Show monks hold up perfume Per furne supply issue decree against killing of musk deer washington musk the most penetrating and already one of the most costly substances used in fixing perfumes may soon be dearer than rare lewels jenels because the lamas ol of in southeast tibet have issued an edict that hunters caught killing musk deer will have their hands bunds cut ott off oni and 1 nailed on the temple doors according to a bulletin from the washl washington agton headquarters of the national geographic society the bulletin quotes dr joseph rock nock explorer for the society who abo recently returned from an expedition to chinese tibet the tiny musk deer due to the perfumers perfumery ers attempts to satisfy the demands of fashion Is becoming very scarce in this mountainous district which is the worlds single source of highest grade natural musk says dr rock growing scarcity of tile the deer let led the lamas to restrict hunting bunting the musk sack which Is about the IN size of a crab apple occurs on the belly of the male of the species since there are about fire females to every male many must be caught to secure a small quantity of musk the traps either kill or fatally malm maim all deer caught so that hunting bunting reduces the number of potential reproducing members of the species very rapidly musk deer tiny creatures the musk deer are very small a approximately the size of a goat when a male Is killed the sack Is removed and in its natural stater state Is wrapped in tin foil and shipped in strong silk covered boxes one representative senta tive of a french perfume concern has lived on the border of tibet for twenty years tor for the sole purpose of buying musk from native hunters even at the source of supply in this his remote district musk Is very costly siusi Is a necessary element of nearly all high grade perfumes continues the bulletin ordinarily the laymen cannot detect it because it Is used lis as a base to carry the more per ashable and less penetrating floral perfumes such as rose lilac violet and illy of the valley the only other source of natural musk Is tile the altai mountains in mid asla asia but the product from deer of this range Is much ant brior to the musk since I 1 this scent has long been one of the essentials of perfume and lias has always leen been costly it was one of the first to 0 be manufactured synthetically but the manufactured grades now available do not measure up to the natural product and ire are only used in cheaper perfumes natural musk Is said to be so penetrating and so capable of retaining its strength that an infinitesimal bit will scent a large room for more than two years despite the lamas decree with its terrible penalty there will probably be some bootlegging in music increasing scarcity of the must musk deer and the edict are expected to combine however to send prices sky high innumerable flower scents are used by perfumers perfumery ers in their art but only four animal perfumes are regularly employed scarcely could more diverse creatures be conceived than the tour four represented on the perfumery perfumers ers eeg shelves nor more diverse habitats nor more diverse corners of the earth as source of supply in addition to the musk deer there Is the pot whale of the indian ocean which supplies ambergris the beaver of canada and siberia which supplies castor and the civet cat of abyssinia and india which supplies civet these animals represent the mountains the seas the tropical jungles and arctic swamps fortunes fortune in ambergris ambergris Is to the mariner what a huge gold nugget Is to a prospector its origin Is somewhat obscure but it Is a fatty substance believed to be formed formed in the intestines of the pot whale usually it Is found floating in the ocean or cast up on the shore a piece as large as ag a mans fist ls is regarded as a great find many an old new england skipper dreamed of finding a piece of ambergris and retiring from his stem calling to a comfortable farm in the new england coun try side tor for a nugget of ambe ambergris rg r is is s worth ysmall a small fortune like musk civet and castor occur in ia small sacks b but ut in the latter cases on the bellies of the civet cat and beaver respectively the best beat civet Is said to come from abyssinia and the best castor from siberia wo no animal perfume Is used by itself in the natural state the overpowering concentrated odor Is disgusting to most people travelers who have witnessed the removal of the scent glands from penned civet cats in abyssinia describe the atmosphere in the immediate vicinity as hard on occidental noses as the he odor of skunk perfumers perfumery ers dissolve the natural substance of animal odors and dilute it hundreds of times until the scent Is barely observable this diluted substance however works wonders with the floral scents it not only magnifies their natural fragrance but also serves to make more permanent perfumes which would become weak with age some of the best known perfumes contain traces of the animal per furnes ambre bouquet de damour and som gome of the desterhazy bouquets contain both ambergris and musk different formulas of the familiar jockey club call for ambergris civet and musk animal perfumes are not used in the various kinds of eau de cologne |