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[dooomcookie]

So yeah. Amortentia. That was really weird.

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[gdilevi]

What'd you smell? I'm nosy.

[dooomcookie]

I'm honestly surprised you didn't ask earlier.

Croissants and lillies. Peaches. Something that can only be described as the Park's house. [...] Some other stuff that's weird.

What about you?

[gdilevi]

I was busy and consumed by my own results and forgot.

That's so innocent. What does the Park's house smell like? I always guessed it was like the smell of Chris's clothes at the start of the school year. They have a different smell toward the end of the semester, but it gets refreshed after he's been home for a while.

Everything. I smelled everything. Cecil was the most overpowering but that's no secret. There was my dog, and my family, and my home, and my friends, and every boy I ever wanted to kiss. Mufasa was in there too. I LOVE HER SO MUCH.

[dooomcookie]

Those had to be some pretty good results.

What did you expect? Blood of virgins? Evil? The Park house is complex. There's definitely that detergent momMrs Park uses, but also the way SHE smells (which is like....all things mom) And then cooking and just. I don't know? Home? Chris only smells good when he's there. ;)

Wow. That is a lot. And you can accurately identify everything unlike me.

[gdilevi]

Yeah, I always figured Chris's clothes were only a piece of the puzzle that was The Park's House. A bit of him smelled like more than detergent, but it wasn't strong enough to place.

It's a lot, yeah. It's my fault for being a creep and wanting to smell everyone. I like learning little details about everyone I care for and scent is always one of them. So that way when I smell something similar to their scent, I'm reminded of good memories with them. I just didn't really consider that when I stepped up to sniff the potion. It was almost too much at once, but I also liked it a lot.

[addytives]

Sooo weird.
Maybe we'll go back to like
Hair thickening potions soon?

[dooomcookie]

Those are much easier to navigate in a room full of people.

Unless you really screw it up, I guess.

[addytives]

Yeaaah I can think of ten ways it could go wrong, at least.
The people part doesn't bother me so much, but I'm sorry that was weird for you :(
My smells were all realllyyy straightforward, so. Got lucky.

[catseyenebula.insanejournal.com]

Really weird right?

[dooomcookie]

I don't get that personal with people I'm really close to, and there I was confessing to the whole class.

Well most of it, anyway.

[catseyenebula.insanejournal.com]

I'm not even sure what a lot of mine are from.

[dooomcookie]

Most of mine were easy enough to identify. I still really want croissants too.

[indiefolk]

It was a really intimate moment to have in front of a couple dozen of our peers.

[gdilevi]

Just tuck it in your waistband.

your icon tho

[bambae]

[indiefolk]

I didn't mean like that. We're talking emotional intimacy.

[gdilevi]

Ohhh, emotional intimacy, I see.

Just tuck it in your waistband.

[bambae]

You were a little awkward afterwards though. There was some shifting and distracting going on. Are you sure you weren't tucking it in your waistband?

[dooomcookie]

Right? I really didn't appreciate having feelings in front of people.

[indiefolk]

I have a hard enough time keeping my feelings private without getting punched in the nose by love.

[dooomcookie]

I have the opposite problem, as I'm sure you've noticed. Mine are nothing but private.


Hypothetically, of course. If I had them at all.

[valentinez.insanejournal.com]

A handful of really good potions for teaching are those with taboo and strange uses, for some reason. I don't know. The more I think about it, the more I'm proud of Elmasry for including it in the curriculum.

[dooomcookie]

I mean it was really interesting? In a way? It just made me uncomfortable. Feelings aren't really my forte.

I did like smelling croissants and lilies, though. At least I know for sure where those came from. Unlike some...

What did you smell?

[valentinez.insanejournal.com]

Yeah. It's difficult to focus solely on the theory and methodology at play when it's [...] to create a substance like this. I feel most uncomfortable when I think about how it derives the scent(s)? I mean, where are they coming from? Is the potion interacting with an aspect of my physical chemistry, my brain, my mind, or [...]? It has bizarre implications no matter what you theorize.

Oh, yum. I didn I saw that

A lot of books! Something lemongrassy, like Vietnamese food. Sugar and tea. Some other stuff.

[caritasmitis.insanejournal.com]

I'm kind of envious of the people who had the chance to study and smell it by taking their time. That seems like it would be a more valuable experience.