Vital questions

[mrissa]

What do you think elves smell like? The full-sized Sidhe or Alfar or Tolkien kind, not the wee faaaaairies.

Comments

[columbina.livejournal.com]

Wood elves smell like the dusty stuff on the bark of some kinds of trees, like crepe myrtles or real magnolias (not these silly-ass northern trees sometimes called "magnolias"), that rubs off on your hands and clothes when you climb the trees. I can't describe it any better than that, but it's a very specific smell.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

It is, the smell of crepe myrtle dust. Very specific. There's a Madeleine L'Engle book that smells like crepe myrtle dust and tiny shells.