• ArtieShaw@fedia.io
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    8 days ago

    Many years ago I was acquainted with college kids who used it exclusively to mask the fact that they didn’t believe in deodorant. Weed was certainly involved on some level, but I remember sooooo many unsolicited lectures about the dangers of bathing with soap every day and wearing “chemicals” when all you really need is a good sebaceous barrier to protect your skin and some nice patchouli.

    Barf. Barf barf barf.

    It was years before I smelled patchouli on its own - without the underlying BO funk. It’s not objectively bad, but I can’t disconnect it from the unwashed masses of prep school kids who were suddenly untethered from their dress codes.