How do they smell?

Zarathustra May 1, 2020 4:04 pm

I have this thing with every story I read. I imagine the smell and the scent of the places, times and especially the characters... how they would smell like if they were real people.
For historical pieces, I'm not a historian but I can't help but think in general the world was a stinky place... open sewages, no convenience of modern washing and softener with wonderful smells, no deodorants or good smelling soaps... I wonder royalty would have access to fragrant oils for bathing, lotions, perfumes and regular washes for clothes but poor dirty people probably would not smell very fresh...
In my head, Nakyum couldn't smell bad anyway... maybe his clothes smell of dry, cheap, poor garments but I would give him a baby smell, sweet just because he seems so innocent and even if he drags around with the same dirty clothes, we can't imagine Nakyum smelling anything but sweet and I bet Seungho just drowns himself on it.
Seungho to me smells as good as he looks... masculine sweat but not pungent, plus he is a lord after all, with all the expensive care he can afford. I imagine Seungho smells of sin, lust, faint smoke (because he partakes on it), rich bathing oils, ... besides, the man is the most disputed dick in town so besides fucking good he must smell like seduction too, right?
Jihwa must smell so extravagant ... like he overdoes lotions, oils and whatever is the most expensive shit and probably something fruity, lol. His auburn hair must smell wonderful though.
Inhun must smell as dry as his personality. Plain, practical smell, reasonable toiletries but nothing luxurious ... he does envies though the higher luxuries so I bet he tries his best to look and smell as a lord and I bet he just can't stand the smell of his illiterate pupils because he despises poverty.
The nameless hot hobo: Hot indeed but I couldn't stop thinking about how bad a street performer of those days must smell, especially because of how rough the man looks. I suppose there is attraction on pungent manly smell of sweet, piss and unchanged clothes but all I could think is that is one rough deal to be a street entertainer on those days, lol.
Last but not least ... Nakyum now must be smelling even more delicious since he seems to be enjoying all the pamper of new clothes and whatever else as the Lord's lover.

Responses
    Peehu May 1, 2020 4:44 pm

    OMG THIS IS SUCH A COOL INSIGHT, SORRY I MEANT TO LIKE

    sel May 1, 2020 5:19 pm

    That was so interesting, thank you!:)

    Danae May 1, 2020 6:25 pm

    LOLLLL!!! I love it. Jihwa, Inhun and hot smelly hobo downvoted you though, lol.

    Jihwa would like to let everyone know that he yes, he does smells like a peach in blossom but he downvoted it because he wants everyone to know he smell much sweeter than any lowborn!

    Inhun downvoted this because he is outraged that someone would say he smells like a wannabe lord. He thinks all the rich oils are wasted on a sodomite like Seungho by the way.

    Hot-smelly-Hobo downvoted this because he admits he smells like sweat (you meant sweat, right?) , piss and unchanged clothes but so what? the ladies dig the funky smell, okay?

    Zarathustra May 1, 2020 6:31 pm
    OMG THIS IS SUCH A COOL INSIGHT, SORRY I MEANT TO LIKE Peehu

    Glad you liked it!

    Zarathustra May 1, 2020 6:31 pm
    That was so interesting, thank you!:) sel

    Thank you! That was fun to imagine :)

    Zarathustra May 1, 2020 6:35 pm
    LOLLLL!!! I love it. Jihwa, Inhun and hot smelly hobo downvoted you though, lol.Jihwa would like to let everyone know that he yes, he does smells like a peach in blossom but he downvoted it because he wants eve... Danae

    LOL. Yeah, I misspelled it. I meant sweat, piss and clothes that are not washed or changed for days... lol. That hot street performer marinated on sun and circus life would not smell fresh at all, lol.