re: #99 Guanxi88

Incidentally, can anyone explain why hippies and other assorted counter-cultural types adopted a traditional moth repellant as their chosen fragrance note? it’s always mystified me - it’d be as if we conservatives all started dousing ourselves in camphor.

It’s actually a commonly used perfumers note. (Recent years have seen much complaining in perfume forums about the prevalence of ‘fruitchouli’ as a modern fragrance trend.) As a one-note hippie fragrance, I think it became popular through Indian body oils, and was favored because—before it became the signature scent of hippies everywhere—it was exotic. Eastern, rich, and not the smell of the White Shoulders your mother sent you off to college with.

There may be a more specific reason.