Alyssa Ashley Essence de Patchouli

Wow, surprising. Smells like hippy patchouli out of the vial, but it’s actually a lovely wood powder rose, very similar after dry down to Calligraphy Rose. Smells 1970s, in a lovely rose perfume, rose incense way. Quite a pleasant surprise, as I normally truly dislike patchouli scents and hippy patchouli in particular.

Discovered Essence de Patchouli yesterday at my neighborhood drug store, and since I like patchouli I thought I'd give it a go. I only realized it was Alyssa Ashley brand when I was putting the tester back on the shelf - the bottle appears to be of better quality than the usual AA bottles. Anyway, I can't honestly say that I am a fan of this scent. On my skin it smells like an …Read more