Perfumers covet a rare kind of whale poop known as ambergris. Though it develops in the intestine of sperm whales, it produces a prized scent used in high-end fragrances. Following is the ...

Never in his life had Alf Harrodon seen ambergris, which begins as a secretion in the bowels of a sick sperm whale, ends as a base for precious perfumes. But he had been raised on the coast of ...

The large chunk could be ambergris, sperm whale vomit that eventually develops into a sweet-smelling substance used in perfumes Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE.

“It’s thus part of the whale's poo. The stuff is black when voided ... “Most finds turn out not to be ambergris, so I’d caution anyone not to get too excited. Anyway, it can't legally ...

Professor Stoddart said the substance was part of whale poo, which turned a greyish white ... Picture: File photo from www.ambergris.co.nz He said there was not “much to get excited about ...

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 ...

“Ambergris is the digestive waste of endangered sperm whales and sale of the same is illegal under the Wildlife Protection Act. During inspection, the police recovered 10.3 kilos of ambergris ...

BENGALURU: Acting on a tip-off, Kodagu police on Thursday arrested 10 men and seized 10.39 kg of ambergris — commonly known as whale vomit — valued at about ₹10 crore on the black market.