And that’s why whales swim around all day, acting like their shit don’t stink.
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Sorry if I was less than clear in the connection that I was trying to make.
The migratory birds treaty act makes it illegal to pick up and keep feathers dropped by wild birds. That wasn’t the actual problem they were aiming to stop but part of stopping the massive carnage caused by people filling the demand for feathers. Even if this ambergris was found on the beach or other non-lethal method, it’s banned because the product itself drives the destruction of the species.
Though, like you mentioned, these people have every reason to lie about finding it honestly. The need to stop lethal collection creates laws that outlaw non-lethal collection as well.
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right. like im sure you could theoretically find an elephant that died naturally and collect the ivory, but thats now the most common way it’s collected.
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I still have my vintage bottle (1/4 full) of Andron by Jovan cologne for men, given to me as going away gift by one of my female cousins. It was much, much cheaper then… not like the tiny $40 portions being decanted from the precious few remaining bottles out there, and sold whole for up to $500. Why the big to-do? First… the scent is incredible and receives compliments. Second… it has ambergris in it. I have no idea if even selling old stock Andron is illegal.
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But it is, which is why the real thing is so valuable.
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Many top line perfumes do, it’s what gives them longevity, cheaper perfumes wear off in a few hours.
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Is that the street price or the wholesale price?
Not sure if joking so I’ll answer sincerely. There is no street price, just a market price that parfumiers will pay for it, and that varies based on the quality. One could call that the wholesale price since they are bought as-is and then refined and consumed by the buyer in the making of perfume.
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I was just riffing on how the police always talk about big drug hauls in terms of the street value, which conveniently ignores all of the middlemen and markups that their bulk haul would have to go through to reach the street level.
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Assuming you can control government corruption, this situation could be solved by giving the government a monopoly, bying ambergris at a price high enough that people who just happen to find it will be happy but too low to finance whale hunting. Unfortunately, that first part is a big ‘if’.
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I’m too lazy to do the math, but I think ambergris may actually be more expensive, per gram, than inkjet printer ink.
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Whales are now gathering together and plotting PoopCoin™, backed up by priceless shit.
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