Torpentaphol

Torpentaphol is a substance that was thought to be crafted by a chemicals company, but when the company became defunct it was discovered that this was a substance extracted from a particular type of barley. The extraction isn't even all that complicated, nor is growing the specific strain of barley. The discovery of how simple the process was made it fairly unpopular overnight as it was generally deemed a luxury good before that.   It is used exclusively for its smell, or rather its "smell." By itself, the smell is quite unique and vaguely resembles a rose scent combined with wet sheep. Some people insist it smells like beer, but this is regarded to come from an inferior processing. Once combined with sleeping agents, however, it effectively neutralizes whatever smell the original substance had and renders it scentless.   A/n: She means chloroform. When torpentaphol is combined with chloroform, it completely neutralizes its smell without doing anything to change the chemical composition or use of the chloroform.   There are at least a few different drugs that torpentaphol can be combined with to neutralize its smell, rendering it harder to detect. This does not prevent a residue from clinging to something, but if you can't smell it then it's that much harder to know that you need to even swab for it.   Torpentaphol is mostly nonreactive, but outside of sleep agents you can expect some interference with whatever it's being mixed with, just because it tends to thicken it.   Torpentaphol is primarily found in powdered form. It does not dissolve very well, but it blends well with liquids. The powder has a tendency to get sticky the longer it sits on the shelf, and will eventually harden into a brick if left alone for long enough. This makes it harder to use, but does not seem to diminish potency much.