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Reword to allow for multiple varieties, and added two new ones.
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578 years after the fall of the [[Seleucarian Empire]], [[Merentesh]] who ran the [[Shop of Wonders]] in [[Delos]] offered two styles of bottles which were used to scent letters | 578 years after the fall of the [[Seleucarian Empire]], [[Merentesh]] who ran the [[Shop of Wonders]] in [[Delos]] offered two styles of bottles which were used to scent letters; a perfume bottle and a cologne bottle. | ||
Like [[stationery kit]]s, these bottles went through a number of revisions, each update of the shop phasing out the old styles and offering new ones. | |||
The cologne bottle, on the other hand, was an emerald green crystal, oval in shape, with striated ridges along its length. Around the middle of the bottle, a clearer quartz band displayed the inner liquid inside, an amber-coloured fluid. A black cord was tied around the lip of the bottle and a squared stopper held its contents inside. | The initial 578 AF offering of the aromas for [[scented letters|scenting letters]] were a '''tear-shaped perfume bottle''' and an '''agate cologne bottle'''. | ||
The tear-shaped perfume bottle was made of a bright crystal and was rounded into the shape of a teardrop. The perfume within was a pale blue and was dribbled out through the narrow neck, around which was tied a silver cord. The stopper was shaped like a cluster of aquamarine forget-me-nots, which indicated the scent within. | |||
The agate cologne bottle, on the other hand, was an emerald green crystal, oval in shape, with striated ridges along its length. Around the middle of the bottle, a clearer quartz band displayed the inner liquid inside, an amber-coloured fluid. A black cord was tied around the lip of the bottle and a squared stopper held its contents inside. | |||
In 597 AF, the first two bottles were discontinued and replaced by two new varieties: | |||
The '''blooming rose perfume bottle''' was actually made of soft-pink rose quartz, which bloomed outward from the neck. Decorating these petals were small topaz beads which were meant to mimic droplets of moisture. The perfume itself was a silvery colour, and rose gold leaves hid the stopper which was connected to the bottle by a rosebud charm-laden chain. | |||
The '''aquamarine cologne bottle''', like its name, was a blueish colour and was extremely geometric; flat facets making up the entire container. The neck of the bottle was positioned at a funny angle and a small dropper was used to get the liquid inside out. The liquid, a similar blue colour, appeared to glow and illuminate the bottle from the inside out. Like the previous offering of the cologne bottle, a leather cord was wrapped around it for convenient carrying. | |||
[[Category:Miscellaneous Artefacts]] | [[Category:Miscellaneous Artefacts]] | ||
[[Category:Discontinued Artefacts]] | [[Category:Discontinued Artefacts]] | ||