Patchouli ** Have a ? for Butch

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At 03:51 AM 1/3/2010, you wrote:

>I know many people may be able to answer this but I was wanting Butch's

>advise on Patchouli.

>

>I have someone willing to sell 16oz of Patch that he states as incredible

>for $40. It comes from someone named John Walsh. Anyway he describes it as

>follows; " It is dark, smoky, deep, not sweet. " He said it is as close to

>the old stuff as it gets.

>Anyway I always thought Patch was supposed to be kinda sweet not just

>smokey am I wrong? Is the sweet stuff not the real deal? Please advise.

>Regards

>Carol

 

Not Butch... but have part of the answer..

 

As with every other botanical, a lot will depend on where grown and

distilled, HOW distilled, etc. I have some very 'deep and dark' patchouli

that I don't consider " sweet " ... but it has only a hint of smoke in the

core... (Our Sumatra Patchouli)... we also have an Indian Patchouli that

we LABEL " Sweet Patchouli " ... it's softer than the Sumatran, and quite

sweet... Both are, most emphatically, the " real deal " ...

 

now, you can also find patchouli that is so smokey it smells burnt...

(usually, but not always, from Java.)... it too is 'the real deal'...but

not well distilled... the burnt smell often means that the botanical was

burned in the still... poor distilling.

 

Make sure you get a sample...if you love it, buy and enjoy it. If you

don't love it.... then stay away

 

does this help some?

 

 

 

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That helps a lot as I am still new in all the smelling and proper identification

of true EO's. I do try to buy from reputable companies like AT-AV or Eden

Botanicals to keep my risk to a minimum. I am on a few forums and they sometimes

offer items for sale at prebuys and such but rarely do you know the source. That

being said I have bought from a reputable source a bit of Boronia Abs. and I had

always heard it described as sweet and what I got was not sweet at all! Go

figure?

Thanks for you kind reply.

Regards

Carol

 

 

 

 

 

 

>>>>>>Not Butch... but have part of the answer..

 

As with every other botanical, a lot will depend on where grown and

distilled, HOW distilled, etc. I have some very 'deep and dark' patchouli

that I don't consider " sweet " ... but it has only a hint of smoke in the

core... (Our Sumatra Patchouli)... we also have an Indian Patchouli that

we LABEL " Sweet Patchouli " ... it's softer than the Sumatran, and quite

sweet... Both are, most emphatically, the " real deal " ...

 

now, you can also find patchouli that is so smokey it smells burnt...

(usually, but not always, from Java.)... it too is 'the real deal'...but

not well distilled... the burnt smell often means that the botanical was

burned in the still... poor distilling.

 

Make sure you get a sample...if you love it, buy and enjoy it. If you

don't love it.... then stay away

 

does this help some?

 

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