patchouli• A thousand smells, of sausages and sweat, phosphorus and patchouli, mingle promiscuously in the arcades.• There was a strong sweetscent; sandalwood and patchouli and freshly cut grass on a summer morning.• People who like spicy food for example, also plump for strong, penetratingessences such as patchouli and ginger.• But he was still so close that he could smell the perfume of patchouli on the corpse's moustache.• It was probably with the patchouli that she had caught William Litz White, her husband.