i think its fun when people use the trope of vampires thinking that werewolves smell like shit but its especially funny to me when they say a werewolf smells like 'wet dog' . like specifically WET dog? not dry dog? something about werewolves makes them smell damper than any normal dog even if theyre dry as a bone? fascinating implications. wet werewolf vs creepy vampire. much to consider.
Idea: vampires are particularly sensitive to the smell of blood, sweat and other secretions as part of being able to track prey, and the natural fur oils and/or sweatiness of extra body hair in werewolves makes them smell especially strong in a way that's overwhelming to vamp noses, like when someone wears really strong perfume.
Either that or vamps are naturally dry as fuck and get so used to their own dusty crusty scent that any juicy living flesh smells weird now
I mean the "vampires are dry as fuck" lore makes a lot of sense. they're decaying corpses. they've lived in many cases for hundreds of years without an ordinary metabolism. they need blood because they themselves are exsanguinated.
The wet parts of the body are all the parts that represent life. The vampire is lifeless. Therefore it follows that a vampire is dry. Now, if we drive this proposition to its natural conclusion, mayhaps vampires don't need to feed strictly on the blood of living things but rather their wetness. Blood's just the most lively of liquids.
So a vampire trying to avoid waste after killing a human will lick off all the sweat, tear the meat and organs for water, acids, and other moisture. And all the while collecting any spilling blood for later, leaving only the bones and slouched skin and all else that was dry by the end.
This also implies a vampire could live at least a short while from wringing out used gym towels.
