Patchouli Indulgence
Patchouli Indulgence opens with a quick flash of bergamot brightness softened by pink pepper's mild spice, setting a surprisingly restrained tone for what the name might promise.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 accords.
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- Patchouli60
- Amber55
- Rose50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Pink Pepper
- Bergamot
- Lily of the Valley
- Violet
- Rose
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readPatchouli Indulgence opens with a quick flash of bergamot brightness softened by pink pepper's mild spice, setting a surprisingly restrained tone for what the name might promise. The house avoids the heavy, earth-forward patchouli common in the genre, instead threading it through a bouquet of lily of the valley, violet, and rose that keeps the heart airy and almost powdery-green.
The base eventually brings the patchouli forward, but it stays smooth rather than dark or hippie-earthy, supported by amber warmth and a clean musk that rounds the edges. This reads more like patchouli as a supporting player in a floral-amber composition than as the starring character—approachable, office-friendly, and less indulgent than the name suggests.
It fits someone looking for patchouli's signature without its full intensity, or anyone who wants a straightforward floral with just enough woodiness to anchor it through the afternoon.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
