The rare substance, which is normally found floating in the sea, is used in high-end perfumes. Here's what makes it so expensive. After a dead sperm whale washed up on a beach on the Spanish Island of ...

The idea of daubing ambergris, or whale vomit, on your skin probably doesn't sound too appealing but women and men have been doing it for a very long time. Now they may not have to. Canadian ...

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If you like premium perfumes, this video is probably not for you. Because, ahem, it explains how whale poop contributes to perfumes, and the story isn’t pretty. Perfume-makers have used a substance ...

WHALE vomit, or ambergris, is also known as “floating gold” – because of how rare and valuable it is. But just why is whale vomit so expensive – and how much is it really worth? Whale vomit, or ...

Ambergris is often described as one of the world’s strangest natural occurrences. It is produced by sperm whales and has been used for centuries, but for many years its origin remained a mystery.

A group of Yemeni fishermen had their lives changed with whale vomit. The odorous organic material – also known as ambergris – came from a sperm whale carcass in the Gulf of Aden, according to the BBC ...