Musk

Musk is often associated with religious significance. In [[Islam]], musk is considered to be the most fragrant of the scents. It was widely used by the [[Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]] and his companions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sunnah.com/search?q=musk |title=Archived copy |access-date=2022-04-06 |archive-date=2022-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120092050/https://sunnah.com/search?q=musk |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Alexander the Great]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Griffith |first=Sidney |date=2021 |title=The Narratives of "the Companions of the Cave," Moses and His Servant, and Dhū 'l-Qarnayn in Sūrat al-Kahf |url=https://lockwoodonlinejournals.com/index.php/jiqsa/article/view/2056 |journal=Journal of the International Qur'anic Studies Association |volume=6 |pages=137–166|doi=10.5913/jiqsa.6.2021.a005 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> is also said to have perspired the odor of musk.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ySfaaQJ-BV0C&dq=musk++alexander+the+great&pg=PA86|title=The Scent Trail: An Olfactory Odyssey|first=Celia|last=Lyttelton|date=February 18, 2008|publisher=Bantam|isbn=9780553815498 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=85vsO1x-RCQC&dq=alexander+the+great+smell+musk&pg=PA55|title=A Practical Guide for the Perfumer: Being a New Treatise on Perfumery the Most Favorable to Beauty Without Being Injurious to the Health, Comprising a Description of the Substances Used in Perfumery, and the Formulæ of More Than One Thousand Preparations ...|first=Hippolyte|last=Dussauce|date=February 18, 1868|publisher=H. C. Baird: London, Trübner & Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> Popular scents in Arab Muslim tradition include [[jasmine]], [[amber]], musk and oud ([[agarwood]]).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MImdEAAAQBAJ&dq=musk+oud+arab+culture&pg=PT75|title=QATAR (EN ANGLAIS) 2023/2024 Petit Futé|first1=Dominique|last1=Auzias|first2=Jean-Paul|last2=Labourdette|date=November 23, 2022|publisher=Petit Futé|isbn=9782305096186 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

Musk is often associated with religious significance. In [[Islam]], musk is considered to be the most fragrant of the scents. It was widely used by the [[Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]] and his companions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sunnah.com/search?q=musk |title=Archived copy |access-date=2022-04-06 |archive-date=2022-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120092050/https://sunnah.com/search?q=musk |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Alexander the Great]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Griffith |first=Sidney |date=2021 |title=The Narratives of "the Companions of the Cave," Moses and His Servant, and Dhū 'l-Qarnayn in Sūrat al-Kahf |url=https://lockwoodonlinejournals.com/index.php/jiqsa/article/view/2056 |journal=Journal of the International Qur'anic Studies Association |volume=6 |pages=137–166|doi=10.5913/jiqsa.6.2021.a005 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> is also said to have perspired the odor of musk.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ySfaaQJ-BV0C&dq=musk++alexander+the+great&pg=PA86|title=The Scent Trail: An Olfactory Odyssey|first=Celia|last=Lyttelton|date=February 18, 2008|publisher=Bantam|isbn=9780553815498 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=85vsO1x-RCQC&dq=alexander+the+great+smell+musk&pg=PA55|title=A Practical Guide for the Perfumer: Being a New Treatise on Perfumery the Most Favorable to Beauty Without Being Injurious to the Health, Comprising a Description of the Substances Used in Perfumery, and the Formulæ of More Than One Thousand Preparations ...|first=Hippolyte|last=Dussauce|date=February 18, 1868|publisher=H. C. Baird: London, Trübner & Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> Popular scents in Arab Muslim tradition include [[jasmine]], [[amber]], musk and oud ([[agarwood]]).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MImdEAAAQBAJ&dq=musk+oud+arab+culture&pg=PT75|title=QATAR (EN ANGLAIS) 2023/2024 Petit Futé|first1=Dominique|last1=Auzias|first2=Jean-Paul|last2=Labourdette|date=November 23, 2022|publisher=Petit Futé|isbn=9782305096186 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

Musk has been used to attract wild animals, including in man-made perfume mixtures. For example, in 2018 Indian authorities used the perfume ''Obsession'' by [[Calvin Klein]] to attract and thus trap a wild tiger that had attacked and killed more than a dozen humans.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Calvin Klein's Obsession Could Be The Trick To Catching A Tiger |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/10/14/657238908/calvin-kleins-obsession-could-be-the-trick-to-catching-a-tiger |website=NPR |date=14 October 2018 |access-date=18 October 2018 }}</ref>

Musk has been used to attract wild animals, including in man-made perfume mixtures. For example, in 2018 Indian authorities used the perfume ''Obsession'' by [[Calvin Klein (fashion house)|Calvin Klein]] to attract and thus trap a wild tiger that had attacked and killed more than a dozen humans.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Calvin Klein's Obsession Could Be The Trick To Catching A Tiger |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/10/14/657238908/calvin-kleins-obsession-could-be-the-trick-to-catching-a-tiger |website=NPR |date=14 October 2018 |access-date=18 October 2018 }}</ref>

[[Musk stick]]s, which are artificially flavoured with a substance that is reminiscent of musk perfume, are a popular [[confection]] in [[Australia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kriewaldt |first=Kit |date=2019-03-31 |title=Love it or hate it, the musk stick is one of Australia's most misunderstood treats |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-31/musk-sticks-are-one-of-australias-most-hated-foods/10953712 |access-date=2025-05-18 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>

[[Musk stick]]s, which are artificially flavoured with a substance that is reminiscent of musk perfume, are a popular [[confection]] in [[Australia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kriewaldt |first=Kit |date=2019-03-31 |title=Love it or hate it, the musk stick is one of Australia's most misunderstood treats |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-31/musk-sticks-are-one-of-australias-most-hated-foods/10953712 |access-date=2025-05-18 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>