- Ambergris: Lumps of oxidized fatty compounds, whose precursors were secreted and expelled by the Sperm Whale. Ambergris is commonly refrred to as "amber" in perfumery and should not be confused with yellow amber, which is used in jewelry.
- Castoreum: Obtained from the odorous sacs of the North American beaver.- Civet: Also called Civet Musk, this is obtained from the odorus sacs of the civets, animals in the family Viverridae, related to the Mongoose. The World Society for Protection of animals investigated African civets caught for this purpose.
- Honeycomb: From the honeycomb of the Honeybee. Both beewax and honey can be solvent extracted to produce an absolute. Beewax is extracted with ethanol and the ethanol evaporated to produce beewax absolute.
- Musk: Originally derived from the musk sacs from the Asian musk deer, it has now been replaced by the use of synthetic musks which usually are called "white musk".
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