Editing Perfume (section)

===Animal sources===
[[File:Primary Form of Musk.jpg|thumb|A [[musk]] pod. Extensive hunting of male [[musk deer]] for their pods in recent history has resulted in the detriment of the species.]]
[[File:Ambergris.jpg|thumb|[[Ambergris]]]]
*'''[[Ambergris]]''': Lumps of [[oxidize]]d fatty compounds, whose precursors were secreted and expelled by the [[sperm whale]]. Ambergris should not be confused with [[amber|yellow amber]], which is used in jewelry. Because the harvesting of ambergris involves no harm to its animal source, it remains one of the few animalic fragrancing agents around which little controversy now exists.
*'''[[Castoreum]]''': Obtained from the odorous sacs of the North American beaver.
*'''[[Civet (perfumery)|Civet]]''': Also called civet musk, this is obtained from the odorous sacs of the civets, animals in the family ''Viverridae'', related to the [[mongoose]]. [[World Animal Protection]] investigated African civets caught for this purpose.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profumo.it/internet-documents/zibetto/suffering.htm|title=Civet suffering|website=Profumo.it|date=5 August 2014|access-date=19 February 2018|archive-date=15 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015051904/http://profumo.it/internet-documents/zibetto/suffering.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''[[Hyraceum]]''': Commonly known as "Africa stone", is the petrified excrement of the [[rock hyrax]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Olsen |first=Andreas |author2=Linda C. Prinsloo |author3=Louis Scott |author4=Anna K. Jägera |date=November–December 2008 |title=Hyraceum, the fossilized metabolic product of rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis), shows GABA-benzodiazepine receptor affinity |journal=South African Journal of Science |volume=103 |url=http://www.up.ac.za/dspace/bitstream/2263/5788/1/Olsen_Hyraceum(2007).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606173008/http://www.up.ac.za/dspace/bitstream/2263/5788/1/Olsen_Hyraceum%282007%29.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*'''[[Honeycomb]]''': From the honeycomb of the [[honeybee]]. Both beeswax and honey can be solvent-extracted to produce an absolute. Beeswax is extracted with ethanol, and the ethanol is evaporated to produce beeswax absolute.
*'''[[Musk]]''': Originally derived from a gland (sac or pod) located between the genitals and the umbilicus of the Himalayan male [[musk deer]] Moschus moschiferus, it has now mainly been replaced by the use of [[synthetic musk]]s sometimes known as "white musk".