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