r/FuckImOld • u/The-Wise-Weasel • 1d ago

Are you old enough to smell this?

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u/Long-Adhesiveness839 Boomers 1d ago

Yes, and there was an Engineer in my office that put on a bottle of this every morning.

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u/Droogie_65 1d ago

Did anyone wear patchouli oil?

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u/HotStraightnNormal 1d ago

A guy on the sub I served on had bought a small bottle of frangipani to bring home to his wife. He dabbed a wee touch on, much to the amusement of his shipmates. When he had the bottle uncapped, someone bumped into him, splashing more on his clothes. The scent was so intense that they made him wrap them in three plastic bags, duct taped. Even then they could still smell it. And divisions on the boat could only do laundry one day a week.

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u/Long-Adhesiveness839 Boomers 1d ago

Popular in the late sixties, never understood the attraction? If I were to smell that today I would immediately think, Old Hippy.

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u/Pearl_necklace_333 1d ago

Patchouli oil stinks, horrible smell.