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Wednesday, January 25, 2006 :::

Squid beak and whale vomit.

While on my trip I was reading that science book that I keep blathering on about, and I came across this footnote:

The indigestible parts of giant squid, in particular, their beaks, accumulate in sperm whales' stomachs into the substance known as ambergris, which is used as a fixitive in perfumes... you may wish to reflect that you are dousing yourself in distillate of unseen sea monster.

So your Axe Body Spray is partially whale vomit. And squid beak. Anyway, by total coincidence, I also came across this article today:

Whale 'vomit' sparks cash bonanza

Just thought I'd share. I don't use the word "bonanza" enough. I'm amending my '06 new year's resolutions to include its usage.

::: posted by dan at 3:31 PM :: [ link ] :: (8) comments

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"...after 10 years, it's considered clean and all you're getting then is the wonderful musky, very sweet perfume, which I've got to say is ultra smooth - it's unbelievable."

Yuckers. I don't ever want to smell this.

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brent, at 4:16 PM

That reminds me of this story I heard about Rod Stewart...

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Erik, at 4:32 PM

Well, that's just really...weird and .....eeeew.

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Colleen, at 5:44 PM

That Rod Stewart vomit perfume uses a whole different kind of fixitive.

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dan, at 10:18 AM

The one from Rod is probably alcohol based...

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Richard, at 7:24 AM

Puleeze.

I eat jell-o all the time (ingesting horse hooves) and hot dogs (who knows what???).

Like a little squid beak/whale vomit is stopping me from dousing myself with EZRA FITCH.

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Anonymous, at 2:14 PM

` Don't forget civet musk!

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S E E Quine, at 12:41 AM

I'm totally going to name my next kid Ambergris.

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stsundown, at 9:14 AM

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