Sweet Stench

Some roots of shrubberies from the sylphlands can be refined into sweet smelling perfume. While the odour is distinctive and prominent it also is very fleeting and usually just the opening fragrance.

However the roots can be grinded into powder and mixed with foul stinking excretions of malboros, using alchemy. If done correctly the result loses all distinctive odour from its ingredients. This so called sweet stench powder can now be applied on any surface remaining neutral. If the surface is exposed to physical use after the application, the odour seal is broken and a strong sweet smell is emitted. This effect is worn out quickly and replaced by the more foul smell of the malboro – hence the name sweet stench.

Especially Miqo'te's sharp senses suffer from both, the sweet and the stench phase.