A rare, waxy material called ambergris — known as “floating gold,” it’s something of a treasure in the fragrance industry — can elevate the scents and notes of a perfume or cologne. Ambergris is ...

One whale’s vomit is another man’s treasure. A fisherman in Scotland was walking his dog along the beach in Ayrshire when his dog found a “disgusting” blob on the beach — which might be a highly ...

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A man in England quickly found out that it s worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. In Google I put whale vomit, said Ken Wilman. As soon as I saw the pictures of it I came straight back down to the ...

A father from Scotland claims to have discovered a rare chunk of whale vomit worth more than $50,000 — but experts have told him it’s nothing but “sewage grease.” Ronnie Humphreys, 42, says the nearly ...

A huge bounty of ambergris—often called "whale vomit"—that was seized from smugglers in India has been found to be worth several million dollars. Local authorities acquired the smuggled ambergris near ...

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