Ambergris' long journey from the depth of the seas
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| Sperm Whale |
The history, its origin and the
journey that the rare ambergris (how it is widely used in perfumes today) takes
during its life cycle is not only a unique one but rather one that is also
shrouded in mystery. Ambergris comes from the hindgut of a sperm whale far deep
in the depth of the oceans however, since the sperm whale leaves our world once
they submerse, they take their secrets with along with them. Many aspects of
the Ambergris's journey is still very unclear but what we do know, we will try
to briefly shine a light on this topic throughout this article. Let's see if we
can separate the theories from the facts.
A few facts worth noting about the
sperm whale are it's precarious undersea life, its curious and oddly shaped
body, the interesting positions of parts of their bodies such as the eyes (more
on this in a bit) and what we do know about the process it takes for the sperm
whale to produce Ambergris.
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| Ambergris Collection |
Measuring up to 60ft from end to
end, the male sperm whale is till to this day the largest toothed whales
species known. The odd thing about the sperm whale for one, is the random
position nature has placed its eyes on its body. The eyes are placed 3/4 the
way up its torpedo like body on the front end. Very interesting since it is
like humans using their ears to see, they should never be able to see an object
that is directly ahead of itself but can see all through what humans would call
their peripheral vision. The sperm whale must eat roughly about a tone of food
per day and eating for a sperm whale would seem like an arduous task. First
they must deep sea dive between 650 to 3,300 feet below sea level to eat in
many cases and the options for food are not as diverse as we would have it.
They tend to devour hundreds of pounds of deep water squids and ranging from as
small as a few ounces to more than 200 lb's in weight.
There's a story about a man named
Robertson describing the sperm whale and it's Spermaceti (improperly called of
course) and how although the purpose of this organ was unknown at the time and
still till today the value of such oil contained inside of it was very well
know, so harvesting this oil became very profitable even at those times and
still valuable today. To delve a little more into how Robertson harvested this
oil let’s start with how the workmen had to reach the fluid. First the workmen
had to dig a whole into the cavity of the head. This in return caused the oil
to flow like water off a well. In the process Robertson used a skimmer in order
to remove it along with other substance from the brain. There is much more to
the process than what is stated in this article. With enough online searches
you can find out as many details as are widely available in the world concerning
the process of Ambergris.
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| Spermaceti Of the Whale |
The process of making this product
suitable for wide use in perfumes is a long and tedious one but our team and Agarscents
Bazaar is a patient one that wants to provide only the finest quality in Ambergrisperfumes, Agarwood, Musk and many other Middle Eastern and Asian Perfumes. Follow
our site at www.Etsy.com/AgarscentsBazaar
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