What are some of the other "things". I would believe...
How about civet musk? Secretions from the anal glands of civet cats?
Mrs VS
Back then, musk was very popular and was used alone as a fragrance and as an ingredient for many other perfumes. The original musk was made from beaver testicles. That's right. That's what we used to make musk. Two pound boxes of frozen beaver balls. Hey, you asked.
No one uses them anymore as they have also been replaced by synthetics. Patchouli fragrance comes from a tree. Plants are the basis for most fragrances and many of them are sourced from the rainforest. Interesting business.