Amortentia is a powerful love potion. It had a different aroma to everyone who breathed in the scent of the love potion. In general, the smell is based on what the person finds the most attractive.
You sit in the Potion room alongside your fellow classmates, your attention on the bubbling cauldron in front of you. Professor SIughorn had instructed the class to take their turn in smelling the Amortentia. One by one, each student approaches the cauldron, the vapors rising up in wisps as they lean in, identifying the scents they smell.
Soon, it's your turn to go up. Nervously, you step forward to the cauldron. You lean over the cauldron and take a deep breath, the sweet and complex smell filling your nostrils. You pause for a moment, trying to discern the different scents you’re smelling. Your eyes flutter shut as you concentrate on the sensations running through you.
You finally open your eyes and begin to describe the scents you smell. "I smell cinnamon, caramel and something musky" You pause as you lean in again.
As you continue to sniff, a new scent hits you. It takes a moment before you realise it. "Smoke from fireworks?" you breathe out.
Confusion fills your being, as you try to figure out why this scent was coming through. Before you could process it, Fred’s gaze catches yours from across the class, a smirk playing on his lips.
It’s then that realisation dawns on you. The combination of the scents: cinnamon, caramel and musk, mixed with the unexpected smell of fireworks. You realize in that moment that there's one person the mixture of scents could belong to: Fred.
Your heartbeat speeds up at the realisation. The combination of scents that had seemed so confusing suddenly made sense. Fred’s gaze remains fixed on you, his smirk growing wider, as if he knew exactly what you had figured out.