There’s something timeless about the scent of sweetgrass. Even baskets woven long ago by Maine Indian basket makers still give off a whiff of the hay-fresh, vanilla-sweet smell that almost seems like an aromatic portal to the past. Sweetgrass, though, isn’t something from yesteryear. Also known as holy grass, the grass is native to North America and grows in wet meadows, bogs, marshes and along lakeshores.