Derived from a plant that's part of the mint family, patchouli is an ingredient that's familiar to fragrance fans.
Despite its botanical sibling, it doesn't smell anything like toothpaste. Prized for its earthy, woody, slightly sweet and musky scent, it was fallen upon in the Summer of Love by marijuana smokers for its ability to mask weed's scent, and ditto alcohol. You could call it the bad boy of the fragrance world.
