What does Athelas smell like to you? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

mark12_30 · 11-17-2009, 08:29 AM

Wintergreen. Refreshing, calming, smells like home (grew all around our house) and thrives under the sun and the pines. It grows wild, and can be found in the winter....

Formendacil · 11-17-2009, 03:41 PM

A really good frankincense.

Some incense, however, can be absolutely foul--so not them.

Hakon · 11-17-2009, 03:46 PM

lavender

Pitchwife · 11-17-2009, 04:04 PM

Calendula.

Lush · 11-17-2009, 04:58 PM

Pot.

Or melted brown sugar.

But probably pot.

Airaloske · 01-16-2010, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Lush

Pot.

Or melted brown sugar.

But probably pot.

awesome.

the smell when i step outside when it is snowing. that cold icy wintery smell of frozen pavement and clear air.

Galadriel55 · 01-16-2011, 07:49 PM

It's just too much to give anything more specific - It would smell like summer, winter, spring, and fall at once, it would be snowy and rainy and sunny and cloudy and warm and cold and day and night and evening and morning, it would be the ocean and a pine forest... no, change that to any forest, and prairie and mountains and rivers and whatever else I forgot to mention.
I just couldn't decide!

I know what isn't going to be there - cities, or anything to do with them. And there's going to be a tinge of mint in it - for some reason I always assosiated athelas with mint.

Loslote · 11-17-2009, 04:58 PM

Clover.

Alfirin · 11-17-2009, 05:46 PM

Freshly crushed krishna tulsi, a cultivar of holy basil I grow in the summer (imagine a mix of regular basil, anise, and watermelon)

Bêthberry · 11-17-2009, 08:34 PM

Victory?

Nerwen · 11-17-2009, 09:05 PM

Well, my association with a "healing" scent would be eucalyptus, which smells very clean and cool and is actually used medicinally (though the Black Breath might be a tall order).
But then, the question asks what makes you feel "comfortable and loved". I think maybe jasmine in that case.

Guinevere · 01-14-2010, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mark12_30

Wintergreen. Refreshing, calming, smells like home

Smells like Bengay, I'd say!

In my imagination Athelas would smell something like Basil leaves. Or aromatic like the Cistus, a flowering shrub that grows in the Mediterranian macchia.

wilwarin538 · 01-14-2010, 03:12 PM

freshly mowed grass......or rain.....or lavender......or cookies

Dimturiel · 01-15-2010, 12:36 PM

Cinnamon, and wet wood, and cinnamon, and old books (seriously, old books smell really nice, much nicer than new ones). And did I mention cinnamon?

Lariren Shadow · 01-15-2010, 02:04 PM

For me it would be the smell after it rained.

As for what I thought in the books, I kind of thought it smelled like wet hemp.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 01-15-2010, 08:23 PM

A smell that can bring me into warmth and comfort from a dark and terrifying place?

The perfect warm blend of skin, soap, coffee, cinnamon, denim, and Old Spice.

Or dark chocolate. But that's a bit anti-dementor for this site...

If I had to pick a plant-ish scent to wake me up and make me feel alive, however, I'd choose lemongrass.

Valier · 01-15-2010, 11:04 PM

I would definitely have to say puppy breath. It sounds weird but it smell sooooo good when they are little.
If a plant smell, I would have to agree with Fea and say lemongrass, very refreshing.

11-17-2009, 08:29 AM	#1
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Wintergreen. Refreshing, calming, smells like home (grew all around our house) and thrives under the sun and the pines. It grows wild, and can be found in the winter.... __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

11-17-2009, 03:41 PM	#2
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	A really good frankincense. Some incense, however, can be absolutely foul--so not them. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

11-17-2009, 03:46 PM	#3
Hakon Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 736	lavender __________________ Medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes

11-17-2009, 04:04 PM	#4
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Calendula. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

11-17-2009, 04:58 PM	#5
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Pot. Or melted brown sugar. But probably pot. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

01-16-2011, 07:49 PM	#7
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,519	Nature. It's just too much to give anything more specific - It would smell like summer, winter, spring, and fall at once, it would be snowy and rainy and sunny and cloudy and warm and cold and day and night and evening and morning, it would be the ocean and a pine forest... no, change that to any forest, and prairie and mountains and rivers and whatever else I forgot to mention. I just couldn't decide! I know what isn't going to be there - cities, or anything to do with them. And there's going to be a tinge of mint in it - for some reason I always assosiated athelas with mint. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-17-2009, 04:58 PM	#8
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Clover. __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

11-17-2009, 05:46 PM	#9
Alfirin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 435	Freshly crushed krishna tulsi, a cultivar of holy basil I grow in the summer (imagine a mix of regular basil, anise, and watermelon)

11-17-2009, 08:34 PM	#10
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Victory? __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

11-17-2009, 09:05 PM	#11
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Well, my association with a "healing" scent would be eucalyptus, which smells very clean and cool and is actually used medicinally (though the Black Breath might be a tall order). But then, the question asks what makes you feel "comfortable and loved". I think maybe jasmine in that case. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

01-14-2010, 03:12 PM	#13
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	freshly mowed grass......or rain.....or lavender......or cookies __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin

01-15-2010, 12:36 PM	#14
Dimturiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2005 Location: the road less travelled by Posts: 910	Cinnamon, and wet wood, and cinnamon, and old books (seriously, old books smell really nice, much nicer than new ones). And did I mention cinnamon? __________________ Is this the end? No more the hunt, the journey and the goal? That terrifies me most: no more the goal! -Ray Bradbury, Leviathan '99

01-15-2010, 02:04 PM	#15
Lariren Shadow Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Where the day meets the night Posts: 607	For me it would be the smell after it rained. As for what I thought in the books, I kind of thought it smelled like wet hemp. __________________ Choose treachery, its more fun!

01-15-2010, 08:23 PM	#16
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	A smell that can bring me into warmth and comfort from a dark and terrifying place? The perfect warm blend of skin, soap, coffee, cinnamon, denim, and Old Spice. Or dark chocolate. But that's a bit anti-dementor for this site... If I had to pick a plant-ish scent to wake me up and make me feel alive, however, I'd choose lemongrass. __________________ peace

01-15-2010, 11:04 PM	#17
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,706	I would definitely have to say puppy breath. It sounds weird but it smell sooooo good when they are little. If a plant smell, I would have to agree with Fea and say lemongrass, very refreshing. __________________ grand return?........