My remedy to the never-ending summers in Hong Kong is Patchouli. Although aroma-therapeutically😂 vetiver is a better-known cooling agent, I’d rather reserve its bitterness for winter months. Unless it was combined with iris, I also like the powdery earthy airiness for hot humid days. In my collection, I find some of the fragrances containing patchouli bring a lingering sweetness in my throat, or to be precise, the post-nasal cavity. It ‘tastes’ like liquorice, 生津止渴 (ummmm. How do you put it in English? Ease my thirst??), and I am crazy about it. My speculation on the association with patchouli was supported by smelling the essential oils from Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Maybe it was Patchoulol, Norpatchoulenol or Nortetracyclopatchulol(according to the naturals notebook, they are the components with highest olfactory impact). Please enlighten me, if you are familiar with these chemicals.🙏 Do you have those perfumes? And do you find that postnasal sweetness too? O...
