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Musk has long been a key ingredient in perfumery. From controversial beginnings that saw the critical decline in the population of a certain deer species, we thankfully now have synthetics that replicate the scent. To think that musk was derived from the sex glands of a male deer, expectations of some pungent, animalic funk are justified and perhaps, logical. However, while the musks we smell in today's fragrances are not all skanky—as some are even clean-smelling or powdery—they still do carry a distinct animalic warmth. So where does Kiehl's Original Musk stand?