Patchouli by Santa Maria Novella has been around since the 1800s and has grown to become a cult favourite with Italians.

Patchouli by Santa Maria Novella is the full-on patchouli experience. It opens with a raw, sharp, camphourous note that has dark, rich, and dirty undertones that are decidedly masculine. As it blooms, the different aspects of patchouli come forward to reveal the full range of patchouli: bitter notes, herbal notes, floral notes, spicy notes, and woody notes. They tame the rawness, making Patchouli softer and plush until the exotic, musky drydown, when it becomes lighter and more feminine.

Patchouli's development is linear, but patchouli has so many rich dimensions that it smells like there is a whole lot more to it. And, for EDC it packs a real olfactory wallop!

And while patchouli can suffer from its association with hippies, remember that this fragrance was around long before anyone heard of hippies, so embrace your inner counter-cultrue self and enjoy one of the great notes in perfume, unadulterated.

Notes: Patchouli.