Who Was The First Person To Put His Face On A Beaver's Behind?

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Because we humans have been using castoreum for so long, the name of the adventurous person to first put their nose into a beaver's butt (or in a beaver's sticky scent mound on the forest floor) has been lost to time.But we know that the Romans burned castoreum in lamps because they thought the fumes caused abortions, and trappers have used it to lure animals since at least the 1850s And it's been used as a flavoring ingredient in foods for at least 80 years as a replacement for vanilla and in some fruit flavorings such as strawberry and raspberry. There is even a castoreum liquor enjoyed by the Swedes that you can make for yourself here