Patchouly Indonesiano Farmacia SS. Annunziata for women and men

I got this because I hoped it would be hard to love, so the best analogy I can think of is of sampling an especially alarming single-malt scotch after getting used to Cutty Sark (essential patchouli oil from the co-op).

Some notes are surprising (B-vitamin), some not (camphor, dirt, rat piss) , but just like you wake up from the Exceptional Evening with unmistakable whisky-testing mouth whether or not you recall the high-brow nuances of the partaking, PI is only exceptional if you're interested in paying attention. Otherwise, you're in the ballpark for 1/10 of the cost.

Il solito patchouly troppo carico, troppo umido, che finisce dopo un paio d'ore per diventare muffa su di me che sono tagliata meglio per elixir de patchouly di Reminescence. Poco studiato nella sua composizione al fine di evitare gli..... "effetti collaterali" del patchouly e le scivolate sul bagnato....

I have been through two bottles of this, and I have a ambivalent relationship with it. Most of the time I love it for it's true, up-front patchouli note - it's everything that patchouli is supposed to be. This would be: camphoraceous, dusty, earthy, dry, linear and even wine-like at at times.

However, sometimes I think that I'd get the same results by adding a good amount of aged patchouli absolute, iso e super, a touch of cedar and a synthetic musk (all easily obtainable) to some perfumer's alcohol. This would probably result in a similar scent for a good deal less $$. There really isn't much more to this other than patchouli and some bolstering modifiers.

It just depends on the day. Nonetheless, if you love patchouli, this will be absolute heaven for you - nobody will mistake what you're wearing.

Dust and patchouly. And a little more earthy dust. In my imagination this is the type of dust that could be found settling on a crypt or kicked underneath the heels during a dry desert walk.