Articles Of Interest (a 99 Percent Invisible spinoff podcast) had an episode where they smell ambergris and describe it. Avery Trufelman (the host) described i

Articles 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."