#hennessy

I drew Hennessy for the first time just a couple weeks ago. I’ve been so scared I wouldn’t be able to nail this glorious mess of a woman, but I ended up with a satisfying result on the third try. I need to loosen up

(The bottom right is Jordan, actually)

Character, book, and author names under the cut

great hair and a sword, the dream (lol) combo

jordan//hennessy

sources: x / x / x

i happen to be very passionate about perfume; i'm always thinking about what characters smell like when i read and write. so i figured i would make a list of what the characters of the raven cycle smell like in my opinion :-) if you don't agree, that's a you problem ! ! blue sargent:

obviously, blue smells like essential oils. specifically: lavender and patchouli. there's no question about it. her entire room smells like them, she steams them, the scent follows her everywhere, it's also in her hair. lavender essential oil helps you sleep, it's a staple of every witchy household. i also believe she burns sage and incense in her room so often she chokes on the fumes in her sleep. perfume-wise, she would go for something marketed as gender neutral, with amber and smoky notes, with a hint of floral: passage d'enfer, by l'artisan parfumeur

it's one of a kind, it smells like old wood, church incense, and lilies.. :-) dick gansey (mint aside) : gansey has two wolves inside him: old-money, popular, rower in a private school; but also lonely, passionate old man trapped in the body of a teenager. he needs a perfume that embodies those two sides of him. let me introduce you to rocabar, by hermès.

timeless perfume, not ostentatious but respected name in the biz. potentially his dad's or his grandfather's perfume. quirky on a young man; it smells like a dandy fifty-year old. but it's also kind of unforgettable? cypress and cedar, resinous bezoin melting on skin? yeah yeah yeah. he only has this one. keeps it his whole life, people know him by it. adam parrish:

pre harvard, adam smells like soap. just straight up soap, the most basic scent of soap ever. potentially shampoo, but the kind of shampoo that just smells like shampoo (head and shoulders kinda smell?). during Harvard, adam invests in a perfume. at first he's looking for something gansey would wear, but doesn't go for rocabar, too expensive, too gansey. he goes for a day-time perfume, something you'd wear in an office. also, i'm convinced adam has Very Good Taste and is sensitive to Good Things. so he would do some research and find a brand no one knows about, but still offers pretty accessible, good quality perfumes, being broke and all. something like 701 by bon parfumeur

fresh, clean, still has an originality to it that makes people go: oh, what's that perfume you're wearing? and he thrives on it. post harvard, adam takes an interest in niche perfumes. he goes for amber smells. elegant, expensive ones that make ronan go loco in the coco, perfumes that denote taste. ambre russe, by parfums d'empire

it's luxurious yet tame, warm and skin-like, but also old books? so so sexy, classy, expensive, it's one of the most beautiful perfumes i've ever smelled; it belongs to my beloved adam parrish. ronan lynch: listen. you know that boy smelled aggressively masculine in high school. so you already know the one.

sauvage, by dior. the ultimate fuckboy perfume. my fucking nemesis. if you wear this, i hate you and you have ruined lavender for me. you can smell him from a mile away, it's like he showers with it. that ambroxan note will cling to your throat for ever. you know when he's in school because that ungodly, disgusting perfume follows him everywhere he goes. overtime, and hopefully, with the help of our beloved adam, ronan learns more about perfume, still keeps that interest in Aggressive Smells. he goes for oud. if he doesn't dream it, he buys it:

oud maracuja, by maison crivelli. let's even pretend adam bought it for him, just to make me happy. it's a sexy, sexy perfume. aggressive, but in the best way. leathery and fruity, just like ronan :-) noah czerny: rip noah, you would've loved to finish your collection of axe deodorants henry cheng: obviously, henry cheng smells like one million by paco rabanne.

it's loud. so so loud. and the funny thing about one million is that it gets a bad reputation, mainly because of that godawful bottle. also, it was very popular among teenage boys and young men, which, for some people, means that it's bad? but it's not bad, that's the thing. you want to hate it so bad, but it's warm, and sweet, and lingers very nicely on skin. you wanna shame whoever's wearing it, but in the end, you kind of miss the days when people wore it so much... i believe that henry follows perfume trends, meaning that as he gets older, he would buy santal 33 by le labo. a good perfume, just not the most original scent ever.

declan lynch: our favorite manwhore wears, undoubtedly, portrait of a lady, by frederic malle.

ooooh, and he gatekeeps it. takes it to the grave. everyone notices it, but he always lies about the name. it's his little secret. see, spices and roses make a famous combination in the perfume market, but portrait of a lady is the most beautiful one. once you smell this you can't go back. so poetic, one spray will linger for weeks on a jacket; but it's also a little unusual, it makes your head turn in the street, not something you'd expect on a man like declan lynch. he loves surprising people with it. it's iconic, it's the perfume of someone who knows their shit. also, it's ridiculously expensive, but the price is justified by the quality of the raw materials, declan argues. - special mention for my girl, hennessy: for a long time, hennessy wore her mother's perfume (something like guerlain's shalimar, or nina ricci's l'air du temps). overtime, she figures out her own thing. and hennessy smells sweet and sexy. she goes for something fruity, amber-y, but with body and strength, carried by a liquor-like note.

idk what to tell you, it's sex in a bottle. it's a bad bitch perfume, who has her shit together, who has money, who can fuck anyone. it's sweet but not too sweet, it's a little dark but also comforting with the milky note; you don't see it coming, the seduction sneaks up on you.