Castoreum (海狸香)¶
Claim & Evidence¶
Claim: 海狸香 (hǎilíxiāng) is a Chinese incense ingredient (animal-derived, not botanical) — castoreum, a beaver (Castor fiber) secretion — with an aroma profile of animalic, leathery, smoky, sweet. Historical Western perfumery fixative; modern 'castoreum' is synthetic.
Evidence sources:
| Source | Type | Evidence level | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castor fiber (Eurasian beaver) on GBIF | taxonomy | Tier 2 — Academic / Museum / Institutional | 2026-09-20 |
Attributes¶
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 海狸香 |
| Pinyin | hǎilíxiāng |
| Scientific name | Castor fiber (Eurasian beaver) — animal secretion |
| Type | ingredient |
| Aroma | animalic, leathery, smoky, sweet |
| Category | Animal-derived |
Relationships¶
| Type | Related entity |
|---|---|
| category | Animal-derived |
| aroma | Smoky |
| aroma | Sweet |
| related | Civet |
| related | Musk |
Main Site¶
Read the full article: Castoreum on IncenseHerbs
Auto-generated from the LanDeng Open Datasets (single source of truth: datasets/*.json). See Format & Governance for data conventions.