SC - Re: Ambergris and Musk

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/26/99 6:18:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
alysk at ix.netcom.com writes:

<< Greetings!  When I was trying to reproduce some Tudor confections 
 calling for ambergris, I was informed that it was not legal in the US 
 to sell any.  Anyone found anything to the contrary?
 
 Alys Katharine >>


Found this on the web at 
http://www.netstrider.com/documents/ambergris/summary/

"Trade in ambergris has been banned worldwide for years by treaty and by 
various national marine mammal protection acts. The romance of ambergris is 
now only a distant memory. Once it was eaten with eggs for breakfast at the 
tables of Dutch burgers and English squires. Now that sperm whales are 
returning to our seas a curious beachcomber may once again hope to find a 
lump of ambergris some day. "

Of course this doesn't mean that you won't find it in a back out of the way 
place. Although the ban apparently is in place, it does not apply to supplies 
that  were in existence before the law took affect. :-) Quote- "It is said 
that a single drop of tincture of ambergris applied to a paper and placed in 
a book will remain fragrant after 40 years and that once handled, the fingers 
will smell of it even after several days and several washings. ""


Ras











































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