Fall Asleep as a Perfume Maker in Renaissance Venice

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Tonight, you find yourself in Renaissance Venice, where moonlit canals, distant spices, blooming gardens, and exotic trade goods all flow together into one of Europe's most luxurious crafts: perfume making.

As a Venetian perfumer, you blend roses, lavender, citrus oils, imported spices, rare resins, and extraordinary ingredients gathered from across the known world. Noblewomen seek fragrances that promise elegance. Merchants hope to smell successful. Aristocrats compete to leave the most memorable impression at festivals and banquets. In a...