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

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.

Evisse the Blue · 02-06-2011, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Valier

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.

No, it doesn't sound weird, you are totally right about puppy breath.

I think for me athelas would smell like fresh winter air. Or new spring grass.

Actually, the modern me would go for a combination of 'fresh coffee + good tobacco plus a whiff of special aftershave', but two of these ingredients are missing from ME.

Dilettante · 02-06-2011, 06:15 PM

Hmm.... The most healing and enchanting smell in the world.

I think athelas would smell like sun-warmed, dried pine needles. Sharp and pungent, but fresh and clean.

xMellrynxMaidenx · 02-07-2011, 12:51 AM

For me it would have a sort of lavender smell to it, maybe. With a hint of oak leaf (smells like the earth after it falls from the tree and decays, in case some of you don't know). So a real earthy smell to me, maybe the woods after a nice rainfall.

I'm thinking more so the latter of the options I listed.

Rikae · 02-09-2011, 12:23 PM

First springlike day in late February - melting snow, damp earth and warmth, and also a touch of the early 90's Suave shampoo that came in a black bottle, and a bit of laundry soap and fog. Finally, notes of star magnolia, but only the day they open, after a winter that hasn't been too harsh.

Firefoot · 02-09-2011, 06:11 PM

Cilantro.

Maybe also with some pine and that fresh rain-washed scent mixed in.

01-15-2010, 11:04 PM	#1
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?........

02-06-2011, 06:15 PM	#3
Dilettante Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: As my whimsey takes me. Posts: 43	Hmm.... The most healing and enchanting smell in the world. I think athelas would smell like sun-warmed, dried pine needles. Sharp and pungent, but fresh and clean. __________________ "One equal temper of heroic hearts,Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. " Tennyson, Ulysses

02-07-2011, 12:51 AM	#4
xMellrynxMaidenx Wight Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Riding with the Grey Company Posts: 120	For me it would have a sort of lavender smell to it, maybe. With a hint of oak leaf (smells like the earth after it falls from the tree and decays, in case some of you don't know). So a real earthy smell to me, maybe the woods after a nice rainfall. I'm thinking more so the latter of the options I listed. __________________ ~\|And all will turn, to silver glass. A light on the water, Grey ships pass, Into the West. \|~ "Few now remember them...yet still some go wandering, sons of forgotten kings walking in loneliness, guarding from evil things folks that are heedless."

02-09-2011, 12:23 PM	#5
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	First springlike day in late February - melting snow, damp earth and warmth, and also a touch of the early 90's Suave shampoo that came in a black bottle, and a bit of laundry soap and fog. Finally, notes of star magnolia, but only the day they open, after a winter that hasn't been too harsh.

02-09-2011, 06:11 PM	#6
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Cilantro. Maybe also with some pine and that fresh rain-washed scent mixed in.