[Sca-cooks] Sources for musk?

[Alec Story]

I'm also on the hunt for musk.

I was referred to the seeds of *Abelmoschus moschatus
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelmoschus_moschatus> *as a substitute by
Dugu Jinan, who does perfume research (you may have seen her at Pennsic).
She prefers it over the synthetic musk oils, which are available online
<https://www.amazon.com/Musk-Xylol-Purity-Aroma-Compound/dp/B00LI2I6HI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1520379319&sr=8-3&keywords=synthetic+musk>
.

For me, any source of real musk would have to come with a certification
that it didn't come from wild endangered or vulnerable species.  Many
species of musk deer are at risk of extinction, although some are farmed.

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 5:52 PM David Friedman <ddfr at daviddfriedman.com>
wrote:

> Does anyone have a source for musk, either the real thing or a close
> substitute? All the musk I see on Amazon.com appears to be perfume.
> There is a musk oil supposedly for culinary purposes sold by the
> Melbourne Food Depot in Australia, but when I tried to order it I got a
> message saying it couldn't be shipped to me. I don't know why--their
> page seems to permit addresses in the U.S.
>
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