This is somewhat off topic I guess but I thought it would be better answered here. Hope that's ok. if not I'll move it to OT.
I'm just curious. I've heard rave reviews about patchouli soaps so I bought some incense cones labeled patchouli to check the smell. I was going to burn them in the house after its empty to try to give it a sense of relaxed atmosphere. When I opened the bottle it smelled like a combination of wet wood ashes, wet cigarettes, and post game locker room butt.
Is this some manly man thing or did I get a bad lot? I took it back to the store and opened a couple more to smell and they all smelled the same. Then I went to a health food store and smelled the essential oil vials. While the smell lacked the strong smoke and cigarette portion, it still had the post game smell along with a hint of well used unwashed urinal.
I think my olfactory cells are in decent working order. A steak smells like a steak, cedar wood smells like cedar, oak smells like oak, and my wife smells like rose pedals. So what gives? Is it possible I just am smelling in all the wrong places or is this an acquired odor?
I ended up exchanging the patchouli for sandalwood and I bought some dragons blood on the side.