Description
The English name of patchouli, Patchouli, comes from the South Indian Tamil words patchai (green) and ellai (leaf), green leaves. Patchouli has a long history of use in the Eastern world. In France, shawls made of cashmere imported from India and Indonesia during the Second Empire smelled of patchouli.
Patchouli will help us connect with the earth beneath our feet, feel the endless energy of this aqua blue planet and this green earth, and allow us to rediscover our connection with nature.
Sumatra is one of the most culturally diverse regions in Indonesia. With its tropical rainforest and volcanic soil, it is one of the most suitable areas for coffee growing in the world.
The Batak people of Sumatra have a myth that deep within the earth lies a vast space inhabited by the serpent ‘Nipe’ and the giant ‘Gogo.’ Their slightest movement or altercation can cause an earthquake or volcanic eruption. It is said that Batara Guru, the creator of the world, had a son who was a dragon serpent living underground and who destroyed the world seven times. To prevent his son from destroying the world again, Batara Guru built a pillar on which he placed four crosspieces, with the world resting upon them. From then on, the dragon serpents beneath the earth could not destroy the entire world, although they could still shake it. Thus, it is believed that earthquakes occur when the dragon serpents underground shake their bodies.
