Cannabis Patchouli Dries Van Noten 2022

An uplifting fragrance that pulls your head out of the water when you are in danger of drowning in stress and worry, and then grounds you again. Top notes: herbaceous sage and a green-woody cedar leaf that adds a needle-like freshness. I sense cannabis as an earthy-fresh hint without the sweetness that makes cannabis unpleasant for me. The heart note then becomes rounder and earthier thanks to the patchouli, but still doesn't lose its lightness thanks to the sage and conifer notes, which remain present. For me, it's a slightly darker, more down-to-earth version of Blenheim Bouquet Eau de Toilette: the citrus is missing (I can't detect any bergamot), but this combination of herbs (here sage, there lavender) and needles (here cedar, there pine) is very comparable to my nose in terms of DNA. In the drydown, I can't sniff out any vetiver, the fragrance just gradually becomes paler.
For me, this is an almost therapeutic fragrance if you are looking for a way out of the carousel of thoughts or the hamster wheel of everyday life: Focusing, fresh, grounding.