Okay, I knew there was a reason I thought "thine" sounded right. Origin begins with a vowel sound, so thine is technically more correct.
According to dictionary.com:
Thy: the possessive case of thou (used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a consonant sound): thy table.
Thine: the possessive case of thou used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a vowel or vowel sound: thine eyes; thine honor.
I don't see how "は" should be rendered "with a". Maybe scent would be a better word than smell, though.
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