The Scent of a Gamer…
May 2, 2011 by beerogre
Do you like roleplaying games?
Have you imagined your character...
sketched them...
bought the miniature...
converted it to fit...
got the LARP outfit...?
But I'll bet I know the question that has made you awaken bolt upright in bed, clutching your sweat-drenched sheets and screaming like a madman...
WHAT DOES MY CHARACTER SMELL LIKE???
Well worry no longer... rest will soon be within your grasp.
Black Pheonix Alchemy Labs have come to your rescue... they have tailor-made concoctions that will totally immerse you in your character. For, although there is no evidence for it, we know as a scientific fact that smell is the sense most connected with memory... or something.
Do you need your gaming party to not only face dread Cthulhu, but smell him too?
Then get your butt over to Black Pheonix Alchemy Labs and get yourself a bottle of concentrated Cthulhu juice to waft under the noses of your players.
If these guys could only turn some of their mixtures into deodorant, we could also banish gamer funk in a heady cloud of "scent of Orc"... smashing!
All kidding aside, I'm actually really impressed that someone thought of this... I think it's bonkers... but I think that's why I love it!
BoW Andy
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oh goody now im going to have to smell fish every time we play D&D with Warren and His Sharkarossurs……….. -.-
That’s OK Justin… you can ask them to whip you up a batch of Éau de Prone Dwarf to ward off the stink! 😀
-.- im not even gona try fighting about this one……… * staples mouth shut*
This reminds me so much of Pepe le Pew…
That said, this merchandise stunt is indeed über-cool… Although, who would want to smell Cthulhu’s armpits ?
BoW Romain
Oh, I just remembered, “Cthulhu scent” already exists. It’s called “Jean Paul Gautier”.
BoW Romain
personly i think £11 for five ml is a bit on the steep side
It might be… but then again you can’t walk into the Bodyshop and ask for “Orc-Smell”.
I would imagine the cost represents the fact that they’re almost making batches of oil to order.
If you were keen, you could go down to the local discount market… pick up some essential oils… and whip up a quick bottle of “Elf Armpit Musk” for less. 😀
Elves don’t sweat. They don’t fart either. They have no pubic hair, and probably no… Well, you get the idea.
BoW Romain
Steep? It’s f*****g vertical. 😀
Heston Blumenthal does miniature gaming!
All you need is one trip to any convention and that stank is a life time of smells you will ever need. Someone there is always deodorant deficient.
I’m no marketing expert, but I can imagine that gamers, in general, are not a target market for hygiene products of any kind. If they did scents like “worn leather” or “oiled battleaxe” they might be on to something…hell they could even get Chuck Norris to appear in adds….”smellin of troy”…that’s “sundried wood…sand…bronze..and a hint of equine musk”, but this stuff seems a little out there. That being said….I can now imagine all sorts of strange new gamer fetishes (as if cosplay wasn’t enough)….now psychologists will have to deal with people who can’t get aroused unless their partner smells like… Read more »
You haven’t seen the site yet then?
Practically every RPG character scent has a “hint of leather” of some sort… what does that say about D&Ders!
News is that FoW are bringing out plug in air resheners for those that like the smell of napalm in the morning, to coincide with the Vietnam Campaign.
I see what you did there
EAU DU DWARF……AT LAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wonder if you can ger “Eau du Chainmail Bikini Jockstrap”
You can but only if you don’t mind the chainmail bikini jockstrap chaffing.
I had to stop cos of the thrush.
awesome stuff x)
Very cool – has anyone tried these? If they do smell like the label, then for the special CoC game, where you’ve gaming by lantern and got the right spooking music on then this could be just the thing to tip the players over the edge…
I like how when you buy it and you have to choose where to send it to one of the options is the army. Ork smelling marines charging some talliban screaming WAAAAAGH!
Very tempted to get some. What one do you guys think for Grey Knights, palidin or good?
More like grease, rust, battery acid, sweat, urine from when they have a go in their suits, some blood, some bolter burn, and a hint of chemicals from the combat drugs and the decomposing xenos/demons on the boots…
BoW Romain
Just realised.
Didn’t see any Stinking Bishop pour L’Homme for Darrell! lol
I’ll be shocked if this becomes a marketable business…