A Master Perfumer's Reflections on Patchouli and Vetiver

Re:A Master Perfumer's Reflections on Patchouli and Vetiver by vivegi on Saturday July 30, 2022 @04:06PM (#32289826)

Vetiver is a Tamil word. Ver literally means root.

https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=ta&text=vetiver&op=... (You can listen to the pronunciation of the English version and the Tamil version in the Google Translate link above).

I remember my childhood days when the vetiver roots were used to add fragrance to bath water and fragrance & taste to summer drinks.

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Re:A Master Perfumer's Reflections on Patchouli and Vetiver by antixk on Sunday July 31, 2022 @07:57AM (#32294959)

Patchouli is of Tamil origin as well. From pachai - green, ilai - leaf.

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Re:A Master Perfumer's Reflections on Patchouli and Vetiver by vivegi on Sunday July 31, 2022 @08:44AM (#32295146)

Learnt something new today! I never imagined that to have originated from Tamil (I am a native speaker of the language) and always thought it had some esoteric European origin. From the phonetics, this definitely sounds quite plausible that it originated in Tamil. Thanks for the pointer.

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