Do y'all remember Aromatix? I didn't until someone favorited the og piece from 2019 on dA! and that was enough for me to want to revisit it but on the AU bases this time - and also add Roxy, Dia and Daphne to the mix! There's not much to this form - I structured it to be like the comic forms, so it's more gimmicky than anything else, see also: the same wings for everyone. Aromatix is the form of scents, and so they're all based after that! more below: (big thanks to both @emsartwork and @lunar-draws, which helped me brainstorm the three newcomers to this form!)
Bloom keeps her og scent of dragon's blood, the sap from the dragon tree that looks like blood when cut. It gives off a sweet but strong smell, and I felt that fit Bloom pretty well beyond the dragon associations.
Originally just generic spring, Flora has now the more specific cherry blossom scent, mainly because I wanted to work with pastels and plus they do fit Flora's vibe.
Tecna keeps coffee as her scent, because look at me in the eyes and tell me she does not run exclusively on the substance.
Stella also kept her citrus scent, because citrus, much like her, can go wildly between charming and pleasant to downright annoying lol.
Musa also keeps her berries, still mainly focused on blue and black berries, if only because fruitier scents just seem to fit her!
Originally mint, Aisha now has sea salt as her smell! It carries the same feeling of refreshing and invigorating, plus she's water, so it seemed fitting.
Diaspro comes in with the scent of honey rock candy! discussing it with Ems and Lunar helped narrow this down since both sugar and honey tend to crystallize, fitting her powers, plus I can see Dia going for sweet and strong smells on the regular to assert her dominance lol.
Fellow newcomer Daphne takes Aisha's original mint, for similar reasons as her but also because mint is also associated with nymphs and I felt it fitting lol.
Lastly, Roxy comes in with a pistachio scent! because nuts in general seemed fitting for her and because it adds a different tone compared to the rest.
Okay so literally 3 months ago I made a shitpost about how I could totally see a transformation made out of scents/candles. Said shitpost proved to be quite popular, which (really stupid late but whooops) ended up in these! They’re styled as if they were one of the one-off comic transformation, hence the same wings and repeating patterns. (but more in vein of the Power of Food than say, Paintix)
As for each scent!
Bloom’s based off dragon’s blood, a scent made out of a red tree sap/resin that looks like blood when boiled. It smell sweet yet strong, which is a good fit for Bloom. (thanks for the reccomendation @whatevercat !)
Stella’s citrus, since I felt a sweet, yet kinda sour and occasionally annoying scent was perfect for her (and it was a good excuse to put her in green, since she looks amazing in it)
Flora is the obvious choice of spring flowers, but I took the chance to use yellow and purple on her, to vary it up from the obvious predominantly-pink choice.
Tecna’s coffee, based off my own headcanon that she lives off the substance a good 95% of the time. Plus, it’s associated with people working on computers and stuff, so it felt fitting.
Aisha’s peppermint, since it’s used to both relax someone as well as to re-energize them, which are both things Aisha needs a lot of the time. It was a chance to put her in green once more, which I have not done in literal years.
Musa, lastly, is based off berries (mainly black and blueberries), since it was sweet, but with a hint of more bitter taste that flowers would not have provided. Plus, I wanted someone to wear cool colors after I realized most of them were in warm shades.
Base used made by Feeleam, with some modifications
