❝Why are you so obsessed with me?❞—if patchouli could have a catchphrase, this might be it! Native to the hot & humid climate of Southeast Asia, this fragrant herb, with its divisive, pungent aroma, has experienced a mercurial series of rises and falls over its centuries of importation, leaving nary a nose indifferent.A fun except from an antique perfume album of ours tells a story about the powerful effect of the scent of patchouli: ❝There is an actual scientific record of a certain young…
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