Musk

a well known penetrating odor. It is considered disagreeable by most people, yet it is employed not a little in the toilet. Commercial musk is obtained from the male musk deer which inhabits the elevated mountain ranges of Central Asia. It is secreted in a small bag or gland about the size of a hen's egg. This the hunters cut off and send to market. The musk deer is about twenty inches high, and is of a dirty brown color. The odor of musk is common to many animals and plants, as is suggested by many names, musk-duck, musk-hyacinth, musk-melon, musk-ox, musk-rat, musk-rose, musk-shrew, musk-tree, and musk-weasel. See Civet