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Does anyone have a detailed description of the scent of ambergris?
by prvc 6y ago
Does anyone have a detailed description of the scent of ambergris?
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoWell it comes out the other end, not spit up like a hair ball.
- anitil 6y agoArticles Of Interest (a 99 Percent Invisible spinoff podcast) had an episode where they smell ambergris and describe it. Avery Trufelman (the host) described it as 'like looking at a landscape through a pinhole' https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/perfume-articles-of-interest-9/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/perfume-articles-of-i... Edit: There's an even better description from Barbara Herman - "Some people say there’s tobacco notes. There’s obviously a very, animalic kind of fecal quality to it, but also slightly metallic and coumarin or hay-like, slightly sweet. It’s more of a feeling than it is a smell for me. It’s just like being enveloped in warmth."