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Burke Dennings
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Why patchouli?

#3746028 - 02/07/05 03:18 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

Let me preface this by saying that I'm not making fun of anyone, or mocking hippies in any way. This is a serious question.

What's going on with this patchouli business?

I have the following theories as to why you hippies love the stuff:

1. It's some kind of tradition, and hippies feel that smelling of patchouli is mandatory.

2. It's some kind of hippy "pheromone" that alerts other hippies of your presence, and possibly attracts more.

3. Maybe hippies think that it successfully masks the weed smell. I think that is highly debatable.

4. Hippies just like the smell.

If the last theory is true, then one must pose the question:
Why don't many non-hippies not wear patchouli?

So, in short, I just wanna know why all you hippies love that scent so much. Thanks.

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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: Burke Dennings]
#3746036 - 02/07/05 03:19 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

hippies hang around hippies, and there is patchouli where hippies are, so they go "eh what the hell?"

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Redstorm
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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: Burke Dennings]
#3746041 - 02/07/05 03:20 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

I really dislike the smell, but that may be because I kind of relate the scent to the body odor that is often accompanied by it.

I just don't think it's all that pleasant. It must be the tradition thing.

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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: Burke Dennings]
#3746068 - 02/07/05 03:25 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

Hey Electrode. How are things?

I used to wear patchouli but, it is too overwhelming. I wear sandalwood if I wear any kind of oil. It is nice. :crazy2:

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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: Burke Dennings]
#3746093 - 02/07/05 03:28 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

Well, if you don't bathe, you need some sort of strong scent to cover up the body odor, and I guess patchouli has a strong enough smell to get that job done.

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Burke Dennings
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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: Silversoul]
#3746142 - 02/07/05 03:37 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

What about hippies that DO bathe? Some MUST exist. Why would they wear it then?

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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: Burke Dennings]

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#3746174 - 02/07/05 03:42 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

I think they must like it. Plus, not all hippies wear patchouli and the ones that do usually wear it to cover their body odor. :rasta:

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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: Burke Dennings]
#3746186 - 02/07/05 03:44 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

electrode said:
What about hippies that DO bathe? Some MUST exist. Why would they wear it then?

That's the thing--not all hippies wear patchouli. The ones that do usually don't bathe.

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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: Silversoul]
#3746203 - 02/07/05 03:47 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

i love the smell of a nice mix of body order and faint patchouli.. hmm hott

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Burke Dennings
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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: juende]
#3746224 - 02/07/05 03:51 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

I guess there's just so much about hippies that I'll never understand...

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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: Burke Dennings]
#3746241 - 02/07/05 03:55 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: Why patchouli?

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#3746243 - 02/07/05 03:55 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

i wouldn't comsider myself a "traditional hippie" but i cannot stand the smell of coglone [sp] or perfume on a person. the human body has the most beautiful smells but that for veggieheads and vegans i can tell the difference between somewho who eats a lot of meat. that can be a bad smell.

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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: juende]
#3746246 - 02/07/05 03:56 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

Vegans aren't human. They're scum.

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Re: Why patchouli?

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#3746260 - 02/07/05 03:59 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

if by humans you mean "beautiful beings" and by scum you mean "hott in every possible way" then yes.

i'm vegan.

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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: juende]
#3746264 - 02/07/05 03:59 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

I stand by my original statement. Scum.

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Re: Why patchouli?

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#3746293 - 02/07/05 04:04 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

ooo scum, thats a preety low blow,well to each her own.

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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: Burke Dennings]
#3746315 - 02/07/05 04:08 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

i ocassionally burn patchouli incense...don't wear any kind of oil though. and i do bathe, every day if possible :smirk:

:smirk:

as far as why it's so popular, i really have no idea. smells good to me though, as long as there are no undertones of horrible b.o. that gets to me as well. as many times as i've been called one of these you refer to as "hippies", i can't stand smelling bad...i shower, and wear the scent of fresh mountain air, and ocassionally pot smoke, very proudly :wink:

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Re: Why patchouli?

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#3746332 - 02/07/05 04:11 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

Can you be hippie if you take showers? I thought not taking showers was part of the tradition as well.

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Re: Why patchouli?

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#3746336 - 02/07/05 04:12 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

Hell yeah. Really, there aren't Hippies anymore. Just b/c people share the values and ideals of the hippies, it doesn't make them one.

The whole generalization thing is lame.

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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: Burke Dennings]
#3746359 - 02/07/05 04:17 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

I like the smell of patchouli
I am not a hippie
nor do I wear it.

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Re: Why patchouli?

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#3746528 - 02/07/05 04:49 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

from the first day i came into the pub.... patchouli is all i could smell!!

It still smells like patchouli in here!!

:smile:

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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: kindkesey]
#3746555 - 02/07/05 04:54 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

i take showers...but if your at a show that is a few days long the body odor thing is inevitable...i like the smell of patchouli...reminds me of pot in a wierd way...i know when i smell it there are kind souls around :smile:

:smile:

but yeha i dont know what the deal is with some of them not taking showers....i could hardly stand to be around one guy i got the flies from...it was so overwhelming :/

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Re: Why patchouli?

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#3746797 - 02/07/05 05:37 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

Redstorm said:
Hell yeah. Really, there aren't Hippies anymore. Just b/c people share the values and ideals of the hippies, it doesn't make them one.

The whole generalization thing is lame.

You sound just like a hippy

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Re: Why patchouli?

[Re: Burke Dennings]
#3746842 - 02/07/05 05:44 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

I think it's more of a tradition. In countries where they don't shower as much, the richer people use oils to mask the smell, and some even consider themselves 'clean' when they have had an oil bath! Crazy people...

I shower, and I like the smell of patchouli, but I don't wear it. I like it when you get patchouli-scented soaps, but that is mild and not over powering. I wish more hippies smelled like nag champa or superhit!

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