Patchouli

mandysmithers

God, I hate the smell of patchouli. Why the hell do hippies/hippy types always smell of f*cking patchouli!!??? There's a woman where I work, and she always stinks of it, and it really lingers even when she's long gone. She doesn't even look like a hippy, but I'm guessing it's just beneath the surface

My name is URL

Better than smelling of piss, which is what I'd expect from any hippy

Fratton Fred

it used to be worn by 1970s punk to cover up the smell of drugs, but for some reason it has been adopted as a general drop outs perfume of choice.

i think it was originally used to put on dead bodies to stop them stinking the place out.

AnonoBoy

Whatever you do OP - do NOT move to Galway.

Niamho!

What is it? patchouli?

AnonoBoy

Niamho! wrote: »

What is it? patchouli?

http://www.aromaweb.com/essentialoilspz/patchouli.asp

Horrible ****e they rub into their dreadlocks or something.

biko

Had to google it and I live in Galway too OP. Maybe you shouldn't work at the markets

me-skywalker

haha i remember my uncle brought me down as a kid to the glen of the downs in wicklow where they were protesting about the road... about 5years ago and they were all stinking of this strange scent... now i know its the scent of choice! Like say that posh spice is for old men.... sry sry EDIT* Old Spice.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

OP - how do you know it's patchouli? And would you rather an artifical crappy smell from something in a small glass bottle?

Seriously: don't hang around the perfume depts at dept stores. They'll kill you, if you think that's bad!

Eoin

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

And would you rather an artifical crappy smell from something in a small glass bottle?

Or, God forbid, "soap"

FlutterinBantam

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

OP - how do you know it's patchouli? And would you rather an artifical crappy smell from something in a small glass bottle?

Seriously: don't hang around the perfume depts at dept stores. They'll kill you, if you think that's bad!

C'mon man!!! it's 2009, everybody knows the smell of patchouli.

Get a frikken grip.

Bit of red carbolic wouldn't hurt those crustys .

Might even help them get a proper job.

AnonoBoy

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Might even help them get a proper job.

Juggling is not a job.

mandysmithers

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

OP - how do you know it's patchouli? And would you rather an artifical crappy smell from something in a small glass bottle?

Because I know what pathcouli smells like, and nothing lingers quite like it. You can smell it long after she's left.

And yes, I most certainly would prefer an artificial smell from a glass bottle - far from crappy.

And I don't work in a typical hippy hangout, quite the opposite - I work in an office.

Aidric

I thought this was a thread about Patches O Houlihan.

Sharpshooter

I like the smell of patchouli I do.:)

The problem is people don't realise you only need the tiniest drop.
When they put it on like perfume it's too overpowering.

FlutterinBantam

Sharpshooter wrote: »

I like the smell of patchouli I do.:)

The problem is people don't realise you only need the tiniest drop.
When they put it on like perfume it's too overpowering.

Good man.

There's someone with a bit of class.
Even re-enforced the statement.

panda100

Have to admit Im a bit partial to patchouli myself! It smells yummy

Sharpshooter

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Good woman.

There's someone with a bit of class.
Even re-enforced the statement.

Fixed.:P

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

mandysmithers wrote: »

Because I know what pathcouli smells like, and nothing lingers quite like it. You can smell it long after she's left.

And yes, I most certainly would prefer an artificial smell from a glass bottle - far from crappy.

And I don't work in a typical hippy hangout, quite the opposite - I work in an office.

Sounds a bit like a bnlind man trying to tell me hates the colour blue! And I've been to a few "hippy hangouts" and guess what: they smell like neither patchouli nor piss. Oh, the stereotyping! Long live the paddies Irish!

Back to point: the hangouts I was in smell more of a frankincense smell, not unlike a church.

FlutterinBantam

Been to a few hippy hangouts myself pal, and the all pervading smell was piss,body odour, and cheap hemp , in that order.

Your ones are probably the more tourist friendly ones,i would suggest.

Plastic crust if you will;)

mandysmithers

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Sounds a bit like a bnlind man trying to tell me hates the colour blue! And I've been to a few "hippy hangouts" and guess what: they smell like neither patchouli nor piss. Oh, the stereotyping! Long live the paddies Irish!

Back to point: the hangouts I was in smell more of a frankincense smell, not unlike a church.

Well, most times I've got the smell of patchouli from someone, they've been a hippy/hippy-type person. The woman in work who smells of patchouli doesn't look like a hippy.

I don't know where you're going with your blind man analogy - I know what patchouli smells like, and I don't like it.

FlutterinBantam

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Fixed.:P

:eek:

You sounded male on my computer!!

AnonoBoy

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Sounds a bit like a bnlind man trying to tell me hates the colour blue! And I've been to a few "hippy hangouts" and guess what: they smell like neither patchouli nor piss. Oh, the stereotyping! Long live the paddies Irish!

Back to point: the hangouts I was in smell more of a frankincense smell, not unlike a church.

Lived in Galway for years. Crusties use it a lot. Some of them stink of the ****ing stuff. Horrible.

Jesus Juice

Is anyone else wondering how this thread took off??

But I have always wondered what that smell was when stilt walkers were around!

mandysmithers

Jesus Juice wrote: »

Is anyone else wondering how this thread took off??

Even I am!!

FlutterinBantam

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Wouldn't say she has achieved any great altitude lads.

Degsy

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Sounds a bit like a bnlind man trying to tell me hates the colour blue!

What are you gabbling on about this time?
Most people know bloody well what pachouli smells likes so why are youy saying otherwise?
More pointless gainsaying with a bit of anti-irish prejudice thrown in.
Living in "hot,sexy baaadass berlin,baby"(lol) doesnt make you any better than anyone else.

FlutterinBantam

Right on Degs, guy seems to think we are all rural retards here,country bumpins like.You burned him good there.

That stuff has been around since I was a frikken undergrad for chrissakes.

markok84

Possible Uses: Acne, athlete's foot, chapped skin, dermatitis, eczema, fatigue, frigidity, hair care, insect repellant, mature skin, oily skin, stress. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 56-67.]

LOL!

Sage'sMama

Patchouli is a great scent to use for a migraine/headache. I love the smell too! Ask her where she got it i'd love some.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Lived in Galway for years. Crusties use it a lot. Some of them stink of the ****ing stuff. Horrible.

What's a "Crustie"? Is it like "Paddy" or "Culchie"?

Degsy wrote: »

What are you gabbling on about this time?
Most people know bloody well what pachouli smells likes so why are youy saying otherwise?
More pointless gainsaying with a bit of anti-irish prejudice thrown in.
Living in "hot,sexy baaadass berlin,baby"(lol) doesnt make you any better than anyone else.

Where did I say "most people"? I specifically said "OP"?
What's wrong with living in a different city?
Where's the anti-Irish prejudice? Anti ignorant-gob****e and stereotypying ****wits, yes, but that not Irish.

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Right on Degs, guy seems to think we are all rural retards here,country bumpins like.You burned him good there.

That stuff has been around since I was a frikken undergrad for chrissakes.

Yeah... burned by someone who reads what he wants to read because he's incapable of reading what's actulally been written, constantly makes accusations that are wildly incorrect in order to cover his own ignorance and combats things with "who cares what you read in books"... Sorry, but :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: