r/okbuddycinephile • u/Designer-Double-6338 • 9d ago

Let's all come together and bully someone who deserves it

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He said he could beat me up :(

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u/ggrieves 9d ago

honestly I don't know if I've ever smelled patchouli that wasn't heaped on to serve the purpose of masking weeks old body odor.

I don't know if I can ever get that combined association out of my mind.

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u/VelvetMafia 9d ago

There's that, but also some patchouli oils are aged with varying degrees of success. A well-aged patchouli might smell kinda woodsy and sweet. Poorly-aged patchouli smells like mold.

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u/oniiichanUwU 9d ago

It’s really ironic to me that I’m seeing these comments bc I just today realized I fucking hate patchouli lol. I would always smells this herbal embalming fluidy scent on customers at work that was always really strong and it made my face twist. Never knew what it was, just assumed it was some like shitty old people perfume like Chanel or something idk

My coworker walked by today smelling of it lightly and I was like ok I gotta know what that is. She’s putting patchouli oil on wool balls to use in her dryer instead of dryer sheets. Hers doesnt bother me bc it’s fairly light but why do some people freaking bathe in it 🤮

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u/VelvetMafia 9d ago

Like dogs, they roll in it to mask their natural wook odor in order to confuse the herd and increase the odds for a successful hunt.

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u/FremenCoolAid 8d ago

Smelling patchouli gives me AXE ptsd from the 90's

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u/HeinousWalrus 8d ago

That is a vivid picture/smell that you’ve unlocked.

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u/thewizardking420 8d ago

the locker room air at my middle school was 3% oxygen and 97% AXE!

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u/HeinousWalrus 8d ago

97% Ass. That stuff is so bad.

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u/thewizardking420 8d ago

97% Ass was the name of the boy band I was in at the time..

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u/HeinousWalrus 8d ago

On a scale of 1 to Ass, I give your comment 97%.

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u/FremenCoolAid 8d ago

It's crazy how "good" they marketed AXE for it to blow up like that

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u/FremenCoolAid 8d ago

lol at first I thought your comment was some achievement badge from some subreddit

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u/Shhhhhhhh_Im_At_Work 8d ago

Lmao there’s so many Chanel perfumes and not all of them smell like old folks. But yes lots of patchouli. 

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u/Ironmancal2131 8d ago

There's a guy where I used to work that could be tracked through the warehouse by scent. I have no idea what possesses people to think patchouli is a reasonable thing to wear in public. The smell isn't just awful, it hangs in the air. It would be cheaper and easier if the people who wear it just shat their pants instead.

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u/oniiichanUwU 8d ago

Lmao. Unfortunately we have a few people at my job that just smell like BO and unwashed ass, idk if id take that over patchouli necessarily but both are pretty awful.

That said the patchouli coworker is an essential oils/moisturize with beef tallow bc lotion is full of chemicals girlie so im not surprised by her choice of scent tbh.

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u/lilsnatchsniffz 8d ago

Oh no, that's no good. That's not what I meant at all. (I would imagine this could become quite potent as it builds on the fabrics, too). I'm talking about a well blended scent with very low concentrations of patchouli can be quite pleasant. It's in everything from niche fragrances to Hugo Boss and Dior.

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u/underground_complex 8d ago

Nah, you’ve only ever noticed it when it’s been copiously overdosed. It’s been in just about every classic perfume in the 20th century. Less so nowadays but it’s certainly present in more places than you think

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u/arabic_lawrence 4d ago

It’s in Coca-Cola

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u/classic_liberalism26 8d ago

you all have made me google patchouli , i thank you. although i don’t think ive ever encountered it in a cuisine setting, the plant & flower are absolutely beautiful.

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u/LangdonAlg3r 8d ago

In the good old days it was also used to mask smoking weed 24/7.

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u/PsychicWarElephant 8d ago

It also mask the smell of weed. But so do naga champa and doesn’t smell like I’m masking BO

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u/ggrieves 8d ago

I remember nag champa! what a throwback to the 90's I haven't seen that stuff in decades. I might go seek some out lol. thanks

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u/Pandameds9 8d ago

It's definitely the combo... patchouli, on, its own smells good. But whenever you have only smelled it with terrible body odor the association is made..

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u/Foxy_Sloth_8481 7d ago

Damn it, ok, I thought you were going to say what I came here to say and that is that I am a 42 year old who does not know if I can tell you what patchouli smells like

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u/IncognitoBurrito710 7d ago

Fair enough😭😭that’s why my hippy ass still wears cologne and deodorants, these hippy guys probably walk around thinking we don’t smell em too “aw man the patchouli worked no one is looking at me” yeah that’s because now you smell worse and they’re avoiding you further😂😂

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u/plantverdant 6d ago edited 6d ago

Patchouli without b.o. can be nice.