Which compound in perfume attracts cats? (1 Viewer)

[jurek]

Which compound in Calvin Klein "Obsession for Men" perfume attracts wild felids?

And where else it is found?

 

[KC Foggin]

Have they reached a conclusion? I read an article a few years ago and they hadn't figured out then what it was because perfume and cologne makers are guarded with their formulas

 

[Farnboro John]

Also I believe cats have personal preferences, e.g. some cats are drawn irresistibly to catnip, some run a mile from it and some couldn't care less.

John

 

[nicklittlewood]

Which compound in Calvin Klein "Obsession for Men" perfume attracts wild felids?

And where else it is found?

I don't know the answer to the question but have also heard of Chanel No. 5 being attractive to European Wildcats. Can't remember if I read this in a published study or just heard it anecdotally.

Nick

 

[lashinala]

I think you are referring to civetone (in Obsession for Men). It's now mostly synthetically produced, but definately attracts felines...I think some people still use it for camera traps for jaguars. Stinks like hell in pure form, but not too bad when highly diluted.

 

[birdboybowley]

So there is such a thing as a pussy magnet after all......

 

[Richard Prior]

So there is such a thing as a pussy magnet after all......

Naughty Ads, I wish there was a perfume/aftershave that repelled cats, we could spray it at any stray Great Snipe that turn up on the East Coast

Rich