Perfume

Kate McLean pays close attention to what we smell and where we smell it. And she’s been mapping those smells in cities around the world.

Kate McLean pays close attention to what we smell and where we smell it. And she’s been mapping those smells in cities around the world.

Ambergris is a strange substance regurgitated from the stomachs of Sperm whales. It is a key ingredient in some perfumes, and can sell for as much as $10,000 a pound. But natural ambergris may soon be replaced by a synthetic alternative, and that’s a good thing for the whales.

The story tells that soldiers in the beginning would put perfume of their girlfriends, and afterwards they put something else. It’s a special liquid.