Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Treasure Blog: "Floating Gold"


Ambergris, a substance vomited by sperm whales.

It's valuable to the perfume industry as a fixative.

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3 comments:

  1. Ok, What I want to know is, WHO tried it and HOW did they decide that solidified sperm whale vomit could be used in perfume hmmmm?

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  2. @PISSED: Some things sound worse when described than they actually are. We regularly consume insect vomit as part of our diets - - honey.

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  3. Must go back to the times of whaling ships when nobody had deodorant and a little perfume came in handy on both men and women.
    But that just looks like a loaf of french-bread - although no doubt the French could tell the difference...

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