Perfume sets off my allergies. Maybe Suskind will help me understand it on a theoretical level.
Not sure that ambergris is accurately defined as “whale intestine”.
There are conflicting opinions as to how ambergris emerges from the whale. Some believe that the whale regurgitates the mass, earning it its well-known nickname ‘whale vomit’.
There are conflicting opinions as to how ambergris emerges from the whale. Some believe that the whale regurgitates the mass, earning it its well-known nickname ‘whale vomit’.
I would think that if perfumers demanded the highest quality of ambergris, they would seek to conserve whales, and would naturally demand only ambergris that has been naturally excreted from whales-- ambergris violently removed from a whale corpse would not be aged.
