Patchouli

I never once considered this was for men, when I bought it on the strength of one test spray. Patchouli has ceased to be the hippie-eastern-exotic substance, and is so ubiquitous in contemporary perfumery that one has grown quite accustomed (or inured?) to it, even in women's fragrances. So to me this is definitely unisex. Anyway, I bought it because I wanted a patchouli "soliflore." It is everything I ever expected from patch -- deep, herbal, quite woody, with an oily sort of overlay reminding me of the scent of a healthy, clean body. There is a certain gasoline-like note that I would attribute to the violet leaf, as in Dior Fahrenheit. The category "woody aromatic" is perfect, but the listed accords -- ozonic, aquatic, citrus, white floral and green as of this writing -- seem to have been devised by a really perceptive copywriter who knows the across-the-board prejudice against the herb. :)