"Heirloom Whale Barf"
Dec. 19th, 2006 07:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dweniusWhy do I never get gifts like this? No wait, on second thought...
Historic curiosity, courtesy of Wikipedia: one of the primary synthetic replacements for ambergris in perfumery is thujone. Meaning that, while Victorian era ladies of high caliber painted themselves in extract of sperm whale vomit, the thoroughly modern woman now paints herself with extract of absinthe. Ah, the sweet smell of progress.
Historic curiosity, courtesy of Wikipedia: one of the primary synthetic replacements for ambergris in perfumery is thujone. Meaning that, while Victorian era ladies of high caliber painted themselves in extract of sperm whale vomit, the thoroughly modern woman now paints herself with extract of absinthe. Ah, the sweet smell of progress.
