Poland it's where my amber/resin story begins... Poland’s ties with amber have a long history – as early as the Neolithic period, humans were crafting objects out of amber on Polish soil. Amber, the fossilised tree resin, is often known as ‘The Gold of the North’ or the ‘Gem of the Baltic’, because of its beautiful colour. ‘Amber is what you call resinous, fossil matter which gives off a characteristic, aromatic so-called amber smell when burning'. Modern science says amber is made of resin that is about 40 million years old, left behind by a mighty forest (the ‘amber forest’) that once grew in the area of today’s Scandinavia.