Sunday Reflections: Your weekly Insights from outside the Pulpit

Entering the Realm of Prophetic Smelling

Dec 08, 2024

Happy Sabbath cousin’s

We’re back with a new Sunday Reflection, and today I’m doing something different—it’s giving story time with a side of rabbit hole, so bear with me. Before we start… Grab a cup of tea, sit back and relax while we engage in a “Get To Know Me” chat.

This morning, as I was getting ready to type up this chat, I initially thought I’d continue our conversation about becoming a powerful woman. Part of that journey, after all, is staying true to who you are—what you believe, what you feel, and the essence of your being. But as I sat there, something in me shifted. The topic I’d planned to chat about felt distant compared to what was actually taking up space in my mind. In my random act of rebellion to honor myself I decided to switch from the scheduled topic to something else.

If you’re not in a spiritually inclined place in life this may be where you check yourself, respect yourself, and do what’s best for yourself.

Now entering Candice’s chat…

This week I’ve been meaning to sit down and do some research on prophetic smelling. Sounds a bit out there, right? But stay with me. It all started earlier this week, when I woke up one morning to an overwhelming fragrance—strong, familiar, and also nowhere to be found.

It was a scent that seemed to come from nowhere, and it brought back a memory from last year. I’d woken up from a vivid dream while opening my eyes, I could smell pine. The aroma lingered long enough for me to identify it before it faded away. I remember telling my best friend about it, and she began to explain something I had never heard of before: the gift of prophetic smells.

**The gift of smell is a powerful sense that allows us to interact with our environment**

After that conversation, I promised myself I would learn more, but like many things, it got pushed to the back of my mind…. until this week.

On Tuesday morning, I woke up again, this time with the distinct scent of laundry detergent in the air. I sat up, trying to make sense of what I was smelling. I took another whiff, and it was gone—just as the pine scent from last year. I started to wonder: What does the scent of laundry detergent represent to me? Almost immediately, I heard two words in my spirit: newness and fresh.

Naturally, I went straight to Google, hoping for some form of knowledge, but I couldn’t find a single article that explained what I was experiencing. As the day went on, I found myself taking a break and strolling through Substack when I suddenly smelled something citrusy. I enjoyed a mini LOL moment before thinking- Okay, God, what are You trying to show me here?

That’s when I turned to YouTube and found a video titled, “The Spirtual Sense of Smell” After watching it, I focused my attention on the scents I’d been experiencing. Nothing came to me until this morning. Finally, I received the revelation: fruit.

God doesn’t always show up when we expect Him to, but His timing is always perfect.

In that moment, the combination of pine, laundry detergent, and citrus made sense to me. The message was clear: I was in an atmosphere containing new, fresh fruit.

Scents are mentioned all throughout the Bible, from frankincense to myrrh. Certain aromas are tied to anointing and authority. Google defines prophetic smell (holy smells) as "a specific scent that emanates from the bodies of saints." These scents can be connected to both good and bad things, aiding as premonitions for our well-being.

I don’t fully understand this gift yet, but I’m learning. As you reflect on today’s chat, I want to encourage you to— stay open to the unexpected ways God might be speaking to you—whether through a scent, a feeling, or a whisper in your spirit. Pay attention to the small things, and ask yourself: What might this mean for me right now?

I pray you welcome embracing curiosity and begin to desire understanding prophetic gifts in your life.

If you’ve encountered something similar, I’m all ears and ready to hear!

*In Ephesians 5:2 Christ’s love is called a”fragrant offering”. While Paul informs us that God uses us to spread the aroma of God’s knowledge in 2 Corinthians 2:14.

PROPHETIC SMELL AROMAS LIST

Alcohol - spirit. Someone needs deliverance
Aloe - healing/comfort
Almonds - Authority - Gods choice
Amber - throne - invitation from God
Ammonia - cleanse
Ants = new trails
Apples = beloveds breath smells like sweet apples - freedom
Ashes - burnt up, now clean
Baby powder - comfort
Bananas = Gentleness
Barbeque = Rhema word
Barley - Harvest
Blackberry - cleansing
Bread - fresh word
Bubble gum - childlike
Buckwheat - little rascals (term of endearment - childlike. Having fun
Burning - (good) fire of God
Burning -(bad) enemy leading to wrong direction
Butterscotch - sweet perfect oil
Campfire -counsel of God -wisdom. Hang out with God
Cassia - fragrance of Jesus
Cat pee - wrong plan or lasciviousness
Cedar - incorruptible ? Royalty
Cherries - balm
Chocolate - sweet spirit - pain killer
Cigar = grandfather and children-
Cigarette smoke - deliverance from addiction
Cinnamon - fragrance of creation
Cleaner - LYSOL etc cleanse from spirits
Cloves - Taste for God
Coconut = Good teaching milk and meat
Coffee = wake up
Cookies - Heavenly Manna
Cotton Candy - end of something - finish meeting, teaching etc
Cumin - seeds of truth
Dirt - flesh
Dog pee = territorial spirit
Disinfectant - cleanse from spirits
Dog - religious spirit
Dog ( wet) homosexual spirit
Eggs - life
Eggs - rotten - seed gone bad
Eucalyptus - medicine - laughter
Figs - self effort
Fir Tree - Grande and stately
Fish - grace
Fish, bad False prophesy
Flowers - heavenly realm
Fly spray - truth kills lies
Frankincense - portal - more of God
Garlic - healthy
Gardenia - wedding
Gingerbread - word made palatable
Gold -taste Heavenly
Grapes - loyal
Grapefruit - self control; staying focused
Grass - fading
Green plants - new life
Hair spray - trying to keep reputation, let go
Herbs - words from God to heal
Honey - revelation
Honeysuckle - praise
Horses smell= flesh-
Horses - sound, prepare for war
Jasmine = deep love
Lavender - Purity
Leather - new wineskin
Leeks - fruit from the world
Lemons - refresh
Lilac - Lover aroma from your heart
Lilies - intercession
Lily of the Valley - Holy Clothing Jesus righteousness
Limes - refreshing - enhance flavor
Liquorice - Freshener = cleansing -Praise
Maple Syrup - Awakening
Meat - Mature word
Meat rotting - word/truth distorted
Metal taste - discernment
Milk = warm = getting ready to receive
Milk sour - turning sour on life
Mothballs = preserve = ancient mantles and anointings
Musk - conception
Mustard - small beginning but real faith involved
Myrrh - washing away pride, vanity.
Myrtle - Beautiful
Nursing home smell - move on
Ocean - restless
Oil - anointing
Oil, rancid - anointing gone bad
Olives - anointing (Israel) Oak - Righteousness - spiritual relationship
Onions - good things of Egypt
Orange Love - sweet companionship of the Lord
Oriental spices - Caution - eastern, false light
Palm - Faithful
Peaches - joy = sense of well being. God loves me
Pear - patience
Pee - renew a right spirit
Pencil shavings = write
Peppermint - refreshing
Peppers - deliverance
Perfume , stale - religious spirit
Pine - grows in the sun - high vision- able to see
Pineapple - Balance = staying in the Spirit all the time
Poop - human mystic - false prophesy
Popcorn - break out, explosions of God. Promises bursting forth
Rain - Refresh - blessings- teaching
Rats - works of the mind = abomination
Roast Beef - maturity
Roses - Jesus sweetheart
Sea - humanity
Smoke - prayer
Soap - cleansing
Sour milk - turning sour on circumstances or life
Spikenard - Prayer - praise
Strawberries = friendship with God, Healing.
Sweet Potatoes - Humility potatoes - unity
Sulphur - demonic
Tanning oil - resting in the spirit -laying out
Toast -getting slammed by God
Tomato - kindness - generous
Vanilla - milk and honey ( pure word and revelation)
Water up nose, cleansing of the mind
Wet dog - homosexual spirit
White shoulders perfume - good government
White linen perfume - clothed with His Righteousness
Wine - Holy Spirit
Woodsmoke - burning cleansing