Creating BPAL Gift Packs with a Theme

[mari4212]

The Cat's Meow:

Black Cat

Schrodinger's Cat

Cheshire Cat

Bastet

... and the Mouse's Long Sad Tale

 

This made me giggle like a madwoman.

 

You could also probably add in The Lion.

[Lorelai1945]

Oops. Never Mind.

Edited March 11, 2010 by VioletFemme

[skyelyric]

Rolling on the River Styx

 

1.Hades

2.Persephone

3.Lampades

4.Hymn To Proserpine

5.Hecate

6.Nyx

 

 

[reconditarmonia]

Arthurian legend

Tintagel

Morgause

The Lady of Shalott

Lyonesse

One of the Ars Draconis scents, for Pendragon

La Belle Dame Sans Merci (it's a Romantic poem from a French original but the aesthetic is right)

Cathedral

 

 

Also, cats...Hellcat!

Edited March 11, 2010 by reconditarmonia

[reconditarmonia]

This is partly for my own reference, but here are all the GC/impable scents that contain a tea note. (Plus a few that don't have one listed but smell like it.)

 

 

black

Aizen-Myoo

Eros (says crimson tea, which is the same thing as black tea)

Dorian

Nostrum Remedium

Plunder (doesn't say black in description but reviews seem to agree)

The Great Sword of War

White Rabbit

 

white

Baobhan Sith

Iambe

Kumiho

Maiden

Manhattan

The Harlot's House

Tweedledee

 

green

Bewitched

Cordelia

Embalming Fluid

Herbert West (no tea note in description, but a lot of reviewers pick it up)

Phantasm

Shanghai

The Apothecary (doesn't say green in description but reviews seem to agree)

Tweedledum

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat

 

other

Against Idleness and Mischief (some reviewers describe it as like herbal tea, has chamomile)

Bengal (chai, though no actual tea note)

Bread-and-Butterfly ("weak tea" is a note; not enough reviews to tell, but I would guess it would be black tea)

Kubla Khan (not specified, probably black, but reviews say it doesn't show up)

Libertine (chamomile and bergamot)

Dian's Bud (nothing in description, some reviewers get various tea notes)

Silk Road (description is vague, some reviewers get tea, herbal tea or chai)

Sudha Segara (chai)

The Dormouse (multiple)

The Lion (chai)

Utrennyaya (some reviewers get mint tea)

Veritas (has chamomile, not enough reviews yet to know how prominent or herbal-tea-like it is)

 

 

(I have a friend with whom I bond over a love of tea, and I have considered enabling her. I'll probably pick six of these and send them in a box with a teacup and some tea.)

Edited March 15, 2010 by reconditarmonia

[jizatt]

Starry Night: (now I want a star box to go with my snow box!)

The Star

Evening Star

Vechernyaya - the evening star

Utrennyaya - the morning star

Zorya - the midnight star

Nyx - goddess of the night

Nuit - goddess of the sky

Yvaine (hehe)

possible additions:

Midnight

Nocturne

House of Night

Twilight

 

 

The Mini Bar:

Absinthe

Twenty One

Grand Guignol

Grog

Juke Joint

Kill-Devil

Swank

Hellcat

Bordello

the Hamptons

Bon Vivant

Port Au Prince

Elegba

Aglaea

 

 

The Jewelry Box:

Black Opal

Black Pearl

Blood Amber

Brisingamen - The amber necklace of Freyja

Les Bijoux

Roses, Pearls, and Diamonds

 

 

The Wine Cellar:

Lady Macbeth

Black Tower

Centzon Totochtin

Queen Alice

Tintagel

Wanda

 

 

The Round Table:

Tintagel

Morgause

Lyonesse

Lady of Shalott

*Black Forest

*Black Tower

 

Pop the Cork:

Thalia

Bon Vivant

Shattered

Perversion

---

Stardust

Champagne and Roses

Edited March 17, 2010 by CaudaPavonis

[antihero]

Mad Monarchs and Notorious Nobles:

 

Nero

Catherine

Marie

Blood Countess

Lady Macbeth

Dorian

[Mousesong]

This is the sort of thing that appeals to me strongly I may have accidentally repeated some themes but I think I didn't.

 

I made *rules* for myself. Impable GCs only, common knowledge only (nothing that your average well-educated person, as BPAL fans/potential fans tend to be, would typically have to wiki to get the reference, unless it's self explanatory to the theme like Antikythera Mechanism which fits even if you don't get the reference), six items each.

 

BESTIARY

- Jabberwocky

- Loup Garou

- The Unicorn

- Black Phoenix

- Dragon's Blood (for lack of a just-plain-dragon)

- Chimera

 

I think this could be nicely given with any book about mythological creatures, or you could package it up with one of those Care of Magical Creatures notebooks you see all over Etsy.

 

CABINET OF CURIOSITIES (I know, I know... CD has one already. GC!)

- Wolf's Heart

- Black Opal

- Dragon's Claw

- The Antikythera Mechanism

- The Robotic Scarab

- Mandrake

 

To be given, naturally, with real curiosities: feathers, turtle shells, strange stones, old mechanical oddities, or perhaps a taxidermied creature in a bell jar.

 

LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING

- Poisoned Apple

- Dana O'Shee

- Mata Hari

- Intrigue

- Siren

- Snake Oil

 

... With a hollowed-out book and a poison ring. Naturally. If you ditch the "common knowledge" rule, Kumiho is a shoe-in for this list as well. I'd replace Intrigue with it, or possibly Snake Oil.

[reconditarmonia]

Alchemy! (/hermeticism/mysticism/masonry)

 

Dee

Saint-Germain

Rose Cross

(Tzadikim Nistarim?)

...

 

I can't think of any more. :/ Hellfire isn't quite the same thing.

Edited March 20, 2010 by reconditarmonia

[mazikeen]

For the World of Warcraft-obsessed geeks in your life: (all-GC)

 

Horde:

Trolls: Troll, Voodoo

Undead: Embalming Fluid, Detestable Putrescence

Blood Elves: anything blood-themed

Goblin

Crossroads

The Apothocary

 

Alliance:

Night Elves: Yggdrasil (?)

Dwarves: some of the mineral scents, perhaps?

Gnomes: any Steamworks!

Worgen: Wolf's Heart, Fenris Wolf, Loup Garou, Wolfsbane (?)

The Stormhold (ok, it's not Stormwind, but close enough!)

 

Either:

Warlocks: Imp, Whip, Pain, Hellfire

Mages: Arcana, Magus

Warriors: War, the Great Sword of War

Death Knights: Eau de Ghoul, Zombi

Druid: Thorns

Shaman: Coyote, Bloodlust

Galvanic Goggles (for the engineers)

Satyr

Meskhenet (she's a harpy!)

just about anything dragon-themed

just about anything pirate-themed

 

Sadly, I'm stumped... I can't think of anything Orc-themed.

Tauren could be something grassy, I suppose.

I'm just skipping Humans altogether!

Edited April 24, 2010 by mazikeen

[reconditarmonia]

I think someone already did a pirate set, but here's a more complete set (like other sets I make, all GC and impable):

 

Anne Bonny

Mary Read

Calico Jack

Plunder

Grog

Port Royal

Ile de la Tortue

Windward Passage

Black Pearl (if you insist)

Hurricane

Kill-Devil

Lightning

Tavern of Hell

Tempest

Undertow

Greed

Havana

Port-au-Prince

Santo Domingo

Windward Passage

[ModderRhu]

A Queenly gift pack!

Red Queen

Queen of Hearts

Queen of SHeba

Phantom Queen

Queen Alice

Queen

 

Fuzzy critters:

Loup Garou

Hellcat

Brown Jenkin

Fenris Wolf

The Dormouse

The Lion

Edited August 18, 2010 by ModderRhu

[jizatt]

I want a list for a True Blood gift pack =) BUT I fail, mine is mostly generic vampire, Any ideas to add?

 

Blood

Lust

Deep in Earth

Blood Kiss

Maenad (for Maryanne) or Blood Countess?

Juke Joint (merlotte's?)

Tavern of Hell (fangtasia?)

Haunted (Bill?)

Dove's Heart (suki?) or Hellcat hehe

Wolf's Heart (sam?) or Loup Garou

Black Rider (ERic Northman?)

Voodoo Lily (for Tara?)

Libertine (maybe for lafayette?)

[lavenderfrost]

Disney Pack:

The Rose (Beauty & The Beast)

Rapunzel (Tangled)

La Belle Au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty)

Fae (Tinkerbell!)

Water Of Notre Dame (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Alice (Self-Explanatory)

 

With a DVD and some dolls, figurines, etc. All the scents are on the light/pretty side, since I could see this as being a gift for the young as well as the young-at-heart.

[Geminirubyshoes]

I want a list for a True Blood gift pack =) BUT I fail, mine is mostly generic vampire, Any ideas to add?

 

Blood

Lust

Deep in Earth

Blood Kiss

Maenad (for Maryanne) or Blood Countess?

Juke Joint (merlotte's?)

Tavern of Hell (fangtasia?)

Haunted (Bill?)

Dove's Heart (suki?) or Hellcat hehe

Wolf's Heart (sam?) or Loup Garou

Black Rider (ERic Northman?)

Voodoo Lily (for Tara?)

Libertine (maybe for lafayette?)

 

 

Disney Pack:

The Rose (Beauty & The Beast)

Rapunzel (Tangled)

La Belle Au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty)

Fae (Tinkerbell!)

Water Of Notre Dame (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Alice (Self-Explanatory)

 

With a DVD and some dolls, figurines, etc. All the scents are on the light/pretty side, since I could see this as being a gift for the young as well as the young-at-heart.

 

Erm, I love BOTH of these ideas!!!!

[lavenderfrost]

Disney Pack:

The Rose (Beauty & The Beast)

Rapunzel (Tangled)

La Belle Au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty)

Fae (Tinkerbell!)

Water Of Notre Dame (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Alice (Self-Explanatory)

 

With a DVD and some dolls, figurines, etc. All the scents are on the light/pretty side, since I could see this as being a gift for the young as well as the young-at-heart.

 

Erm, I love BOTH of these ideas!!!!

 

Heh - thanks. Not that I have a little cousin I was planning on doing that for or anything. *innocent look*

 

The Disney Baddie Collection would be for grownups and older teens only:

Wicked (Wicked Witches, Stepmothers and Queens)

Queen of Hearts (Self-Explanatory)

Voodoo (Facilier)

Blood (Fits all the baddies in an abstract sort of way.)

Poisoned Apple (Self-Explanatory.)

Vicomte de Valmont (Gaston)

Djinn (Jafar)

Packaged with DVD's, vampy makeup and/or clothes, etc. (Depending on the age of the recipient.)

 

 

Also, since I love Supernatural to death and am SHOCKED no one's mentioned it, there's the Winchester Pack:

Roadhouse (The Harvelles' Roadhouse)

Juke Joint (Every bar in every town in every state where you've ever found the boys having a drink.)

Fallen (Lucifer)

Casanova (Dean)

Seraphim (Castiel)

Deep In Earth (Grave-Digging. A favorite Winchester pastime.)

The Ghost ('Nuff said.)

Zombi ('Nuff said again.)

Arcana (Spells and ritual - all part of a hunter's job.)

Brimstone (Hell, Devils' Gates and demons with plans.)

Blood (Sam.)

Inferno (Mary and Jess.)

Highwayman (The Winchesters.)

Omen (Signs of Azazel's plans coming to fruition, and seals of the Apocalypse.)

Scarecrow (*snerk*)

Seance (Pamela)

Voodoo (Crossroad Blues.)

Crossroads (Crossroad Blues again.)

Loup-Garou (Madison.)

Hellfire [layered with Miskatonic University] (Bobby's house!)

Packaged with complete-season DVD sets and a devils' trap charm bracelet.

[Verse]

Has anyone put together a "Labyrinth" themed list? (I'm thinking of the old movie with Bowie.) I was thinking about this last night and wondering if I should try and find a good peach scent...

[Monday]

Haha I sometimes do themed frimp packages with swaps or sales, so much fun.

[Dorian]

Also, since I love Supernatural to death and am SHOCKED no one's mentioned it, there's the Winchester Pack:

Roadhouse (The Harvelles' Roadhouse)

Juke Joint (Every bar in every town in every state where you've ever found the boys having a drink.)

Fallen (Lucifer)

Casanova (Dean)

Seraphim (Castiel)

Deep In Earth (Grave-Digging. A favorite Winchester pastime.)

The Ghost ('Nuff said.)

Zombi ('Nuff said again.)

Arcana (Spells and ritual - all part of a hunter's job.)

Brimstone (Hell, Devils' Gates and demons with plans.)

Blood (Sam.)

Inferno (Mary and Jess.)

Highwayman (The Winchesters.)

Omen (Signs of Azazel's plans coming to fruition, and seals of the Apocalypse.)

Scarecrow (*snerk*)

Seance (Pamela)

Voodoo (Crossroad Blues.)

Crossroads (Crossroad Blues again.)

Loup-Garou (Madison.)

Hellfire [layered with Miskatonic University] (Bobby's house!)

Packaged with complete-season DVD sets and a devils' trap charm bracelet.

 

Ahaha, this is genius. I just went through my imps and made myself one of these packs. My boyfriend already likes bpal and spn, this would make a great gift I think I'd also add Good and Evil from the rpg line.

 

ETA: And Lilth or Eve, if you do season themed packs.

Edited May 27, 2011 by Dorian

[lavenderfrost]

Ahaha, this is genius. I just went through my imps and made myself one of these packs. My boyfriend already likes bpal and spn, this would make a great gift I think I'd also add Good and Evil from the rpg line.

 

ETA: And Lilth or Eve, if you do season themed packs.

 

Oh, man - how could I forget those? *headdesk, etc.*

[imaginepageant]

OH. I am going to be giving so many BPAL theme packs for Christmas this year, methinks. You guys have come up with some incredible ideas!

 

How about a REPO! The Genetic Opera theme pack? (Pared down from my way-too-extensive REPO! set.)

 

- Nyx (Shilo)

- Whitechapel (Nathan)

- Veil (Marni)

- Al-Shairan (Rotti)

- Hell's Belle (Amber)

- The Lady of Shalott (Blind Mag)

- Zombi (Graverobber)

- Bloodlust (Luigi)

- Masquerade (Pavi)

- Gomorrah (GeneCo)

- Grand Guignol (The Genetic Opera)

- Absinthe (Zydrate)

 

Completed with the REPO! DVD and/or soundtrack, a blue glowstick, a (fake) bug in a jar, a medical mask... and for the hardcore fan, a framed REPO! art print from Terrance Zdunich's website.

 

Edited to replace a couple of unimpables.

Edited May 30, 2011 by imaginepageant

[imaginepageant]

For the Lost fan in your life! There are so many ways you could do a Lost theme pack...

 

Favorite Characters

Using my favorites as an example!

 

- Tombstone (Sawyer)

- Urd (Locke)

- Whitechapel (Ben)

- Lady Macbeth (Juliet)

- Wolf's Heart (Desmond)

- Schrodinger's Cat (Daniel)

 

...Completed with items specific to the gift recipient's favorite characters, ie. a handmade replica of Sawyer's letter, a backgammon game, a copy of Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens.

 

 

The Oceanic Six

 

- Dee (Jack)

- Anne Bonny (Kate)

- Ophelia (Sun)

- Othello (Sayid)

- Eat Me (Hurley)

- The Little Wooden Doll (Aaron)

 

...Completed with a toy airplane, Oceanic Airlines buttons, a package of airline peanuts, and a barf bag.

 

 

The Others

 

- Whitechapel (Ben)

- Lady Macbeth (Juliet)

- Alice (Alex)

- Magus (Richard)

- Aureus (Jacob)

- Djinn (Man in Black)

 

...Completed with a plush white bunny with the number 8 drawn on one side, a copy of Carrie by Stephen King, a slingshot, a small model ship, and one black and one white rock (BONUS: include brass scales).

 

 

(The rest of my GC-only suggestions for character scents are here and here if anyone's interested!)

Edited May 30, 2011 by imaginepageant

[Vega]

A bunch of themed BPAL packs that I made a while back, but apparently forgot to post here!

 

-- ARABIAN NIGHTS

Baghdad

Djinn

The Hanging Gardens

Queen of Sheba

Scherezade

Seraglio

Uruk

 

 

-- ELVENESSE

Bewitched

Dana O'Shee

Elf

Fae

The Forest Reverie

Mag Mell

Moonshine and Mist

Oberon

Titania

Twilight

 

 

-- CARNEVALE

Masquerade

Spellbound

Venice

 

 

-- MEDIAEVAL ROMANCE AND COURTLY LOVE

Ave Maria Gratia Plena

Hymn

Lilium Inter Spinas

Maiden

Paladin

Rose Cross

(and if LEs were allowed:) Parlement of Foules + Valentine of Rome

 

 

-- SAILING THE SEVEN SEAS

The Deep Ones

Jolly Roger

Olokun

The Sea Foams Milk

The Sea Foams Blood

Sea of Glass

Tempest

Undertow

Windward Passage

Yemaya

 

 

-- ANGELS AND DEMONS

Brimstone

Destroying Angel

Fallen

Hellfire

Nephilim

Sea of Glass

Seraphim

Wings of Azrael

 

 

-- THE WORLD OF TOMORROW

51

Cathode

Event Horizon

Smokestack

Ultraviolet

Violet Ray

 

 

-- PRELAPSARIAN

Eve

Eden

Fallen

Forbidden Fruit

The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

[Pyewacket]

For the Lost fan in your life! There are so many ways you could do a Lost theme pack...

 

Favorite Characters

Using my favorites as an example!

 

- Tombstone (Sawyer)

- Urd (Locke)

- Whitechapel (Ben)

- Lady Macbeth (Juliet)

- Wolf's Heart (Desmond)

- Schrodinger's Cat (Daniel)

 

...Completed with items specific to the gift recipient's favorite characters, ie. a handmade replica of Sawyer's letter, a backgammon game, a copy of Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens.

 

 

The Oceanic Six

 

- Dee (Jack)

- Anne Bonny (Kate)

- Ophelia (Sun)

- Othello (Sayid)

- Eat Me (Hurley)

- The Little Wooden Doll (Aaron)

 

...Completed with a toy airplane, Oceanic Airlines buttons, a package of airline peanuts, and a barf bag.

 

 

The Others

 

- Whitechapel (Ben)

- Lady Macbeth (Juliet)

- Alice (Alex)

- Magus (Richard)

- Aureus (Jacob)

- Djinn (Man in Black)

 

...Completed with a plush white bunny with the number 8 drawn on one side, a copy of Carrie by Stephen King, a slingshot, a small model ship, and one black and one white rock (BONUS: include brass scales).

 

 

(The rest of my GC-only suggestions for character scents are here and here if anyone's interested!)

 

 

This is perfect! I'm halfway through season 6 at the moment - must be the last person in the tv-viewing world to finish this series.

 

I particularly like your picks for Kate, Sawyer and Daniel. And for the island itself? I'm thinking The Isles of Demons

[patina]

So, if you were putting together a list of scents for a villianess, which ones would you choose? I vaguely have Snow White's wicked queen, Maleficiant, and the Wicked Witch of the West in mind. You can add your own, list scents for wicked queens in general or be specific.