With a long tradition of use throughout history for its pungent, inescapable, musty scent, which has been said to attract the opposite sex and repel moths and as a natural insecticide.
Patchouli is a member of the mint family found growing in southeast Asia. The name patchouli also refers to the oil of the patchouli plant. There are several species of the pogostemon genus whose oil is used to make patchouli oil, but that of pogostemon cablin is believed to be superior. Patchouli has been used for centuries and was even used during the silk trade to keep moths from laying their eggs in clothing.
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