Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris by Christopher Kemp

Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris

Christopher Kemp

301 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
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“Preternaturally hardened whale dung” is not the first image that comes to mind when we think of perfume, otherwise a symbol of glamour and allure. But the key ingredient that makes the sophisticated scent linger on the skin is precisely this biza...

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