Word: vetivert
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...harvest continued at Grasse this week, the prospects of the French perfume trade were not as pretty as the blossoms. Of the many ingredients required to make men sniff with interest, the fields of Grasse produce only a few, and not enough of those. Citronella, civet, vetivert, santalol, ambergris, patchouli and a long list of other exotic products had to be imported from abroad, and they were still not arriving in France in anything like prewar quantities. Prices were staggering; a kilo (2.2 pounds) of musk is now 100,000 francs compared with 9,000 prewar...
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