Chromatic Dragons 2025
One could argue that we ended up on this particular life path because of extended exposure to OG hardcover Monster Manuals at a formative age. The idea that dragons had different qualities and breath-weapons corresponding to color was there for us to dream about long before we knew anything about astrology, Myers-Briggs types, or Cosmo quizzes – the perfect personality test for developing imaginations.
For this year’s Dragon Con fragrances, we’ve compiled our own supplementary monster manual packed with trivia about lesser-known dragons, the ones whose scales shimmer in more obscure and archaic colors than today’s gamers may have run across in their adventures. Now that you know about them, they’re yours to incorporate however you wish!
Consider them an addendum to BPAL’s ever-expanding RPG fragrance series, crafted to enhance gameplay as well as stealthily continue your exploration of fantastical realms while you go about in the real(-ish) world.
Dragon label artwork by Erick Turner
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Bastard-Amber Dragon Perfume Oil
Out of StockRarely glimpsed except in reflections or the flicker of fading film, the Bastard-Amber Dragon drifts through time like a fever dream of Old Hollywood. Born of illusion and artifice, it casts everything in its path in a honeyed glow. Its scales shimmer like tawny celluloid: aldehyde klieg lights illuminate golden resins, husky with toasted brown sugar.
Dragon label artwork by Erick Turner
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Bastard-Amber Nail Polish
Out of StockRarely glimpsed except in reflections or the flicker of fading film, the Bastard-Amber Dragon drifts through time like a fever dream of Old Hollywood. Born of illusion and artifice, it casts everything in its path in a honeyed glow.
A warm, pale peachy crystal jelly with an orange to green iridescent, shimmering aurora
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Caput Mortum Dragon Perfume Oil
Out of StockAlso known as the Dead Head Dragon, this is a guardian of rot, rust, and revelation, feeding on spiritual decay and quietly hoarding the sordid secrets of the powerful. Scales of deep purplish rust-red: black fig, patchouli-steeped purple clove, black tea, blackcurrant, red musk, and oud.
Dragon label artwork by Erick Turner
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Caput Mortuum Nail Polish
Out of StockAlso known as the Dead Head Dragon, this is a guardian of rot, rust, and revelation, feeding on spiritual decay and quietly hoarding the sordid secrets of the powerful.
A dead-head purple-brown crelly polish.
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Cerise Dragon Hair Gloss
Out of StockThe tiniest of dragons, these flirty, silly, and theatrical beasts build their nests in gilded opera boxes, toy stores, and above confectionaries and sweet shops. Their scales blaze like a handful of maraschino cherries and red currants bathed in fluorescent lighting, sparkling with sugar crystals and drizzled with vanilla liqueur.
Dragon label artwork by Erick Turner
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Cerise Nail Polish
Out of StockThe tiniest of dragons, these flirty, silly, and theatrical beasts build their nests in gilded opera boxes, toy stores, and above confectionaries and sweet shops
A flirtatious pink jelly polish with sparkling and shifting shimmer.
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Chartreuse Dragon Perfume Oil
Out of StockRare, reclusive, and devoted to contemplation, Chartreuse Dragons make their home in high, wooded monasteries carved into moss-draped cliff faces. Its scales shimmer in shifting tones of yellow-green, laced with the scent of lime rind, crushed apothecary herbs, and translucent vegetal musks.
Dragon label artwork by Erick Turner
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Coquelicot Dragon Atmosphere Spray
Out of StockCheerful, loquacious, and attention-grabbing, Coquelicot Dragons are bold, confident, lively, and crackling with infectious laughter. They are most often found perched at festivals, concerts in the park, and block parties, their scales of citrus zest, wild poppy, red carnation, crimson amber, mimosa, and pink pepper gleaming in the sunlight.
Dragon label artwork by Erick Turner
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Coquelicot Nail Polish
Out of StockCheerful, loquacious, and attention-grabbing, Coquelicot Dragons are bold, confident, lively, and crackling with infectious laughter. They are most often found perched at festivals, concerts in the park, and block parties.
A bright, warm orange jelly packed with shifting flakies
Buildable in opacity, please note this polish is meant to have a translucent jelly coverage
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Flame-of-Burnt-Brandy Dragon Hair Gloss
Out of StockA decadent, daintily debauched, and delightfully improper dragon, Flame-of-Burnt-Brandies love scandal and sparkle and whispers of delicious nonsense. They make their homes in séance parlours, stately manors, and abandoned ballrooms, and their scales flicker like flame on a holiday pudding: lavender, lilac, and lemon peel curling over brandy-soaked honeyed fig and sugared plums.
Dragon label artwork by Erick Turner
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Gamboge Dragon Atmosphere Spray
Out of StockAt first glance, the Gamboge dragon seems unremarkable – quiet, muted, seemingly dull – but beneath its subdued surface pulses a fierce golden flame: a sun-bright wit with a venomous streak. Its scales are the color of old gold, translucent frankincense tears, saffron sap, and fossilized amber.
Dragon label artwork by Erick Turner
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Glaucous Dragon Hair Gloss
Out of StockContemplative and aloof, the Glaucous Dragon prefers mist-shrouded beachside cliffs, sea-battered ruins, and fog-thick fjords. These dragons are unapproachable and solemn; their scales are the color of weathered stone, pale sage, silvered fir resin, white amber, beach lichen, and hazy orris.
Dragon label artwork by Erick Turner
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Glaucous Nail Polish
Out of StockContemplative and aloof, the Glaucous Dragon prefers mist-shrouded beachside cliffs, sea-battered ruins, and fog-thick fjords. These dragons are unapproachable and solemn; their scales are the color of weathered stone.
Multichrome micro shimmer in a greyed-blue sky jelly polish.
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Greige Dragon Perfume Oil
Out of StockOften found napping in office cubicles and unrented studio apartments, this dragon is too apathetic to be evil and too bored to bother with goodness. She doesn’t hoard gold; she collects neutral-toned throw pillows, unread magazines, and Live Laugh Love-branded décor. Their scales are a rainbow of oatmeal, sandalwood, almond milk, tea-stained vanilla, and undyed wool in a muted eggshell finish.
Dragon label artwork by Erick Turner
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Melichrous DragonPerfume Oil
Out of StockSweet-tempered and kind, this emotionally generous dragon has a hoard made not of gold, but of handwritten letters, warm socks, library check out cards, and old mixtapes. Famed throughout the realms for offering a listening ear and a warm hug in lieu of unsolicited advice, it roosts in sun-warmed meadows, secondhand bookstores, and antique shops, and its scales glow softly in shades of sun tea, wildflower honey, and sweet apricot.
Dragon label artwork by Erick Turner
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Melichrous Nail Polish
Out of StockSweet-tempered and kind, this emotionally generous dragon has a hoard made not of gold, but of handwritten letters, warm socks, library check out cards, and old mixtapes. Famed throughout the realms for offering a listening ear and a warm hug in lieu of unsolicited advice, it roosts in sun-warmed meadows, secondhand bookstores, and antique shops.
A buttery yellow crelly with a warm aurora accent.
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Puce Dragon Perfume Oil
Out of StockA fussy, irritable, irascible dragon with a taste for drama, velvet throw pillows, cryptic social media posts, ink-smeared burn books, biting commentary, and vintage clothing with a past. Its scales are the color of dried blood, old bruises, clove-spiked pomegranate, aged patchouli, and vermouth.
Dragon label artwork by Erick Turner
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Sang-de-Boeuf Dragon Perfume Oil
Out of StockA rare, complex, and challenging serpent, the Sang-de-Boeuf is born from fire, pressure, and chance and treasures masterpieces of beauty that reveal themselves under heat and duress. Its scales are a deep, passionate red draped in lacquered shadows: glazed black cherries, Kyphi smoke, plum wine, and red sandalwood.
Dragon label artwork by Erick Turner