Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A product of commercial value derived from the hyrax, and imported from the Cape of Good Hope as a substitute for castoreum.
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Examples
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Mr. Laudamiel used 25 ingredients to create the scent, including amyl acetate, which smells like pear and banana, synthetic civet, which smells vaguely fecal, and hyraceum absolute, an extract made from the excrement of the rock hyrax, a small African mammal.
What's That Smell? Alexandra Alter 2012
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Another "green" character, which smells overripe and leathery, contains hyraceum absolute, an extract made from the feces of the rock hyrax, a small African mammal.
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Unlike the latter, hyraceum AKA Africa stone tincture was obtained by neither killing the animal nor torturing it – but rather by a meticulous and careful, albeit innocently odd and obsessive – collection of the animal droppings from nature without disturbing it from its peaceful life.
Archive 2008-02-01 Ayala Sender 2008
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Unlike the latter, hyraceum AKA Africa stone tincture was obtained by neither killing the animal nor torturing it – but rather by a meticulous and careful, albeit innocently odd and obsessive – collection of the animal droppings from nature without disturbing it from its peaceful life.
Incarnations of Carnation: Exploring the Layers of a Flower Ayala Sender 2008
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While I can’t say I like hyraceum nearly as much as costus, it does add to InCarnation that animalic undertone I was hoping for – while fixing the floral notes quite nicely.
Archive 2008-02-01 Ayala Sender 2008
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While I can’t say I like hyraceum nearly as much as costus, it does add to InCarnation that animalic undertone I was hoping for – while fixing the floral notes quite nicely.
Incarnations of Carnation: Exploring the Layers of a Flower Ayala Sender 2008
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