“Lignin, the stuff that prevents all trees from adopting the weeping habit, is a polymer made up of units that are closely related to vanillin. When made into paper and stored for years, it breaks down and smells good. Which is how divine providence has arranged for secondhand bookstores to smell like good quality vanilla absolute, subliminally stoking a hunger for knowledge in all of us.”
— From Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez’s Perfumes: the guide
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You’ve been around tons of animals, which is your favorite to snuggle and breathe in the scent of? Also did you ever wear perfume when you were mortal?
Since memories triggered by scent are the strongest... Send my muse a scent and see how they’ll react to it.I do not “snuggle” animals.
But I enjoy the scent of dogs, actually. Dogs smell like they understand you.
And yes, I wore perfume. Santa Maria Novella, from the Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella. You can still buy it today in the original store in Firenze, Italia.
Once, on a ‘vacation’ of sorts after his time on the chapel floor, I took Lestat there and told him to smell the signature scent. I was quite shocked at his reaction—he broke down weeping at the smell.
What did Louis smell like, when you were all cuddled up in the coffin with him?
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…I think you misunderstood the point of this game, anon. But I’ll answer you anyway.
You probably want me to say that he smelled faintly of burning wood.
No, he smelled a bit like perfume. A bit sweet, a bit musky. Very distinctly Louis. I’m not sure if I can really describe it, to be honest.
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