Ambergris, do you know what this is....?

The hard beaks of giant squid, a main source of food for the whale, have often been found inside lumps of ambergris.

There are many formulas for so-called amber blends in the various perfumery guides. None of them seemed even close to the Ambergris that we had experienced. So the blending elves in the back room went to work. After months of aging, and tweaking, they found a blend that they love. To our noses, it smells like a blend between the two supposedly true ambergris specimens that we sampled. Whether it smells like true Ambergris or not, I'm not certain...it doesn't match Arctander's description. But it is lovely! Soft, sweet, gentle. The lucky few who received samples before I got this page updated and put it online, have called wanting to order more. What's the secret? Benzoin, Vanilla, Vetiver, Rose, Clary Sage...sweet warming lovely oils, in a delicious blend.

You need to float the vomit in salt water, in a sunny location, not store it in jars in the basement - I think.

And, every once in a while, my cat whips me saucily with his tail.