking for. Look forward to ordering from you again soon. Thanks for the speedy delivery too.
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Tad Baumbach –
I can't believe the world of perfumery is barely discovering this gorgeous natural musk. Humanely sourced from an overpopulated species, and the scent is divine. Hope it doesn't get hit with the musk-ketone ban. I want to see it out there, sharing its beauty with the world! I have such appreciation for the rare animalic wonders of Apothecary's Garden – thank you, Dan!
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Lewis Ebert –
Great tincture, well made, as usual by this seller.
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Daniella Roob –
Excellent! Thank you so much!
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Janae Macejkovic –
Great tincture, makes all my oil blends smell delicious.
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Friedrich Corwin –
I’ve been in the business of aromatics for decades and am embarrassed to say I had not had an opportunity to try Muskrat. I love it straight from the bottle and in my blends. It offers that special touch of animatic mystery, hauntingly wonderful. Thank you Dan for offering this.
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Tad Baumbach –
Ten times more beautiful than nitro musks.
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Lucy Murphy –
Excellent owner, excellent offerings. Gratitude!
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Isabel Pagac –
Phenomenal tincture, beautiful product. Was very nervous about this one as it gets a mixed reception, but what it does for perfumes is amazing and won't be without it. Created "exalting" accord with it (and ambergris, civet) and, yes, it's that critical.
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Carmen Dooley –
Expédition très rapidement, très bien emballer produit naturel et magique je suis très contente de mon achat. Je vous remercie beaucoup pour les extra cadeau que vous avez ajouter dans ma commande c'est un très grand geste de générosité que je ne saurais vous remercier hâte de revenir faire les achats dans votre boutique.
Je vous recommande. A plus
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Shaniya Greenfelder –
Lovely "top note" with just a slight musky aroma.
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Ocie Greenholt –
I am really surprised at how lovely this is. It reminds me of ambrette seed… definitely has that animalic leathery undertone but at 20% it is already its own perfume. So far I have used straight on wrists but can't wait to blend with other materials. Excellent quality!
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Katrina Breitenberg –
Arrived quickly! I ended up diluted it down to 2% for perfumes. It has a lovely creaminess to it with a slight funky odor. It smells fuzzy, warm and velvety.
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Velda Glover –
This is wonderful stuff! An initial impression of parmesan-ish cheese that dries out to a velvety combination of milk chocolate and a cistus essential oil kind of effervescent floral musk. Love it.
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Neoma Nolan –
I know I will be a repeat customer of ApothecarysGarden. I love the descriptions of the products.
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Randall Rodriguez –
High-quality products, very prompt shipping, great response time for questions etc. They also allowed me to tack two items onto my order after I placed it–really appreciated their flexibility on that point. Would recommend them to anyone who is serious about sourcing unique olfactory ingredients. Truly beautiful ingredient; very reminiscent of widely available musks like tonquitone and isomuscone but with more complexity. Definitely an asset to have on hand! Thanks again
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Vicenta Casper –
love this fragrance, thank you!
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Alvena Heidenreich –
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Maia Yundt –
I love it! It does add some depth to some more complex scents that I have created. This is an amazing quality scent.
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Kianna Schoen –
awesome tobacco / floral profile , definitely a keeper !
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Kenya Grant –
Fabulous quality and quick turnaround
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Kianna Schoen –
unique scent with lots of potential. i hope that an oil version will be released , can we put the tincature in a carrier oil?
thank you dan for making these musks accessible
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Cecelia Davis –
very nice smell. I add it to my perfume as a base, lasts way longer. Thank you! Definitely will reorder
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Fleta Stark –
Powdery, sweet and absolutely lovely. Can't wait to play around with this ingredient.
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Millie Roob –
So glad that I can purchase from Australia, and Dan is the only one in the world who can do this such a good job
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Lavada Schultz –
This is powerful stuff.
A (very) little goes a long, long way.
Quite unlike any synthetics you can get.
There's just nothing like the real thing.
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Janae Macejkovic –
These tinctures are amazing and really heighten my fragrant oil blends.
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Kadin Batz –
Nice smell ! Thank you !
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Kenneth Walker –
This is a wonderful natural musk and as always Dan provides wonderful service. This is one of my favorite items he offers. If you are looking for a natural, feminine type musk, this is it!!!
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Simeon Hackett –
I was surprised how much I like this scent, because I'm not typically attracted to animalic scents. However, if you let this sit for just a moment and blend with your body chemistry it transforms into a beautiful floral scent that would be a great addition to womens fragrances.
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Daniela Abbott –
I'm a natural perfumer who loves animal scents and Apothecary's Garden has become one of my steady go tos for natural musks, two in particular: muskrat, and ambergris tincture up to 10% in concentration. With my last order they included a sample of some wonderful ambergris oil that I've been playing with more and more lately. I've already got stuff planned for that now… never enough natural scenting in my world! – AROMASMITH
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Gertrude Jenkins –
Very nice! Packed carefully. I'm happy with it. Thank you!
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Baron Brekke –
"She smells like a muskrat." should be a compliment. I'm currently wearing muskrat musk oil and it is one of the most beautiful things I've ever worn.
Starts out old lady perfume (holycrap that's a lot of flowers in the attic!). Then it melds into old world roses and daffodils, two seasons apart paired together like star crossed lovers. They join and merge away as Sweet Pea sings a solo then falls way to the wildflowers of grasslands filtering the waterways. A moment of wet dog, but not a dirty mutt, a summer hosed down hound that is drying in the sun. Now it lingers as floral bouquets hanging under the eaves.
This is bliss.
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Dagmar Hoeger –
Great packaging and fast shipping. Superior product, as always.
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Jaquan Hodkiewicz –
I was expecting to have to smell this with a really open mind, knowing that animal musk are really pungent. However, I was very surprise; It's smell wonderful in this state! Dan have made a really good job at making this smell accessible to olfactive pleasure, if I can say.
I definitetly recommend this shop !
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Dayana Johns –
Gorgeous soft, sensual. Will be ordering more. Thanks Dan.
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Michelle Parisian –
This is an interesting scent. It was not nearly as fecal as I was expecting. As a matter of fact, without hesitation, I added it to an animalic perfume I am making. Nice touch!
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Verda Ankunding –
Excellent to communicate with. Very obliging with my shipping request. Extremely fast shipping. Goods packed safe and professionally. I appreciate being able to buy these products. Thank You !
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Tyree O’Kon –
It’s musk, it’s wonderful. Thank you, Dan.
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Cortney Ondricka –
A wonderful dark animalic smell of dark Swiss Chocolate (Lindt und Sprüngli Excellence 90 %) only lightly sweet and in the background a hint of dark Oudh like Oudh Cambodi. Good for people how think that musk (real and artificial) is to sweet for them and not animalic enough.
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