THE MOST REQUESTED PERFUMES 10

THE MOST REQUESTED PERFUMES 10

1 Chamomile

2 Bees' wax

3 Cinnamon

4 Ambergris

5 Costus

6 Cardamon

7 Patchouli

8 Clove buds

9 Vanilla

10 Cocoa

Compiled by Profumoterapia of Italy

Ambergris is not strictly speaking a perfume but an additive used in the making of a perfume.


Here is a Dictionary definition of Ambergris from an online Dictionary.

'A waxy grayish substance formed in the intestines of sperm whales and found floating at sea or washed ashore. It is added to perfumes to slow down the rate of evaporation'

I wonder who first discovered that the waxy grayish substance formed in the intestines of sperm whales and found floating at sea or washed ashore could be added to perfumes to slow down the rate of evaporation, and how?

Oh, and it is apparently a brand of perfume too, Big Mikey:

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I really do need to get a life!