While skin scents can include woody, floral, or fresh elements for an added twist, skin scents tend to be linear, showcasing ...

Skip to content viewer section. Nancy Shoemaker considers the four main products harvested in the nineteenth-century Pacific sperm whale trade: oil, spermaceti, ambergris, and teeth. Arguing that the ...

And it's not cheap. Per gram, ambergris can cost more than silver—30 times more. If you've ever worn perfume, well, I've got some unsettling news. You may have misted yourself with animal waste.

One can think of fatbergs as the poor man’s version of ambergris, a waxy substance in a sperm whale’s intestines that’s used in perfumes and medicines. Along with creating sweet-smelling ...