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 Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:42 pm
So, I was traipsing about the interweb earlier today and stumbled upon this interesting little article (Click Here) and was intrigued. Mind you I had several feather ruffled by the suggestion that Female steampunk Personas aren't fleshed out or are picked at random, the principle idea was interesting and so I figured I'd pop by to ask you chaps what you thought of it and to ask the question: What do you think the definitive scent of steampunk is? I personally like to imagine a blend of pomegranates, old books and the smell of a hot steamengine... but that's jsut me ^_Q
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:10 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:14 pm
the smell of burning fuels, and the smell of machine oil...-sniffs-...I love it
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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:44 am
Coal dust and smoke and oil and dirty air. Smog full of soot from the factories and vehicles.
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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:31 am
Good heavens, they don't just suggest such inequity, they outright state such. Quite the affront, I daresay. Someone certainly seems not to have their cogs aligned properly, I'll say that much!
EDIT: To me, perhaps the smell of warm metal, old leather, and...lilacs. Don't ask me why, that's merely the opinion of a mad rambler.
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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:44 pm
I say Old leather,exaust fumes,and Tea
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Quotable Conversationalist
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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:33 pm
The heavy scent of crushed tea leaves, old damp leather and that taste brass leaves in your mouth when you handle it.
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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:27 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:43 pm
I think it would depend on your character.
For me (an adventuress), it would be animal skin, sand, leather, with a touch of formaldehyde.
((I have to agree about what he mentions about women. Most female steampunks I've seen are more like "steamsluts" who dropped fresh out of the goth scene...))
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:26 am
I'm from 'The Goth Scene'(still am) if you look at it technically, does that really matter? I don't think I'm a "SteamSlut" just because I'm expanding my interests.
I think that it would smell of warm leather, leather polish and engine oil.
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:15 am
Tea and burning coal biggrin
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 1:31 am
Hmmmm.. Myself, warm metals, peppermint and well loved leather.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:35 am
Lilacs and engine grease.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:31 pm
Everybody's pretty much summed it up already:
*Burning coal and smoke
*Hot engine grease
*Tea of all assortments, herbs too
*Leather
*Metallic odors/aftertastes
Plus a few of my own:
*Burning anything
*Rotting/uncured wood
*Wood fresh off the mill/saw (article mentioned it)
*Dampness (that smell from humidity, steam, and standing water)
*Steamed meat (Two birds, one stove, right?)
*Stews, pies, and other old-fashioned "throw it all in" comfort foods
*Tobacco (article mentioned it too, not my preference though)
*Licorice (it just seems appropriate)
*Liquor... Can't have sober airship pirates, now, can we?
Mmmm, smell is such a deeply psychological sensation. I can practically smell all of these right now.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:39 pm
This thread is so wonderfully inspiring.
Copper.
No idea why, because that's the same scent I associate with zombies.
Oh, and leather, to a lesser extent. Tobacco smoke too, how could I forget that.
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