Foxiang is a perfume made of bark, resin, sawdust, roots, leaves, flowers and fruits. There are sandalwood, water fragrance, clove fragrance, tulip, borneol fragrance (the above five spices), incense, benzoin and so on. Because Buddhism respects life and protects living things, Long Xianxiang and musk secreted by animals are generally not used. At present, most of the popular perfumes in society are synthetic and have many side effects.
According to the source of raw materials
Natural spices:
It refers to the original fragrant materials made from the aromatic parts of animals and plants through simple processing, and most of its forms retain some inherent appearance characteristics of plants, such as fragrant wood blocks and fragrant wood chips.
Or aromatic substances separated from natural raw materials by physical methods (steam distillation, extraction, pressing, etc.). ), its form is often essential oil, extract, purified oil, ointment, tincture, etc. Such as rose oil, jasmine essence, vanilla tincture, balsam, turpentine, narcissus oil, etc.
There are more than 3,600 species of perfume plants found in nature, of which about 400 species have been effectively utilized. The roots, stems, branches, skins, leaves, flowers, fruits or resins of plants can all be fragrant.
Animal spices are mostly secretions or excretions in animals. There are about a dozen kinds, among which musk, civet cat, castoreum and Long Xianxiang are commonly used.
Synthetic perfume:
It is an aromatic compound made by chemical synthesis of coal chemical products and petrochemical products. There are more than 5000 kinds of synthetic spices in the world today, and there are more than 400 kinds of commonly used products.
There are two main classification methods for synthetic spices:
1, classified by functional groups, such as ketone perfume, alcohol perfume, ester perfume, lactone perfume, aldehyde perfume, hydrocarbon perfume, ether perfume, cyanide perfume and other perfumes;
2. According to the carbon skeleton, it can be divided into terpenoids, aromatic, aliphatic, nitrogen-containing, sulfur-containing, heterocyclic and fused rings and synthetic musk. Synthetic perfume industry has become an important part of modern fine chemical industry.
Extended data:
On the function of Buddha incense
First, it is a sacrifice with incense as a token.
Second, it is an identity expressed by precious spices.
Third, decontamination beautifies the environment.
Fourth, refresh yourself.
Fifth, it helps to calm the mind and practice meditation.
Sixth, disenchantment and righting, sickness and death.
Seven, it is to deodorize and purify the body and mind.
Eight, it is mosquito repellent.
Nine, used for evacuation timing and so on.
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