Castor (Fragrance) - Kasutoru

Japanese: カストル(香料) - かすとる
Castor (Fragrance) - Kasutoru


[Natural Flavors]
They are made from natural ingredients and are divided into animal-based and plant-based fragrances. Animal-based fragrances are endogenous products extracted from animals' reproductive secretions using solvents, and include musk, civet, castore, and ambergris, and the variety and production volume of these is extremely limited. All of them are expensive and used as ingredients in luxury perfumes.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Castol (fragrance)" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[天然香料]
 天然物を原料とするもので,動物性香料と植物性香料に分けられる。動物性香料は動物の生殖腺分泌物などから溶剤によって抽出された体内生成物で,麝香(じやこう)(ムスク),霊猫香(れいびようこう)(シベット),海狸香(かいりこう)(カストル),竜涎香(りゆうぜんこう)(アンバーグリス)などがあり,その種類や生産量はきわめて少ない。いずれも高価で,高級香水の成分として用いられる。…

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