I have seen several references to the Ulfens "unique smell"....but can't find a single reference to exactly what that means.
Can anyone enlighten me ???
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They are big, sweaty brutes who wear a lot of furs and don't bathe often.
Mix one part field laborer, two parts wet dog, a smidgen of sour milk, and one part smelly hobo. Stir well, heat at 365 for one hour, and voila, your very own Ulfen stench!
They are big, sweaty brutes who wear a lot of furs and don't bathe often.
Mix one part field laborer, two parts wet dog, a smidgen of sour milk, and one part smelly hobo. Stir well, heat at 365 for one hour, and voila, your very own Ulfen stench!
God's above I hope your joking :P
If you lived in the frozen north, faced monsters all day long, and were afraid to take off your armor and take a bath because that water's COLD, and a linnorm might eat you, you might get a little ripe, too.
Please, people. Is it too much to ask for a little cultural understanding?
I wonder if the other warriors would call my character a "girle mann" for wearing scented oils or something.......
All you humans have a 'unique smell'. Most of you end up smelling like some combination of armpit and feet. Cavalry tend to smell like horse and armpit, children smell like the dogs they play with, farmers smell like dirt and funk, and Ulfen smell like damp straw and foot.
Really, that's why the best spices make the best perfumes.
Pickled herring.
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No you are all worng Ulfen smell lke ludifisk.
Except in Ulfen lands, the ludefisk is made out of old linnorms.
Drying it and preserving it with lye seems like a very practical northern solution to what to do with all that meat.
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I assume the Ulfen are living much like the Norse they are modeled after. This means that they are living together a large number of people in large rectangular buildings called longhouses. One end of the longhouse is used as a barn, where they would store crops and also house animals. In the middle of the floor there would be a firepit used for heat, light and cooking. There would be no chimney, so the entire building would be quite smoky, and there would be gaps in the ceiling where the smoke could escape.
The notion that the Norse was filthy was however probably a myth. Anglo-Saxon sources actually refers to the Norse as clean-freaks since they bathed once a week (the original meaning of the Scandinavian word for Saturday, or laurdag/lørdag/lördag, is Washing Day). They also had a quite strong soap that was not only used when bathing, but also to bleach their hair. Arab writers also comment on Norse cleanliness, and there are descriptions that they washed every morning.
So if this also applies to the Ulfen, this means that they would probably have a mostly smoky smell.
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This thread reminds me of an Orc characters response to getting hit with an acid splash during one of our games.
"IT BURNS.....It burns like HYGIENE"
Arab writers also comment on Norse cleanliness, and there are descriptions that they washed every morning.
In all fairness....the description of HOW they washed sounds more like a brotherly sharing of funk, than actual washing :P
I assume the Ulfen are living much like the Norse they are modeled after. This means that they are living together a large number of people in large rectangular buildings called longhouses. One end of the longhouse is used as a barn, where they would store crops and also house animals. In the middle of the floor there would be a firepit used for heat, light and cooking. There would be no chimney, so the entire building would be quite smoky, and there would be gaps in the ceiling where the smoke could escape.
The notion that the Norse was filthy was however probably a myth. Anglo-Saxon sources actually refers to the Norse as clean-freaks since they bathed once a week (the original meaning of the Scandinavian word for Saturday, or laurdag/lørdag/lördag, is Washing Day). They also had a quite strong soap that was not only used when bathing, but also to bleach their hair. Arab writers also comment on Norse cleanliness, and there are descriptions that they washed every morning.
So if this also applies to the Ulfen, this means that they would probably have a mostly smoky smell.
Not to mention well groomed. Apparently it's harder to find a "viking" archaeological site without combs than one with.
I assume the Ulfen are living much like the Norse they are modeled after. This means that they are living together a large number of people in large rectangular buildings called longhouses. One end of the longhouse is used as a barn, where they would store crops and also house animals. In the middle of the floor there would be a firepit used for heat, light and cooking. There would be no chimney, so the entire building would be quite smoky, and there would be gaps in the ceiling where the smoke could escape.
The notion that the Norse was filthy was however probably a myth. Anglo-Saxon sources actually refers to the Norse as clean-freaks since they bathed once a week (the original meaning of the Scandinavian word for Saturday, or laurdag/lørdag/lördag, is Washing Day). They also had a quite strong soap that was not only used when bathing, but also to bleach their hair. Arab writers also comment on Norse cleanliness, and there are descriptions that they washed every morning.
So if this also applies to the Ulfen, this means that they would probably have a mostly smoky smell.
Very gamey with hints of smoke and honey. Strong enough to stand next to a merlot but subtle enough to pair with a nice pinot.
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I have seen several references to the Ulfens "unique smell"....but can't find a single reference to exactly what that means.
Can anyone enlighten me ???
If they are anything like the Vikings... then they are VERY clean people. The woman of England loved Viking men because they did not stink. They bathed regular and took sauna baths.
So the Big Sweaty comment is false.
So...the "unique Ulfen smell" would be...scented soap and creme conditioner with a hint of aromatherapy candle smoke? >_> <_<
So...the "unique Ulfen smell" would be...scented soap and creme conditioner with a hint of aromatherapy candle smoke? >_> <_<
And the blood of their enemies.
So...the "unique Ulfen smell" would be...scented soap and creme conditioner with a hint of aromatherapy candle smoke? >_> <_<
Or Birch oil from the sauna, which has an almost wintergreen type scent, and was used to stimulate blood flow.
I'd still like to know what the designers intent was :(
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I think the intent was noting that what humans eat tends to come out in their sweat. People who eat a lot of dairy tend to have a "butter stink" which can be disgusting to those who don't eat dairy. People who eat various herbs and spices heavily in their cuisine have those same essential oils come out in their body oil. Covering up the smell of garlic isn't just a matter of popping a breath mint. You eat peanut butter, you'll smell like peanut oil, and if you eat lamb, you smell like mutton.
Most people don't notice because they don't have a good sense of smell or pretend they don't notice because commenting on other people's smells is considered impolite to the border of insulting. Saying that someone smells like their national cuisine is fighting words, made more troublesome by it also being factually correct, generally speaking. If you subsist on a certain plant or animal product, it's hard to not smell like that thing.
Shortbread! And sword oil!
So...the "unique Ulfen smell" would be...scented soap and creme conditioner with a hint of aromatherapy candle smoke? >_> <_<And the blood of their enemies.
That's what they bath in daily.
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The woman of England loved Viking men because they did not stink.I thought English women loved Viking men because they didn't get a choice in the matter? :b
Same thing. Have you smelled an Englishman?
Same thing. Have you smelled an Englishman?The woman of England loved Viking men because they did not stink.I thought English women loved Viking men because they didn't get a choice in the matter? :b
haha, That was hilarious.
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Same thing. Have you smelled an Englishman?The woman of England loved Viking men because they did not stink.I thought English women loved Viking men because they didn't get a choice in the matter? :b
I won't say, but if you do, you should never admit it.
Last guy who went on about smelling Englishmen ended up at the bottom of a giant beanstalk with a broken neck.
They would smell like the sea and fish if they were out sailing for a few weeks without the comforts of the longhouse. Herring season would be a big fish time too. But yes we bath often and comb much and braid our hair and beards= see Dwarves for examples. Saunas and jumping in the snow was our invention, and so was bathing in winter.
Mmmmm....lye.