Ambergris is one of perfumery’s strangest treasures, a waxy material that begins inside a sperm whale and ages at sea into a prized fixative. Its legal status and ethics make it a material most modern perfumers now recreate synthetically.
Ambergris is one of perfumery’s strangest treasures, a waxy material that begins inside a sperm whale and ages at sea into a prized fixative. Its legal status and ethics make it a material most modern perfumers now recreate synthetically.