Raw Materials Perfumery uses a very large range of raw materials ( about 1500 different ones at least ), They can be divided by their origin: ANIMAL ambergris, musk, castoreum , civet, etc VEGETABLES petals, flowers, rhizomes, roots, wood, bark, grass, leaves, fruits, seeds, pods, beans, gums, resins, algae, etc SYNTHETIC petroleum (mineral origin), turpentine or basic raw materials of chemical industry: coumarin, aldehyde, hedione , vanillin, etc