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Patchouli

noun
1.
Small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes.  Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin.
2.
A heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant.  Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly.





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"Patchouli" Quotes from Famous Books



... orange-peel, and verbena, forming a higher octave of smells, which blend in a similar manner. The metaphor is completed by what we are pleased to call semi-odors, such as rose and rose geranium for the half note; petty grain, neroli, a black key, followed by fleur d'orange. Then we have patchouli, sandal-wood, and vitivert, and many others running into ...
— The Art of Perfumery - And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants • G. W. Septimus Piesse


Words linked to "Patchouli" :   bush, shrub, essence, perfume, Pogostemon, genus Pogostemon


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