What is the name of the whale product used in the perfume industry?

Answer 1

Ambergris is the name of a whale excretion that is produced by the irritation caused by squid's beaks inside the stomach of the sperm whale. This excretion takes a rocklike form and is regarded as a very valuable commodity, since it's used for medicinal purposes, in the perfume industry as fixative and even as aphrodisiac. It's so rare and expensive, there are people who dedicate part of their life to search for this weird treasure along the beach lines.

Answer 2

Spermaceti, obtained primarily from the spermaceti organ, and sperm oil, obtained primarily from the blubber in the body are the two main reasons why sperm whales were hunted by humans. These substances found a variety of commercial applications, such as candles, soap, cosmetics, machine oil, other specialized lubricants, lamp oil, pencils, crayons, leather waterproofing, rust-proofing materials and many pharmaceutical compounds. Ambergris, a solid, waxy, flammable substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales, was also sought as a fixative in perfumery.

Answer 3

Ambergris, a wax-like substance that comes from a secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale.

Answer 4

Ambergris

Answer 5

Ambergris