I’m not sure if I’m alone in thinking of fragrance making as a craft here, so I’m going out on a limb by blogging about RPG Class scented oils. My undergrad major was in chemistry and I have an enormous appreciation for the art and science that is fragrance-making. As a fragrance geek and fragrance snob, I confess that  I have not yet had the privileged of trying any of Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs’ strange and often geeky brews, thought I have long wanted to as I’ve heard so many great things about this company. 

Thanks to a ThinkGeek gift certificate from the thoughtful gentleman I’ve coached this past year,  that is going to have to change now that BPAL got their RPG Class offerings.  The Paladin comes as an “Immaculate white musk, sweet frankincense, bourbon vanilla, white leather, and shining armor.” The dreamy cleric is, “Rose amber, frankincense, myrrh, champaca flower, Peru balsam, cistus, palisander, cananga, hyssop, and narcissus absolute.” Both fragrances sound better than my usual class preference for the Mage but whatever, I’m getting them all so I don’t have to pick. I did laugh, however, at one of the commenter statements about smelling like a Mage:

“Not sure about that mage scent. Kind of imagined mine smelling of smoke, burning wood & charred flesh.”

Good point, Mr. Johns.  At any rate, I will refrain from wearing them all at once.

• RPG Scented Oils on ThinkGeek
• Black Phoenix Alchemy Laboratories