The truth about Ambergris

[charisstoma]

What's in your perfume?

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-search-of-ambergris-a-highly-prized-slurry-of-squid-beaks-and-whale-feces

Comments

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

Fascinating LOL glad I've a poor sense of smell and no call for fancy perfume ;)

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

Yeah, those squid beaks like sesame seeds *snickers*

[frogs_of_war]

Animal by products, whether from a whale, a beetle, or an ox, are not something I want to rub onto my skin. I draw the line a lanolin. At least it wasn't ever inside the sheep.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

I can't do lanolin, I'm thinking, Allergy to wool.

[frogs_of_war]

My sister is the same way. She once took a tour of the Pendleton Wool factory. Or she tried to take a tour. Hurried out wheezing after a few minutes. I don't know why her family that tour would be a good idea.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

I just rash. How did we survive with eating sheep and using wool for clothing as a species?

[frogs_of_war]

I've heard that we are more likely to get allergies nowadays. Either that or everyone with allergies used to die young.