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Stephy D ✨️🎵🔞 @glitterandblood.bsky.social · 2h

#tavqotd

Zyela smells like peach and honeysuckle. She figured out how to make it herself from pilfered peaches and honeysuckle found around Baldur's Gate, then supplies from Emerald Grove. When she moved to Waterdeep, Gale introduced her to an apothecary who helped her refine the scent. 🩷

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Fenderlove @fenderlove.bsky.social · 2h

#TavQOTD

Dandy wears a perfume with a noticeable cherry hard-candy scent, like fake cherry like a Luden's). However, Astarion says her natural scent is like a "plum gin fizz." The Dandy Candle (The DandleTM) is a combination of fake cherry, plum, and juniper.

A doll with long brown hair and a pink dress sits next to a purple candle in a class jar with a label that reads: "Dandy Berryborne."

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Luna (Lunala) @lunalaplays.bsky.social · 3h

#tavqotd Smell

Eliza has her own perfume that Astarion has made special for her, she always smells of roses. But when she was being turned into his consort, he "killed" her while she was laying in a bed of roses so even when she doesn't wear her perfume, her scent remains the same forever

#ElizaOC

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Inkfishie @inkfishie.bsky.social · 3h

Rook smells like herbs with a soft undercurrent of something masculine and clean. Sometimes he smells of the forest. Lysander is particular about wearing scents. He prefers something light and fresh. His natural scent is not very strong unless it's been a few days since he's had a bath. #tavqotd

Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 5h

#tavqotd #bg3 #durgeqotd

What does your Tav/Durge smell like? Is their scent strong? Subtle? Do they wear perfume? Is it natural?

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Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 3h

Dude, I feel that! The musk line nearly had Courage yeeting herself into the Chionthar. She was so embarrassed.

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Mrs.Echo @mrsecho.bsky.social · 3h

Orya smells like rose and vanilla. It’s from a homemade perfume she makes. She tries to keep it more subtle so it doesn’t upset the senses of those around her, but just enough so she doesn’t smell bad 🌹🍦

Shot by @ladydarkka.bsky.social

#tavqotd #tav #oc #bg3

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Claidi @claidikey.bsky.social · 3h

#tavqotd #AvariceOC #BG3 #Tav #Durge

Avarice developed a bit of a complex after Gale's "musk" comment on the road, so now his bathing rituals take a lot longer. He naturally smells similar to rosewood, but he uses an oil that provides notes of amaretto and vanilla to it. It is a subtle scent tho.

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Nullnuit @ladelasratas.bsky.social · 4h

#tavQOTD SMELL

Nullnuit works hard not to have a recognisable smell. You can smell plain soap, leather, the dust of the road, the other people she has mingled with... She only uses perfumes or scents if she has to sneak into someone else's home. Then she uses that person's perfume (or someone near)

Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 5h

#tavqotd #bg3 #durgeqotd

What does your Tav/Durge smell like? Is their scent strong? Subtle? Do they wear perfume? Is it natural?

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Just Ma 🦑 @inemperorsname.bsky.social · 4h

#tavqotd

He was quite poor and stole, but he spent the money he stole on drink.
When Xal had enough money, he bought himself balms and essential oils, which he used in the baths and afterward.
He liked the aromas of leather, coffee, tobacco, cinnamon...

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Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 4h

#tavqotd

To answer my own…

Courage smells like honeysuckle and sea breeze and the sweet fragrant flowers that grow in the Faw Wilds. Very sweet and floral.

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Vir'Abelasan @vabelasan.bsky.social · 4h

#tavqotd #bg3

For Val his signature scent is...

🌹Sage and Roses🌹

Subtle but noticable, his signature perfume - he makes it himself.

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TheRealShanBear 🐻 Halla & Gilnoruil @therealshanbear.bsky.social · 5h

#tavqotd Scents

Neither do perfume.

GIlnor smells like lavender, sometimes a hint of peppermint. It's noticable but not overpowering.

Halla smells of honey, vanilla and sometimes apple blossoms (mostly in her hair because that's her shampoo). She can get a bit musky if working hard.

Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 5h

#tavqotd #bg3 #durgeqotd

What does your Tav/Durge smell like? Is their scent strong? Subtle? Do they wear perfume? Is it natural?

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cheesewar.bsky.social @cheesewar.bsky.social · 5h

I feel like he'd have a strong, but interesting scent. Leather, oakmoss, sandalwood, vanilla and like a hint of lavender.

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Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 5h

#tavqotd #bg3 #durgeqotd

What does your Tav/Durge smell like? Is their scent strong? Subtle? Do they wear perfume? Is it natural?

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Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 6h

#tavqotd

Oof. Courage would reject the question all together, offering herself in Astarion’s stead. I don’t think she could forsake the world, but she if Astarion is sacrificed, then so is she. She’ll be damned if she lets the world die, and damned if she ever lets him suffer alone again.

Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 10h

That’s cool as fuck.

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Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 10h

Courage blushes as she accepts the refill. “His n-name’s Ast-t-tarion.” She takes a breath, steadying her stammer. “He’s m-my b-best friend. My p-partner in crime, if you will. He k-keeps me smiling. We m-make each other feel safe. He’s the m-most resilient p-person I know.”

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Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 10h

Glad to have a fellow libra Tav friend to share it with!

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Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 10h

#tavqotd

First off, HAPY BIRTHDAY JEZELLA!

Courage comes with her lute strung to her back, a fresh batch of sugar cookies in hand & a slender, rectangular gift tucked under her arm. The gift’s the sheet music to a song written just just for Jezella so she can have theme music wherever she goes.

Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 12h

#tavqotd

Courage sits in the courtyard of her mom’s house in the upper city. She is bundled in a sweater, looking up at the stars, hookah warm, lute across her lap, and a journal beside her as she works out the lyrics to a new song. Astarion lounges on a chaise nearby, half asleep as she plays.

Tragedy Sorbet @tragedysorbet.bsky.social · 13h

#tavqotd

It's a lovely, clear autumn night. The stars are out and it's just slightly chilly.

What is your tav/durge up to?

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Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 14h

#tavqotd

Astarion: “Courage’s biggest flaw is her INSISTENCE that we help EVERYONE! Honestly, it’s exhausting watching her be nice all the time.”

Syndra (mom): “she sometimes makes herself small for other’s comfort”

Grove (bestie): “that she’s a hopeless romantic. Emphasis on the word hopeless.”

Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 17h

#tavqotd

Courage has 4 canon outfits and more in my fic.

1. Her audition dress when she was abducted
2. Camp clothes
3. Her adventuring gear
4. Her cloak of stars (always wears, but don’t have anything exactly like it in game)
5. An oversized tunic (medieval t-shirt vibes) & panties for sleep.