An incredibly strong, sweet smell, pungent to the point of being stifling, that often encourages misplaced and frantic sensations of exuberance. The feelings caused by calliferant scents often result in mild to shocking behavioral changes, including (but not limited to) a person throwing open windows, whereupon which they will thrust their upper half out into the elements and began belting Disney tunes. This usually signals wildlife within a ten to thirteen mile radius, drawing all manner of woodland creatures to the panicked singer in droves. Most often, the sound of the music will be accompanied by smaller varieties of birds flitting about the head and face of the singer, though larger corvids have been reported. In March 1937 a condor was reported colliding with one unlucky individual. Near the final week of October, bats have been generally reported.
The scent of rotten wax was cloying, like sweettree gum painting the inside of his nostrils, thick and calliferant.
by Arcadian Decay December 8, 2018