Across
- 6. Resin/incense note tied to ritual warmth
- 8. Morning promise after the longest night
- 10. Longest night; turning point when light returns
- 11. What scent unlocks (paired with light)
- 15. Fragrant ritual
- 17. Note named in “gleaming light” scent build
- 20. Incense used to anchor calm and resolve
- 21. Tart note described as a “velvety gleam”
- 22. Nutcracker’s stand-in for wonder
- 24. Term for intentional scent-association “magic”
- 25. 1982 horror classic
- 26. Reflection type behind gleaming highlights
Down
- 1. Ingredient with a “see Tonka” cross-reference
- 2. Modern aroma-chemical workhorse mentioned
- 3. Childhood scent revisited in the library story
- 4. Flickering solstice light source
- 5. Tchaikovsky's most enduring work
- 7. A repeated theme: intention + body + senses
- 9. Resin note in the scent translation
- 12. Nutcracker’s villain
- 13. “Breath” of flame in the gleam-to-scent translation
- 14. Spanish film director
- 16. Celtic midwinter festival of returning light
- 18. Iconic fragrance in the Scent Lending Library list
- 19. Another word used for specular reflection
- 21. Modern aroma-chemical workhorse mentioned
- 23. Seattle’s winter darkness nickname