Musk Family

Musk is in fact an element of animal origin whose penetrating and unmistakable scent has bewitched, and still does, the noses of the first perfumers! The extract was initially used in the form of perfumed oil and its persistence was immediately appreciated. Its animal and meaty notes gave sensuality to the perfumes used by men and women. Giuseppina, Napoleon's wife, used to use this this trendy fragrance so much that, with a group of her followers, they called themselves the " muscadines ", because of their love for musk.

The fragrance initially came from an animal, but the industrial revolution made it possible to chemically produce the molecule, which is why it has only been used in synthetic for many years . So in 1888 the first musk was synthesized, starting experiments that would lead to an enlargement of the available choice which will accompany and harmonize other components, placing it among the base notes of the olfactory pyramid.