Half-Elf Perfume Oil $6.25$25.00

Half-Elf Perfume Oil

$6.25$25.00

White sandalwood, beeswax, white tea leaf, oud, and a hint of sophisticated urban musk.

Races

In gaming terms, choosing your character’s race means you will select which sentient species you would like to belong to.

RPG Series

Illustrations by the inimitable Julie Dillon.

PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary vial

“You all meet at an inn…”

Pen and paper role-playing games have been a tremendous influence in my life since my formative years. My parents bought me the magenta D&D boxed set back in 1982, along with the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual. My lifelong passion for fantasy, science fiction, war games, and mythology was well-channeled through RPGs, and I credit playing D&D with helping me sustain my imagination and sense of wonder through adulthood.

I played with one particular group through the bulk of my late teens and early 20s, and this series — along with the atmosphere tools that Black Phoenix Trading Post has introduced — was inspired, specifically, by the time that we spent campaigning together. Our group was somewhat prop-driven in our gaming: we felt that setting a mood was conducive to our style of gameplay. Little things like changes in lighting, minor sound effects, and music made a world of difference, and we found that utilizing miniatures, model railroad scenery, and other tools in order to physically illustrate strategies and provide visual cues was tremendously useful. How much more immersive would it have been if we’d been able to smell the crypt we were crawling through? Or the stench of steel and blood that permeates a warrior’s cloak? What do the wizard’s spell components smell like? What does winter in the desert smell like? Or spring in a druid’s sanctuary?

Pen and paper role playing games are, to me, dynamic stories that are propelled by the active participation of many individuals. You can’t have a strong storyline without creating characters of some depth. When you create a character, you generally have their personalities, priorities, and history in mind, along with a clear vision of what your character looks and sounds like. But how does she smell? What does the world around her smell like?

In most pen and paper fantasy RPGs, three of the primary attributes that you must choose for your character are race, class, and alignment. Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab’s RPG scent series was designed to emulate the character creation process, and are meant to be layered in order to create a character concept. In short: you layer your class, race, and the two fragrances that compose your alignment to construct your character scent. RPGs in all their myriad forms — CRPGs, MMOs, and old school pen and paper — have brought me immeasurable joy. This is my homage. This series is dedicated to my first DMs — my parents — for laughing off the nutter-perpetuated AD&D Satan Scare of the 80’s. Thanks for taking the time to play with your little girl. I miss you, and I love you.

Reviews

  1. MFilbeck

    This is a very woodsy scent, and not very sweet. I really love to pair it with some of the others RPG scents that are a bit *too* sweet, like Rogue or Bard. I find it gives them. Lovely balance. Overall, I find it to be a complex and interesting fragrance.

  2. [email protected]

    I recently received an imp of this. These RPG scents are morphers – on me this one goes on at first smelling like motor oil (?!) but eventually morphs into a light and unusual blend. Strange enough to keep the imp and blend with the other members of the RPG series to see what combinations arise.

  3. Bimini

    In the bottle, it has a strong, not very pleasant scent, but it quickly improves once on the skin.

    Wet on the skin, the resinous oudh predominates a bit much.

    On the dry-down, the beeswax and tea leaf come forward beautifully, and I can detect the subtle musk underneath. The oudh and the sandalwood create a good framework for the other scents. I really like this stage of the blend. I’d associate more with a simple cottage setting than an urban one.

    Unfortunately, it doesn’t have much throw for long on me. Eventually, all that is left is a light sandalwood note. I won’t make a habit of wearing this one, but it is still a great gender-neutral blend.

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