Show ide perfume ingredients for the natural floral oils fixatives and such going into this big business of beautification not long ago 25 tons of violets were necessary to produce one ounce of natural oil but today the violet odor is produced synthetically A ton of roses was needed for 10 ounces of natural rose oil but now this ingredient is produced chemically the odors of lilac lily of the valley and other flowers are now duplicated synthetically A pride of chemical research is synthetic musk which historically was derived from a gland of the male musk deer in mountainous western china demand boosted the cost of natural musk to a pound musk is a valued fixative in perfumes which is to say it has that property of holding the aroma in the perfume instead of escaping into air synthetic musk is now produced in great volume alcohols are supplied in very large volumes as solvents for the substances giving sundry lotions their color aroma and effect when applied to the skin the alcohols quickly evaporate |