The syrup of lilies hangs thick and sweet in the air, its cloying scent the traditional mask of death and rebirth: ashes and incense, rain and dirt, and something like rosin. It's the scent Hector associates with God. The scent of heavenly things.
Kimberly Morgan, On Angels and Rabbit Holes
death, death-and-dying, earth, god, heaven, incense, lily, perfume