Perfumers and Omenkillers Deep Dive | Elden Ring Lore

Here is our deep dive into the Story of the Perfumers: An ill-fated history of Elden Ring Lore.
What happened to their good intentions? Are Depraved Perfumers separate from Leyndell? Does Morgott allow Omenkillers to operate to this day?

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[lalonmallosson]

It's fascinating how perfumers, seemingly a very small aspect of the lore, ends up being connected to nearly every major aspect. I did not expect this, but it was a welcome surprise

[arabidllama]

Some *really* good cinematography here! The shot at "let us return to Rollo" after the omen section is gorgeous

[ozsun]

Finally we have arrived at a time where acclaimed youtubers have covered what to them seemed to be most interesting about Elden Ring, leading to them covering more obscure topics like the Miranda Flowers! This is showing that the Game really is full of details in every single part of its World! Most people would say a full first blind playtrough is the best way to experience the Game, but what im saying is, that the more you know about the Worlds Backround, what everything represents and how its all connected really catapults my enjoyment trough the Dark-Souls-Lover roof!

[dtsnelson]

Rollo's story gets me every fucking time. Dude was trying his best to keep everyone safe, and lost everything in the process. I think people always forget that without the propaganda, and control of information the royals had someone like Rollo who was super committed to the safety of everyone could've done great things, but instead they were lead to be a monster by the powers that be.

[galacticnightmare]

Just a thought: the land octopus require humans for reproduction and their parts are used in the blood boil perfume, another connection to humanity in the recipes.

[grfrjiglstan]

So any way you slice it, the art of perfuming involves either consuming liquidized human remains, or spraying them upon your enemies.
You've gotta wonder, was that a George thing or a Miyazaki thing?

[summonfish]

I’m still so sad that the musical perfumer was patched out. I listened to that tune for at least half an hour before I accidentally aggroed them.

[HenryGreenEngine]

"Depravity is only depravity until it outcompetes: then it becomes mainstream as everyone gets onboard, " Words to remember. Bless you lads and your fantastic Elden Lore.

[briankay]

That yellow fire also looks like the wraiths that you can summon by ringing an accursed bell. The accursed that ring those bell as well are hurt by healing spells it seems that this curse energy is opposite from healing and the Greater Order/Erdtree.

[IdToaster]

"Why not make a perfume to instill fear and panic in the enemies' hearts?"
Maybe they couldn't in time for the war... or maybe there was a line even the perfumers weren't allowed (or were too afraid) to cross.
It's worth remembering there are Miranda flowers in Liurnia whose pollen causes Madness, which sounds perfect for the task... except that that particular trait likely came from eating the flesh of those of the Frenzied Flame Village nearby. No matter how dire the Shattering was, I doubt the forces led by King Morgott (who personally sealed the way to the Three Fingers) would be permitted to use such a thing. Assuming that any perfumers would be willing to experiment that closely with such maddening ingredients, of course.

[tonyogar]

Thanks for this piece. For a seemingly minor group (at least I thought so until about 50 mins ago) there is so much lore. This in my opinion is what, I'm finding out as a new Souls player, makes FromSoft games stand the test of time - not graphics, not mechanics, not even the exhileration of beating Malenia or Radagon, but the attention to detail - the lore. Everything has a story, a place, a function in the game. I'm on my fourth playthrough and finding out more and more everyday.

[abigcupofwater]

Cool! The perfumers and the Zamor are the two factions that really stuck out to me in this game

[splunkmastah]

I always thought that the perfumers in Leyndell were operating an opium den of sorts for their own ends. Interesting.

[alexgroot]

The Perfumers had completely passed me by during my playthrough and now I'm itching to do a perfumer lore run. Spectacular video, really like the subjects you tackle. Looking forward to more!

[orangerightgold]

the miranda flower item descriptions aren't scarcastic. I believe it is either a perfumer that is describing the flower and its components, or the effects of perfumes were so intoxicating that everybody revered the flower because it is required in every perfume.

[soarel]

I’m not sure if Omens were something that began to be born later, after the Perfumers were already an established culture. Rather, as society began to turn against the Crucible sometime during Godfrey’s reign (it was still seen as divine early on when the Crucible Knights fought for him, but as civilization advanced came to be seen as “impure”, some point during his reign before the birth of the Omen Twins). Following that, I think the attempts to cure Omen appeared after the Omen stopped being viewed as a blessing, and began to be viewed as a curse.

The Omenkillers’ masks to me indicate a shift in the priorities of the Omenkillers. Rollo may have been an emotionless mercy killer, but the Omenkillers we see are actively taunting and tormenting the Omens, prolonging their suffering as they kill them. I don’t think the present Omenkillers use physick to suppress emotions the way Rollo did.

Omenkillers targeting Albinaurics is…interesting. Unlike the Omens, their “accursed blood” seems not to have any effect like the Omens’ blood does. Albinaurics are discriminated against since they’re artificially-created beings, but the Albinauric Shield description says that it’s mostly the Liurnia/Carian society that persecutes them rather than the Leyndell/Erdtree one.

As for them using fire, it’s said only those who served the Erdtree were forbidden from using it, so maybe if you used it outside Leyndell or were not officially associated with the Church or with the Leyndell society it was fine? Fire was clearly okay for lighting, for example (there’s candles, torches, and campfires everywhere).

[cbpuzzleworm]

Never noticed that the huge arrows were topped with incense holders for perfume warfare. That is so insanely cool. Great catch!

[theDoctorwitTardis]

You have no idea how much I was looking forward to this video once I spotted the premiere of it in my notifications.

The parfumers were amongthe most anigmatic and interesting factions I came across in Elden Ring.

[pkeod]

With this work, the golden age of Elden Ring lore truly begins.

[ChristophelusPulps]

Another note: omens weren't a new thing. They were simply touched by the Crucible, a primeval power that predated the Golden Order. The new thing was omen being seen as cursed instead of blessed.