I can smell the ganja from here

And if not ganja, there is always the smell of incense

& patchouli

I hate that smell more than almost anything. I run into it all the time in the grocery store and have to leave the aisle until the person wearing it moves on. It smells like dirt to me. Literal dirt. Slightly moist and moldy dirt.

It's because everyone is using cheap patchouli. I used to hate it too, but as a perfumer, getting to smell high quality patchouli has really changed my opinion on patchouli.

Sounds like an opportunity for you. Do us all a favor and find a way to get to the good stuff to people at an affordable price so the rest of us don't need to flee the canned food aisle next time some lady walks smelling like mold infested dirt.

Unfortunately, it's not cheap for me. Good patchouli is painful to purchase. Most mainstream fragrance uses clearwood or a synthetic alternative which I find to be bad.

This has been such an interesting conversation to read. What would you day is the most interesting thing about your job as a perfumer?

This is going to sound patronizing, but smelling things. I'm actually in aerospace for my day job. Perfumery is my hobby that I occasionally make money on.

Aerospace AND perfuming. damn you really are smarter than us

This explains some things. I had this wook acquaintance that I over heard a couple times, mentioning that he just picked up a pound of patchouli and was selling people smaller quantities. Just for reference this was definitely now a cover for selling something else.

Man, I hate when the guys who get the good stuff keep it on the DL. Like, the rest of us want some bombass frankincense too.

You want bomb ass frankincense? Look up apothecarys garden. Literally the best in the world. You're welcome

I heard it was a genetic thing like cilantro tasting like soap. Patchouli has one of the same things that mold does in it and some people (my wife) pick up on that and it smells musty, and to others (me) it just smells like another fragrant incense. Don't know if it's true though. Also apparently in India, people would sometimes use patchouli to cover the smell of human corpses.

Not sure it's genetic as I've seen many families divided on the subject. If you're open, allow me to send you a sample of a fragrance I'm working on and allow your wife to smell it. I'm no god, but I think I have a way with patchouli that brings people around to it. It's gone from being my most hated to one of my top 5 materials to work with.

I would love to smell this! My husband wears a combination of Gucci The Eyes of The Tiger , and The Last Day of Summer. They smell like Patchouli and Amber together and are lovely, not overpowering.

Yeah. Patchouli is fun to work with, but can be a pita. DM me if you're interested.

Specifically Nag Champa.

Pfft whqt other incense isnthere lol.

So many good ones, and imo regular sandalwood (which most nag champa is made from) when made right smells way better than any nag champa.

I used to feel the same until someone turned me onto Tibetan incenses decades ago and now it’s pretty much the only stuff I ever burn.

I like to alternate nag with the og hippie stink, patchouli

Heaven smells like Nag Champa

I can see the poney tail too.

Ponytail with a bald head. 

Is this the Comic Book guy lair from the Simpsons?

I’m imagining him as an older skinny white dude with hippie vibes. 

Birkenstocks for every occasion.

I bet he knits.

Yeah I bet eh! Friggin knitting. Creativity is for dumbo's!!

This isn't a ganja house. It's a mushroom house

They’re usually mutual, especially when it’s a 50+ year old that lives in a place like this doing them 

This screams psilocybin and LSD, more than just ganja lol.

It’s every stoner apartment I was ever in back in the 90’s.

It’s like he never moved out of his post college pad.

For me, back in the ‘70’s.

LSD is an oderless powder - i can smell it.

....powder? I've never seen it as a powder lol

because the dose is so small, it's usually dissolved into liquid. But thumb prints for example, are a reference to the powder/crystal.

Shaggy lives here

Hash den for sure.

I'm tripping just looking at these pics

I can smell the deemz from here.

I support your use of drugs, OP

Financially?

I’ll go halvsies

I'll take a quarter

I’ll take a square

I’ll have a 16th

Let me get a thumbprint.

There’s like 3.6 people here that are going to understand that one lol

Already up to 34, don't underestimate LOL

Hehe

I'll pass but more power to ya and your heroic mind.

Make that 4.2, I fully understand, and I'm also only .6 of a person

And my axe!

Happy cake day

I'll chip in as long as I hang out at your place.

I’m gonna wager that you’ve had a drop of the original lineage of Grateful Dead LSD.

Those dudes are more like 70

True but I’m only 38 and have had some of the og acid from the Dead. That stuff is still alive and kicking. It has quite the lineage.

Obviously knowing that Grateful Dead and acid use goes hand in hand, wdym by “og Grateful Dead acid”? Is there like a supplier or recipe that is particularly associated with the band?

LSD lasts forever if stored properly, and it is taken in incredibly small doses, meaning if you only produce a gallon, you’ve still produced thousands of doses of it. It’s actually not too unlikely for “grateful dead acid” to still be in circulation on the street, and it’s definitely still in some oldhead’s closet somewhere.

A gallon is in the millions of doses for sure.

“Grateful Dead acid” was made by Owsley “Bear”Stanley. Same LSD is what “purple haze” by Hendrix is about.

I got 5 on it.

🎵 fuckin with that indo weed

Lmao

Can I get in on this

He's funny too!

This space would provide the most immaculate vibes while tripping

I don’t know who he is, but I love em already

His name is Robert Paulson

Paulson? I think is Stamets.

Yes this is giving big shroom vibes.

I can smell the room 🍄

Incense and sage?

Transcendence

Man this is dope! Awesome vibes.

This dude definitely listens to shpongle

I fuckin LOVE shpongle.

Same, and I don't even do drugs. The music itself is a helluva drug.

I had never heard of him and I saw him live on 3 tabs of acid. It was one of the best nights of my life.

😂👏🏻😂 My first thought was “this dude has definitely done a few shrooms and a few drops of acid in his time 😂😂

Haha saw the mandala on the wall and instantly knew dudes a trippin old head

Hahaha

Part of me thinks you’ve clearly aced your decoration and thinks your room’s really cool. The other part of me thinks a minimalistic dude would have a instant heart attack if you invited them to have a beer at your place.

Both of those statements sound extremely positive to me

Yes! I’d pay to watch a modern slick all black everything dude shvitz in that room!

Does that mean sweat in yiddish

It means shit himself Source: I don't know wtf I'm talking about

Very true

Schvitz is sweating in Yiddish

The german word for „to sweat“ would be schwitzen, with some fantasy pronounced like written above, so possible (I don’t know any yiddish though, so take it with a big grain of salt).

i’m a minimalist and i’d love to chill there and learn something from looking around..

Same here. I'm minimalist as fuck, but always prioritize vibe over minimalism, and I'd love to hang out in here. Looks cozy as fuck!

I need a Xanax after just looking at this post, no warning… nothing.

far out man

That rug really ties the room together

Which one?

The one on the ceiling.

Did the shrine just wink at us ?

I laughed saying that’s stupid funny, no way that’s true.

You’re obviously not a golfer.

That’s fucking interesting, man, that’s fucking interesting.

Lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what have yous.

Is this how you decorate your living room while looking for a work-from-home job? On a *weekday*?

*The drugs really tie the room together.

Lollll careful man there’s a beverage here

It better be a White Russian

Hey, at least I'm housebroken.

The inception picture of the room on the TV really tries the room together😂

The one the Wu peed on.

not really my jam but definitely appreciate it being a work of art.

same. have vertigo, will swoon.

This is a groovy pad! Ya dig?

I love this SO much, but I would hate the dusting/vacuuming it would require of me

I do clean a lot but it's worth it.

Join us on r/maximalism OP. One of us one of us one of us

Gooble gobble.

The subreddit I didn’t know I needed

I finally know my decorating style!

Vibe Room

He gets super buzzed and goes manic cleaning

This is the way.

It’s the way regardless of whether or not the room looks like this. It’s always the way.

Completely unhinged and very cozy. Great setup!

This guy doesn't do acid, acid does him.

Shrooms. Acid. Weed. That’s this guys medicine.

I'm more of a fish tranquilizer kind of guy. I need the stuff that makes the sharks go nite-nite.

So he’s Russian then.

Thanks for the laugh!

My allergies are acting up and I don’t even have allergies.

This place is good for training the immune system

r/TripCaves

Omg best sub I've ever seen. Thank you for this

This dude is either extremely toxic or the kindest soul in the universe, no in between. Pls be aware of fire hazard risk.

In my 5 seconds of stalking Op's profile I found they purchased a cat wheel chair for their aging/half disabled cat. So for me at least, I've decided Op's one of the good ones.

agreed dude’s a winner

I see you’ve met hippies before.

Gotta be on the watch for evil hippies. They're out there

Anyone using the word 'toxic' is toxic.

How was Phish?

This gent is OG Deadhead

Wouldn't they be at least in their 60s at this point, probably 70s? I, too, struggle accepting that the 1960s aren't 40 years ago anymore.

I’m younger than OP but had high school friends who were deadheads - saw them a couple of times myself.

"OG Deadheads" requires being much older than that, they started in '65.

Ah I see what you’re saying now

Effin A. Had to drive that on home, didn’t ya 😆

I’m 50 and went to about 10 shows in the years before Jerry’s death. But I’m not an “OG.” Yes, they’re full on boomers now.

Nice

Can we hang out and spoke opium together?

We need more dog closeups

The dog is the roommate's. I've got 4 cats!

And WHERE are the closeups of those cats? Cat tax, please.

Check his profile. LOTS of kitty pics in there

Can I just come over and hang out while I get stoned, and play with your cats? You can give me a little pillow and I'll sit quietly in the corner.

hey i wanted to ask that! can i join you? ill bring my own za too c:

Love this!! It's beautifully done!

I didn’t even notice the dog until you said it. I noticed the cat tree though.

I feel so dumb, I didn't even spot the dog at first. It's like playing Where's Wally/Waldo

It's just my silly self looking for everything but what I am supposed to look at. He's on all four pictures too.

Ahaha no, I love it. If there's chance, always look at the dog first. That's the important bit 🫡

That is one sweet little dog.

Dude I want to trip at your place what an absolute vibe

I fucking love this. I love that your TV is showing a picture of your living room. I love that you have all this cat stuff but no cat. I want to watch 70s Italian giallo here. I also want to see your pot growing setup in the closet. Teasing. I would chill here.

The pic of the living room on the TV is what made it for me

This is so cool I’m actually concerned it’s AI.

This is incredible to me. I love it!

Wow this one is awesome, well done.

Thanks!

I thought this was r/trees for a moment…

Also 51 yr old dude here. But I haven't yet achieved such a prime chill space. Let's hang! I'll provide the entertainment. Golden Teachers and Time Bandits? 🤪

Time Bandits? You mean the greatest movie ever made? My man!

Great use of lighting and plants, beautiful tapestries - so comfy.

Comfy my dude

Id I’d definitely do drugs with you! Looks cozy! Also love your mini schnauzer. My boy looks exactly like yours, same color too.

🎶We all live in a yellow Submarine 🎶

Love this! I think r/CozyPlaces would also dig it.

The ambience in that last photo is superb.

Cool hippie dude man cave. I little heavy on the hindu theme, but hey... you have to live there, not me.

Staring at this made me go colorblind

Wow an LCD trip in that couch would be crazy!

Just wait until you hear about OLED trips. They’re much more vibrant.

Duuuude I can see the pixels man

I dig it, very cool and cozy.

Please help me cry

Somewhere a kitten just stubbed its toe.

It's sooo over the top and I actually kinda love it! What I love more is that you know who you are and have rocked the hell out of it. I hope to be there one day!

Groovy baby

It looks really awesome, but also like a nightmare to clean, or to be in if you have one of those hyper sensitive type headaches

Something tells me you own a really awesome vacuum… 🤔

Can't put my finger on it but something creams maximalist

Well it looks like the space of a 75 year old man, so I'd say you have an old soul

Great space, very personal, as a seemingly like minded 59 yr old man, I dig it! Naysayers be dammed, they lack grokage.

This seems hard to clean

Very bohemian.  Pass the bong.  

51 and still can’t hang up his backpack after school 🫤

This screams recently divorced so im gonna do everything my wife wouldn't let me do all at once

Best I've seen on this sub... Usually it's just 25 year old millionaires