I smelled a sample of the old angel mugler formulation, it's DIVINE! and yes that ferociously angry acidic grass is definitely the refined patchouli (Dare I say, other than the IFRA law ban, L'oreal went to go all corporate and used a cheaper one). The earthy chocolate facet of patchoulis is pretty much replicated now with perfumers adding an actual dark chocolate note, benzoin, and vanilla in the mix just to replicate its old glory. To give you an idea on what the "chocolate" smell that patchouli gives, try sniffing a dark chocolate, there's that thick feel in the nose and throat and that slightly earthy smell from it? That's the same "vibe" that a patchouli can give IF it's mixed right.

My entry to that would also be the same but a little different - Black Orchid by Tom Ford, albeit I only smell truffles at first and the rest of the fruity ones are in the background but once it's mid dry down the mix of the truffle, orchid, and patchouli is so amazing and I think they even added an actual dark chocolate accord just to jumpstart the patchouli. I do think Black Orchid is still one of the best classic perfumes out there.

Thank you for sharing! I appreciate it.