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Ambergris(1973)
Houbigant · Houbigant in-house perfumers · Amber
At a glance
An ambergris-forward composition from Houbigant's in-house perfumers, opening on bergamot before a floral heart, closing on an overdosed ambergris note and musk. Naming the fragrance directly after the rare whale-derived material continues the same foregrounding approach Houbigant applied to its contemporaneous Civet release.
Did you know?
This scent's musk note is almost certainly synthetic — discovered by accident in 1888 while researching explosives.
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