Im not one much on imitation ingredients in my formulations but thought I would check into this product a bit. What can you guys tell me about it?

I've played with it a little bit because I got i bunch of it when I bought out another lure maker. I didn't get much for positive response. But with that said I didn't give it much testing as there was other things I wanted to dive into deeper. Will say what little I've played with the man made ingredients it seems like they're pretty sensitive to having just the right amount in the formulation and that usually is alot less than we would think.
That's my experience hopefully someone with more will chime in.

Good to know! Thanks!

I have bought from F&T Fur Harvester's Trading Post, it is strong, and can quickly destroy/take over a lure. One should use little in the beginning, so as not to spoil a batch of lure. Whether it is as effective as the real thing, I am very unsure, since I only have the synthetic one. I haven't tested the response with camera yet, but have a plan to do that in the future.

Are we talking African civets?
Or our North American skunk style civet?

Or isn't there a difference in musk between the two?

They look like two different animals to me except for the pattern of their fur

He is talking about synthetic civet replacement musk.

Actually spotted skunk essence and striped skunk essence do not smell the same to me. Nor are they the same color or consistency in my experience. Interesting contrasts.

laden or unladen?

The real stuff, Paul sells on this site is good. I use a double boiler to melt the paste into good clean skunk oil. (no skunk odor). olive oil works too but I think the skunk oil tincture is superior. Keep thinking I need to add some to spoonbill oil but have not tried it yet.