Really, *really* valuable puke!
Man finds stinky lump of sperm whale vomit worth £100,000.
Its other name is ambergris. It’s used in perfume. Mmmmm-mmmm! It’s a rare man who thinks to himself, “I found this horrible rancid chunk of crap on the beach…lemme just go look that up on the internet!”
This is a good book on perfume: The Secret of Scent. Looking at the books linked at the bottom of that page, there are a lot of other interesting-looking titles there.
Smell is intriguing. I like smells. But my own sense of smell is very poor, so I’ve always been reluctant to wear scent, in case I make a terrible scent faux pas.
What if I wear too much? And what if I smell like whale vomit?
January 31, 2013 — 11:03 pm
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