🌿 A fragrant plant 💧 A strong perfume

pachouli

8.5

A strong heavy perfume made from the plant's oil

noun
/pəˈtʃuːli/

: pachulí

The shop was filled with the unmistakable scent of pachouli.

Examples

Some people find the smell of pachouli too strong, while others love its earthy aroma.
I love the scent of pachouli in my perfume.
She dabbed a little pachouli on her wrists before leaving the house.
She prefers pachouli over other fragrances.
She dabbed a little pachouli on her wrists before leaving the house.
The shop was filled with the unmistakable scent of pachouli.
Some people find the smell of pachouli too strong, while others love its earthy aroma.

Synonyms

patchouli

vspachouli

4 8.8

A strong musky scent that comes from the oil of a tropical plant

has identical meaning but is an alternate spelling

patchouly

vspachouli

9.9

A strong, earthy smell used in perfumes and incense

is the same meaning but a different spelling variant

How Strong

reek

8 6.1

pachouli

8.5

fragrance

83 2.6

whiff

60 3.2

Surface Forms

pachouli singular

pachoulis plural

Etymology

Pachouli also names the heavy perfume made from that plant and has the same origin in Tamil paccai ilai 'green leaf'. That connection to the leaves explains why pachouli means the earthy, strong scent or oil pressed from those leaves.