The Life of Animals | African Civet | Civettictis is derived from the French civette ictis and the Greek, meaning weasel. African civets are commonly Referred to as Civet cats, the which is misleading since the African civets are not members of the cat family. African civets have been Kept in captivity and milked for Their Civet the which is diluted into perfumes.
The WSPA says That Chanel, Cartier, and Lancome have all admitted to using Civet in Their products And that laboratory tests detected the ingredient in Chanel No.. 5. Chanel says it substituted for the natural Civet synthetic version starting in 1998. Occurs in the warm and wet summer months from August to January. Females create a nest the which is normally in dense vegetation and commonly in a hole dug by another animal. Female African civets normally give birth to one to four young. The young are born in the advanced stages compared to most carnivores.