Seed-capsules are also frequently found among the leaves, though patchouli seldom flowers and bears seeds.
Patchouli oil, distilled from the leaves of Pogostemon patchouli, a herb grown in India and the Straits Settlements.
Once a trace of patchouli perfume was added to this water.
Michael woke from sleep with a start and saw that Barnes was throwing the clothes from the chairs on the floor: stirred up thus in this clear light the scent of patchouli was even more noticeable.
Half-dozing, Michael lay on the bed, half dozing and faintly oppressed by the odor of patchouli coming from the clothes heaped upon the chairs.
The air was hot; the odour of patchouli mingled with the stench of stale garments and the reek of alcohol.
The sensuous odour of patchouli was strangely pleasant to them; the sight of a woman was thrillingly sweet; the sound of a song was ravishing.
The social hall reeked with patchouliand stale whiskey.
The roses were withering, and intoxicating odors floated up from the patchouli in the cup.
The peculiar odor of patchouli is disagreeable to some, but is very popular with many persons.
The odoriferous part of the plant is the leaves and young tops, which yield a volatile oil by distillation, from which an essence is prepared; satchels of patchouli are made of coarsely powdered leaves.
I didn't let loose of Patchouli until I'd seen him stow away that sealed envelope, and had put him aboard the right train at the Grand Central.
Then I goes down and reports to Pinckney, and puts in the rest of the evenin' bein' introduced as the gent that set the Baron Patchouli up in the shoe-string business.
Have another cigarette, and spray some patchouliabout the room.
She vows solemnly to refrain from onions and patchouli for the future, and begs for the return of your favour.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "patchouli" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
