Luckyscent Videos: Purple Haze by 19-69

There are a number of fragrances from this brand, 19-69, that I'm really enjoying. The brand came out in 2017. The person behind it is a Swedish artist and product developer named Johan Bergellen. He collaborated with various different Swedish artisans, French and Italian artisans to come up with this collection, which in my opinion is so well done. Each one is telling a story of a specific time and place and has its own unique mood.

The one I've been wearing the most since I got to know the line in the first place is Purple Haze. With a name like Purple Haze in 19-69, you're going to be thinking about Jimi Hendrix, you're going to be thinking about Woodstock and the counterculture of the 60s and going into the 70s. It should come as no surprise that this fragrance features patchouli.

Patchouli is a funny thing. I feel I have to be so careful when I say the P word to some people because it triggers them and immediately shuts them off. I don't even want to smell that. I don't like patchouli. But you do. A lot of people do like patchouli, whether they know it or not. Patchouli is a funny thing. On its own, sure, I'm not the biggest fan of it if you just take some patchouli essential oil and dab it on. It's a little bit too mentholated in a way that I don't like. But I have really nice associations with it because in my personal history, when I was growing up, goths wore patchouli and they also smoked clove cigarettes and something about this combination with such a wonderful smell that makes me a little bit nostalgic.

Although it's called Purple Haze and the bottle has a really nice purple in the base, it actually starts off very, very green. I'm thinking specifically a canopy of trees like cypress trees, evergreen trees. You get that nice beautiful outdoor smell. I was wearing this the other day