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@jisusushi

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:04 AM

People complaining about overused scents in romance fiction/fanfic (vanilla, petrichor, woods, etc.) I raise you:

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@jisusushi

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:04 AM

Brimstone.

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@jisusushi

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:04 AM

I know you've only ever heard of it in fiction and you think it's a cool and interesting scent to give your edgy demon character.

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@jisusushi

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:04 AM

It smells like fart.

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@jisusushi

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:04 AM

Stop.

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@bazaarine

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:05 AM

YEAH THAT AND SULFUR I'M LIKE NOOOO

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@glodell

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:05 AM

i'm... do people not know that's just sulphur

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@jisusushi

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:05 AM

apparently not!

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@starsandauras

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:05 AM

I don't think they do, no

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@glodell

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:05 AM

that is unfortunate

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@starsandauras

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:06 AM

Guys just use "[insert tree here] smoke," it doesn't need to make sense

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@bazaarine

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:06 AM

i don't think they do but i also think many don't know what sulfur smells like bc again it's so frequently used in relation to any depiction of hell & demons

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@askaboutourspecials

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:06 AM

when demons fart it smells like lilacs, that's the embarrassing smell to them

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@bazaarine

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:07 AM

just say it smells like ash or something....... please........

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@opalinesque

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 4:20 AM

ASH IS A MUCH NICER SMELL THAT SULFUR AND STILL HAS HELLFIRE IMPLICATIONS

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@RShini

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 5:15 AM

Granted if it is supposed to be unpleasant, then yea, go sulfur, get that rotten egg for your nasty demon

Goin' Batty

@m_logan_2k2

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 6:20 AM

how about the scent of a freshly struck match?

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@m_logan_2k2

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 6:21 AM

if you want something fiery but also not horrible?

pastel ranma

@malkuthsoldier

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 11:03 AM

anything: smoke, gunpowder, plz

pastel ranma

@malkuthsoldier

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 11:05 AM

Just for the love of everything, do not make your incubus smell like farts and/or rotten eggs

r💀ll them b💀nes

@SwirlingFlight

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 11:12 AM

Puts a new spin on the tradition of egging houses, though

-= Carrie =-

@CarriePika

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 12:43 PM

brimstone is great if you want your demon to be big and terrifying and scary! Or even nasty and gross.

But not if you're going for sexy.

-= Carrie =-

@CarriePika

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 12:45 PM

Just personally, I've always been under the impression that since demons are just fallen of some form? That they're like angels are in the old 90s movie Michael.
They smell different to everyone. Cause they always smell like the most wonderful thing you've ever smelled in your life.

-= Carrie =-

@CarriePika

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 12:46 PM

There's straight up a scene with a woman talking about how Michael smells like her Grandmother's cookies.

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@woodrift

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 12:57 PM

oh people who live in coastal areas know the smell of sulphur, they just don't know it

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@woodrift

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 12:57 PM

it's the rank low tide smell

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@woodrift

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 12:57 PM

you know, the one that smells like something died

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@woodrift

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 12:58 PM

Great for an oceanic menace as well, tbh

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@woodrift

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 12:59 PM

but if you want sexy and underworld vibes? everyone thinks of smoke and explosives but we also have the dry, sometimes chalky, scent of stones and mason dust

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@woodrift

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 12:59 PM

heck, gasoline could be a fun one, too

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@woodrift

Sat, Oct 18, 2025 1:00 PM

metals too - copper is a fun one