Hyraceum

Hyraceum, a perfume ingredient derived from the faeces of a small rodent, is still used by niche perfume houses

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We bet your average Hyrax doesn’t know its hardened poop is so special that people want to spray it on their bodies. A lot of niche perfume houses use this animalic, fecal note in their perfumes even now.

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