Coronation Ambergris

Coronation Ambergris is a British ultra-niche house founded by Sultan Pasha and Patrick Lillis and dedicated entirely to the use of genuine, ethically sourced ambergris—the rare, waxy secretion of sperm whales that washes ashore after years at sea. The house is one of the very few globally to offer fragrances built on authenticated ambergris rather than synthetic or semi-synthetic substitutes, and it sells its compositions by the millilitre to reflect both the scarcity and the cost of the material. Sultan Pasha, himself a respected independent perfumer known for his work with traditional animalic materials, brings considerable technical authority to the compositions, creating fragrances that reveal ambergris's complexity: marine, solar, sweet, earthy, and musky in turns depending on provenance and age. The house appeals to serious collectors, oud enthusiasts, and anyone committed to experiencing historic perfumery materials at their most authentic. An extreme rarity in the contemporary fragrance market.