You refer to civettone and civet almost interchangeably throughout the text but they are in fact very different. Civettone is a musk molecule related to muscone and in fact it has little dirtiness other than being characterized as a musk. Civet (cynthetic or not) is typically very clearly identifiable as fecal.
A fair callout to make, however to my nose civetone is clearly identifiable as the core component of natural civet, which we know it is at a molecular level. Both to me have fecal elements, though the natural is of course stronger.
Beautiful and evocative writing as always. I used to be extremely self-conscious about the smell of my scalp and hair, even when others reassured me that I don't smell abnormal. Very cool that Marlou celebrates smells like these — it's going to take some unlearning on my part but maybe I'll be able to appreciate how my body naturally smells too!
You refer to civettone and civet almost interchangeably throughout the text but they are in fact very different. Civettone is a musk molecule related to muscone and in fact it has little dirtiness other than being characterized as a musk. Civet (cynthetic or not) is typically very clearly identifiable as fecal.
A fair callout to make, however to my nose civetone is clearly identifiable as the core component of natural civet, which we know it is at a molecular level. Both to me have fecal elements, though the natural is of course stronger.
Beautiful and evocative writing as always. I used to be extremely self-conscious about the smell of my scalp and hair, even when others reassured me that I don't smell abnormal. Very cool that Marlou celebrates smells like these — it's going to take some unlearning on my part but maybe I'll be able to appreciate how my body naturally smells too!