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The Band Geeks of @infamous-if 🎤🎸🎹🥁

[click on the gifs to view in full res, i don't know how to make it look nice on dash]

Top left to right: Aura (My MC), Rowan, August Bottom left to right: Iris, Devyn, m!O (Orion)

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Writing Reference: Fragrance Notes

CITRUS NOTES

In their natural state, are quite volatile and prone to oxidation.

Notes of lemon, bergamot, orange, and mandarin are used in perfumery to impart sharp, sour, and very refreshing top notes to a fragrance.

MINTY NOTES

Follow on from citrus notes as refreshing and clean-smelling top notes used extensively in functional perfumery like household cleaning products.

In addition, notes of peppermint, menthol, and eucalyptus give a cooling effect to many masculine fine fragrances and shower gels.

FRUITY NOTES

With the exception of Osmanthus and blackcurrant bud absolute, the majority of fruity notes used in perfumery are created with synthetic materials.

Gamma undecalactone (C14) - used for a peachy/apricot effect, along with other materials such as Raspberry Ketone, Benzaldehyde (for cherry), and Allyl amyl glycolate (for a sour pineapple note).

The large aromachemical manufacturers produce ready-made compounds, which makes adding fruity notes to a fragrance composition less of a challenge.

Dewfruit, which is a specialty base from the Swiss fragrance manufacturer Givaudan, gives a raspberry and lychee note and is used in a variety of commercial fine fragrances.

GREEN NOTES

Add freshness and naturalness to fragrances, from floral to fruity and chypre.

Cis-3-hexenol - a very powerful material that is reminiscent of freshly cut grass.

Galbanum - a natural material, likened to uncooked green beans.

Should be used sparingly because they can seem harsh if used in large quantities.

HERBAL NOTES

Lavender, rosemary, and clary sage are used in both masculine fragrances and functional products for their cooling and natural effect.

Herbs add naturalness to a fragrance and are usually the steam distillate of the aerial parts of the plant.

Lavender - a key component of the fougére family, with each variety and extraction giving a slightly different effect.

Lavender absolute is said to have a bright green color and warm, hay-like aroma.

ALDEHYDIC NOTES

Aldehydes - a group of materials that are most famous for their use at overdosed levels in Chanel No. 5.

Have a powerful aroma and are perceived as waxy, fatty, soapy, and clean.

On their own, they would be considered too harsh and chemical-ly, but in combination with floral notes of rose, jasmine, and ylang ylang, they impart sparkle and radiance.

C8 Octanol, C10 Decanal, C11 Undecylenic, C12 MNA, and C12 Lauric feature in this group, as do Hydroxycitronellal, Citral, Citronellal, and Benzaldehyde.

FLORAL NOTES

Floral notes make up the heart of most fragrance types.

There are many different types of floral, each with their own characteristics:

Rose Notes. These can include everything from rose absolute and rose otto to geranium and even guaiacwood which, although smoky and woody, has definite rosy undertones. Phenethyl alcohol is used as a blender in fragrances to give a rose note, and the Firmenich base Dorinia is used where a large amount of natural rose would be too costly or restricted. Apart from cost, one of the main issues with using natural rose absolute in a commercial fragrance is that it typically contains 1-1.5% Methyl eugenol, a naturally occurring component that is restricted in the EU and other parts of the world. The maximum amount of rose allowed in a leave-on skincare product is around 0.025%. Low Methyl-eugenol rose is available, but cost and minimal-order quantities are high, meaning it is out of the reach of many fragrance producers. Laboratoire Monique Rémy produce a molecular distillation of rose for this very reason, which enables large quantities to be used in the fragrance Portrait of a Lady (Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle).

Jasmine Notes. As well as jasmine absolute and jasmine sambac, synthetic bases are created with Benzyl acetate and other jasmine-like chemicals such as Hedione, which is used in a huge range of fragrances to impart radiance and diffusion. Unfortunately, although used for centuries, jasmine has been severely restricted in commercial fragrances, due to sensitization, and it is only allowed currently in the EU at a maximum of 0.7% in a finished fragrance for on-skin usage.

Muguet Notes. The name of the lily-of-the-valley notes. There is no natural muguet extract, so all fragrances of this type will contain some synthetic materials. The muguet ingredient, Hydroxycitronellal, which was relied upon for many years, is now restricted to a maximum 5%, due to its potentially sensitizing effect. Other muguet-type replacements are Lyral, Lilial, and Dupical, which are used in combination with other materials.

Violet and Iris Notes. Natural violet absolute is from the leaf, and smells very green, wet, and mulchy. The sweet, powdery violet notes actually come from a group of materials called the ionones—Alpha, Beta, and Methyl ionones—which add a sweet, cosmetic violet note to rosy florals, as well as being a great link to woody notes in the base of a fragrance. Other notes that belong in this category are the orris notes, which are either natural and excruciatingly expensive (orris concrete), or come from a synthetic such Orivone.

Narcotic Floral Notes. Naturals such as ylang ylang, tuberose, and orange blossom are in this category due to their heavy, sweet, almost narcotic effect in a fragrance. With the exception of perhaps ylang ylang, which is available in a variety of grades, these materials offer a low yield and so are quite costly. In commercial fragrances, synthetic materials such as Aurantiol and Methyl anthranilate are used instead. White florals contain traces of the chemical indole, which can be added to a fragrance in trace amounts for effect. Alone, indole has an odor of decay and can be extremely unpleasant, as is the case with many animalic notes.

ANIMALIC NOTES

Indole brings us nicely on to the other animalic and musk notes used in fragrance.

Included here are the leather notes, as there is a fair amount of crossover.

The animalic notes are generally quite strong and often fecal.

The following are main animalic notes used:

Civet. This is the main material used and is extracted from the anal gland of the civet cat. Strange and unpleasant as it may seem, civet, when used in trace amounts, is said to give a sweet, exotic, and sexy edge to a fragrance and is reminiscent of the indoles present in white flowers.

Castoreum. Comes from the glands of the beaver or a synthetic reproduction, which is slightly less alarming. It can have quite urine-like notes, which at low levels give a honey aroma. It is used in chypre and leather fragrances, along with woods, mosses, and labdanum or birch tar and Isobutyl quinoline (leather notes).

Ambergris. Comes from the sperm whale; the most gentle of the animalic notes. Often found washed up on beaches, mainly in New Zealand. It has an aromatic, almost marine-like note that can be soft, musty, and musky. The synthetic versions are most often used. It works well with sandalwood for a soft skin-like accord.

Natural musk. Use of this is now completely outlawed due to the near-extinction of the musk deer from which it was historically collected. The musk notes we experience today are all synthetic and, in fact, are perceived as much cleaner than you would expect considering their origin. This is due to their extensive use in laundry detergent fragrances, hence the term “laundry musk.” Nitro musks such as Galaxolide by IFF are used due to their substantive and long-lasting effects through a wash at high temperatures. They are not very soluble in water, which means that they will stay on the fabric through the wash cycle. Of course, this means that many are not biodegradeable or very environmentally friendly. Musk notes are used in most fragrances for their fixative properties and for the soft, comforting effect they give to a fragrance. Many people, including perfumers, are anosmic to different musks and so they are often used in combination with each other.

BALSAMIC AND VANILLA NOTES

Balsamic refers to the sweet, warm, and resinous notes of Peru balsam, benzoin, and oppoponax, which also have slightly vanilla and caramel undertones.

Vanilla absolute does not smell anything like the vanilla notes used in food or commercial bath products, which are more “ice-cream-like” and foodie.

These are usually created with Ethyl vanillin and vanillin, rather than the more costly vanilla absolute, which is actually less sweet and more woody. Vanilla absolute is difficult to work with in products due to its insolubility in alcohol.

It can also cause extreme discoloration in some products, turning lotions and soaps a dark brown to black.

HAY NOTES

Another sweet, powdery note is coumarin, which is a key component of the fougére family and works well with both vanilla and lavender.

Coumarin - a white, crystalline powder that occurs naturally in tonka beans.

It is created synthetically for perfumery use, but tonka absolute has a similar smell, which is that of powdery, newly mown hay.

WOODY NOTES

A key part of oriental fragrances, the woody notes can be soft and creamy, such as sandalwood, or cool and earthy, such as patchouli and vetiver.

Although patchouli is a distillation of the leaves rather than a wood, it does have some woody aspects.

Vetiver - rooty and has rich caramel undertones, and an earthy woodiness.

Cedarwood Virginian has a sharp, dry, pencil-shavings aroma.

Iso E Super is a lovely, transparent, woody ingredient to add to a fragrance as a blender and is even used alone as a fragrance in its own right.

MOSSY AND MARINE NOTES

Have a slightly yeasty, fungal, and pungent aroma.

Mossy notes - important in both the chypre and fougére fragrance families and, although oakmoss is being restricted, there are synthetic variants that will give similar effects.

Seaweed absolute - can be used for a natural marine note but the most widely used in fine fragrance is Calone, which was prolific in perfumes of the 1990s.

Calone - has a sweet, melon, ozone-like fragrance, which many people find extremely cloying. This is often used with other fruity, melon, and marine notes.

SPICY NOTES

Spice notes play a huge part in perfumery as accessory notes for floral and oriental fragrances.

Spices can be overpowering, and notes such as cumin can take on a slightly sweaty odor that may smell unpleasant on skin.

There are warm spices such as clove (or Eugenol), which can give a carnation effect to florals, and cooler, dry-spice notes like black pepper.

Shinus molle, or pink pepper, has been used extensively over the last few years in floral fragrances.

Cinnamon, nutmeg, and coriander can also be used, as can other foodie spices like cardamom in the form of distilled essential oils.

Source: Perfume: The Art and Craft of Fragrance by Karen Gilbert More: Word Lists ⚜ Notes & References ⚜ Perfumery ⚜ Fragrance Writing Resources PDFs

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🌈 It's time for Season of Pride 🌈

Moonflower, The Inn Between and Heart Agency can all be found in the sale!

Grab Moonflower at 35% off and wishlist Fae's Rest, and our other games while there!

This event has meant so much to us in the past and we're thrilled to be part of it again this year!

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Darling, Darling... Dead? - GAME KEYS GIVEAWAY 🤩

To celebrate the (soon-to-be) release of the full game of "Darling, Darling... Dead?", we're giving away 5 keys (Itch.io or Steam)! To participate in the giveaway, like or reblog the post, and on Friday, November 29, 2024, we'll pick 5 random blogs from the list. Good luck! If you are the winner, please have your Ask box or DMs open and respond to us within 48 hours. If you don't, we'll have to pick a new winner. Play the demo on Itch.io [here]!

Wishlist on Steam [here]!

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Hi! I'm the person from the previous ask:>

Some questions about Ronin!

-What is his favorite color?

-Does he has a pet? If not, which one would be like to adopt?

-Does he like horror movies?

-How tall is he?

-Would he like to receive flowers?

-He likes animals?

Sorry for bothering! I loved the game and Ronin soo much!

(Sorry If is something wrong with my writing.. I'm from Brasil, here we speak portuguese.. But I'm trying to learn english!)

Traduzido por Hiiragi, um dos desenvolvedores de killer chat, e um conterrâneo brasileiro !! - a cor favorita do Ronin é, não ironicamente, branco. Ele não a veste… nunca… mas acha bonita ao olhar. - ronin tem um rato de pet, chamado "Blackjack"! Ele também tem uma cobra chamada "Pepperoni" que ele gosta de carregar por aí nos seus ombros; as vezes, pepperoni se enrola nos seus braços e ele acha isso divertido. ronin amaria ter um cachorro.. no futuro, algum dia… - ronin ama filmes de horror, qualquer coisa que seja cortante e sangrenta é automaticamente um dos seus favoritos, mas filmes de horror corporal grotesco japoneses como (ero-guro, junji ito, e etc.) são o tipo de horror que mais ressona com ele. - ronin tem 6'1"(187 cm) de altura c: - ronin é um grande fã de flores, ele acha que é bem romântico. mas ele 100% vai te provocar sobre isso (ele amaria quaisquer flores que você der a ele) - ronin ama animais! ele acredita que eles são um pouco estragados como ele. - ronin adora quando o perdedor consegue dar a volta por cima.

ronin's favourite colour is, ironically, white. he doesn't wear it... ever... but thinks it's pretty to look at.

ronin has a pet rat named blackjack ! he also has a pet snake named pepperoni that he likes to carry around on his shoulders; sometimes, pepperoni wraps around his arm and he finds it highly amusing. ronin would love to have a dog... in the future someday...

ronin loves horror movies: anything that's slasher and bloody is his favourite, but japanese grotesque body horror (ero-guro, junji ito, etc) is the kind of horror that resonates with him the most.

ronin is 6'1! c:

ronin is a huge flower fan. he thinks it's hella romantic. but he'll tease you about it 100%. (he would love any flowers u give him)

ronin loves animals! he thinks they're a little rotten like him. he loves underdogs.

i'm so glad that you loved the game and ronin! it's no bother at all, i love talking about ronin so feel free to shoot as many questions as you'd like <3

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Hi! I love Killer Chat :). If I may ask, is Ronin Beaufort the same Ronin from your other game, Gluttony Gods? Is GG's Ronin the backstory of KC Ronin?

Thanks for answering.

hi! yes, to an extent, gluttony gods' ronin is the backstory of killer chat ronin — however, i would say that it's only canon compliant to a degree (re: his backstory with angelwood town, ther estridge, and the religious trauma is the same, but killer chat ronin definitely ... has not murdered an entire town in a surrealistic supernatural way and is turning grotesque.) so i would consider gluttony gods a trippy alternate universe. i hope this helps!

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what would ronin do if MC did kill someone for him or went to prison for him?

kill someone for him:

he'd find it the funniest fucking shit ever. kiss you and go, oh, that's divine, cackle as he stares at the body of the screwed. he's the devil, isn't this proof? oh, it's euphoric, killing somebody's one thing but goading an innocent into murder is—

something else entirely.

went to prison for him:

he'd visit you, legs propped up on the desk. that's the butcher, the police says, don't get close. he'd lean close, hold his hand up to the glass that separates you two like movie lovers do. drawl into the phone: oh, darling, pathetic and divine, what a ruinous fucking sight. he'd listen to your whispers. he'd blow you an air kiss. it must feel so good being the butcher, baby!

he'd leave, then. he won't come back.

(isn't that the devil for you?)

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OK SO after reading this post i was wondering, does ronin genuinely love mc? (@_@) like in a love LOVE typa way? idk how to explain it HHH

(would he marry me if i asked?)

ronin does! because he's only putting in so much effort out of love; he's playing these mind games, toying you into becoming what he thinks you should become (that he truly thinks is best for you). it's always out of respect and appreciation for the person - the canvas, if you will. let's put it this way: he wouldn't do it if he didn't genuinely love you. at least, that's how he thinks.

(yes, if the proposal's grotesque enough <3)

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ahhhh on my hands and knees, kissing your hands for the brilliant game you and your team have created!!

honestly have been WAITING for a solid villians vn/chatsim and you have delivered!

i do have a Ronin question for you (totally not cause i need to know for this little fanfic im writing no sir)

His love is very twisted, understandbly so.

As you have mentioned, MC is very much both a partner and a toy to him, a game he plays for the benefit of the MC.

Falling in love with MC however, is there a line where the game is no longer fun? Is there a point he does get bored? Does the relationship have a deadline before it ever began? Or is he just as obbsessively in love with MC as MC could be with him?

Additionally, would killing the MC if the MC asked for it be something he would consider? The last act of love and all that. (MC may already be dying from sickness or something and they want to go out in a terribly grotesque beautiful way by his hand)

Again thank you thank you for all your hard work! and well done for the massive positive feedback for it too!

☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

thank you for your kind words! :3 i've always wanted to make something a little edgy and satirical so i'm glad you liked it just as much as i did!

ronin's ultimate goal with the mc is corruption - even once that's achieved, though, i think he'll always want to make the mc worse lmfao, or in the very least live and bask in their "grotesqueness" together, as he'd say.

i do think that if the mc doesn't keep ronin on his toes, ronin would get bored sooner or later. what ronin hates the most is stagnancy: in his repressed religious small town... he'd always called himself "a black hole waiting for an explosion". he doesn't want to get ansty: doesn't want to be suffocated into being something he isn't.

that being said, i do think it's possible to have domestic fluff with ronin! it's just more of a, "hey i'll be ten mins late to dinner, jus' saw an asshole, brb darling" kind of thing.

+ ronin would 100% consider killing the mc if the mc asked for it; especially if mc is dying from a sickness, ronin would think of it as an act of mercy. if they're beyond saving, then the only thing he can do is grin as he draws his crowbar out. whisper a goodbye, darling.

(it's his final act of love. his grandest, too. why wouldn't he enjoy it?)

of course! thank you for such an interesting ask, and i'm glad you enjoyed the game!

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HYPOTHETICALLY.... if i SOMEHOW carved out obtained a human heart, knelt down on one knee to ronin and asked him if he'd marry me, would he say yes? asking for a friend 😊

i think he'd fucking explode. grab the aorta you're presenting to him in his fingers. feel the blood drip, the organ squish. tilt your chin to him with his crowbar and kiss you.

(if this isn't love, what is?)

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More Kc tumblr posts

Can you tell im stalling to post my fanart.. (^^;

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This time I have something diffrent and smaller as I played new game and I made small guide/list of tips to get every ending. Maybe it will help someone.

I really recommend trying it out. ^^

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"How do you write such realistic dialogue-" I TALK TO MYSELF. I TALK TO MYSELF AND I PRETEND I AM THE ONE SAYING THE LINE. LIKE SANITY IS SLOWLY SLIPPING FROM BETWEEN MY FINGERS WITH EVERY MEASLY WORD THEY TYPE OUT. THAT IS HOW.

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Mc meeting another ex from their past life in the club? :p

MC will be meeting ex #3 on the way to the club and ex #4 in the club and ex #5 on the way home from the club :p

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🔥Roped In: Deuces Wild is out NOW on itchio!🔥

It is available for windows, mac, linux, and android!

Come meet Roy and Reuben - it's time to save a horse!

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New game 👀🔪♥💗

-> Collab Studio Carrd: [Here]

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✨ new article ✨

making an entire visual novel is hard, so is it even possible to make one solo, entirely by yourself?? I surveyed over 30 solo visual novel developers to get their advice!

read it here: