Sandalwood

Me, still obsessing over Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: The first time I read it, I thought Lan WangJi wore sandalwood because Wei WuXian liked sandalwood. They reference that he buys a sandalwood box, which implies he likes sandalwood. But now that I’m rereading it, I see that the punishment boards the GusuLan Sect uses to punish their disciples is sandalwood, so it’s like a vicious circle. Wei WuXian gets punished all the time, associates GusuLan Sect with the fragrance, associates Lan WangJi with the fragrance, likes the fragrance, Lan WangJi wears it to please Wei WuXian.
Austin: I have sandalwood fragrance, if you want to smell it.
He lathers himself with it. It has a warm, somewhat smokey smell to it.
Me: It’s nice.
Austin: You know what I associate it with? Urinal cakes.