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What part of a whale is used to make perfume?

A whaling ship smells far from sweet, In fact, its horrible odor is wafted for miles over the sea.  It is strange, then` to learn that some part of the whale is used to make perfume, This is because the fragrant essences used to make perfumes tend to fade. So certain heavy oils or fats are used to hold and make them last,

One of these materials comes from the sperm whale, This fellow feeds or the squid of the deep ocean, Sometimes his dinner disagrees with him, A mass of very special material builds up inside the upset stomach. This is a­ fatty, nasty‑smelling stuff called ambergris, It is used all properly . refined of course in perfumes to make their delicate fragrances last.

Not every whale can make ambergris, It only comes from the squid‑eatinE sperm whale and only from a sick one. Sometimes the poor fellow manages to get rid of his upset stomach by casting the stuff into the sea, A great gob of ambergris may be washed up on a beach and become a lucky find for someone For ambergris is very, very rare and worth a great deal of money,

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