Spicy

Cinnamon smells warm, slightly sweet, and gently peppery—imagine biting into a cinnamon stick and feeling that gentle heat bloom across your tongue, then translate that sensation to your nose. It's woody yet spicy, reminiscent of mulled wine, Christmas baking, and the dusty sweetness of ground spice in a baker's tin. The aroma feels almost edible, with a subtle dryness underneath that warmth, rather like the roof of your mouth after tasting the real thing. It's comforting without being cloying.

Gourmand

Sour milk is precisely what it suggests: the sharp, tangy pungency of yoghurt or slightly curdled cream, with an underlying sweetness that prevents it from becoming truly unpleasant. Imagine the piercing sourness of Greek yoghurt combined with warm, creamy butter—there's a lactonic richness beneath the acidic bite. It's unsettling at first sniff, deliberately challenging, yet oddly compelling. Think of the smell when you open a tub of sour cream on a warm day: that distinctive fermented tang mixed with dairy fat.