What Is Musk in Perfumery? History, Smell and Types
EducationMuskWhite MuskSynthetic & Natural2026 Musk is the most-used base-note fixative in modern perfumery, but the term covers a complicated category. Originally referring to the glandular secretion of male musk deer (a now-banned natural ingredient), modern musk in commercial perfumery is almost exclusively synthetic. A family of approximately 200 different molecules that produce the warm-skin-soft-clean character…