Benji, Jasper, and Simone all have heightened senses and different magical species have very distinct smells.
Werewolves tend to smell very earthy and woodsy, with a little hint of dog, unsurprisingly. Magic-- think witches and spells and the like-- smells spicy, but also a little sweet. It’s got a citrusy feel to it. Benji’s scent is an odd mix of the two and he’s never really met anyone with the quite the right second scent, though he knows what an average wolf smells like.
Jasper usually smells earthy and woodsy, similar to a werewolf, but often with a hint of cat or bird in it. The slight hint of dog is there, too, because those are the things he shifts into the most. Not all shapeshifters smell like animals. There’s also slight bit of something close to hot pepper in his scent.
Simone smells like death in a way that would be unpleasant if they boys weren’t used to it by now. She doesn’t smell like dying, it’s not old people smell so much as just cold? It’s a weird word to apply to scent, but she does smell cold and a little more unnatural than either of the boys, but it doesn’t bother them. Sometimes she smells like old books, but that’s not so much a vampire thing as it is a Simone thing.
