The event promises to 'awaken your darkest senses', including your sense of smell, as the band have decided to fill bins of camel dung mixed with oil throughout their California festival. The smell, personally picked by the band, is described on the festival website as one that will 'infest your brain, body and clothes for days after the festival is over'.

The aroma is to be forever known as the 'Official Smell of Knotfest.'