I'm writing a scene set in a torture room that is located the dungeon of a castle. The room is rather large and has a heigh ceiling and is badly lit. I can picture the whole room but I have absolutely no idea what a torture room can smell like. I thought of using the cliché 'it smelled like fear' but my character doesn't know how fear smells and the smell of fear is produce through sweat and since it's a big room I doubt that it will quickly smell like sweat anyway.
So any ideas or suggestions are more than welcome.
So any ideas or suggestions are more than welcome.