I Seriously Wonder Who Decided Civet Was A Viable Perfume Ingredient?

Because natural civet musk is the anal gland secretion of a species of civet.

My guess is it began as a prank, someone was like “I’m going to make eau d’ ass and it’s going to be hilarious” and then they like left it out (because civet oil must be aged before it smells even a little okay) and then when they tried to deploy their prank they were shocked to find people liked it.