HOW WE USE IT
Amazingly, from those fragile-looking leaves comes a sweet, spicy, smoky, cedar-y scent so powerful it has to be handled with care: Patchouli is the most powerful of any plant-derived essence. But perfumers wouldn’t be without Patchouli, for the richness that it gives to fragrances. Patchouli makes its way into many chypre and powdery fragrances, swirling exotically alongside Lavender, Sandalwood, Labdanum and Bergamot, Clove, Clary Sage, as well as Vetiver. (It’s a little like Vetiver, if you close your eyes.) Used alongside Rose, it extends and ‘fixes’ Rose’s sweetness.
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