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Monday, July 10, 2023

Ambergris: the expensive ingredient for perfume


 She called, crying: "Help! I found your web site--and I have to do a scholarship essay statement--no more than 30 words! What do I do?"
I thought about it: she needs a thesis--and replied, "It's worth $20/gram. That's $25,000 for five pounds. You must report it if found in the U.S. or Australia. And it's sperm whale digestive garbage--or ambergris." Twenty-seven words.
She replied, "How much? Where? It's what? Ewww--but that works! Thank you."
(I wanted to tell her she wears it--but she would have hung up on me. That is, she would have--unless she knew it's used in fine perfume. Oh well.)