Bees and Lavender scatter all around our worlds in sims 4, and made me think of an idea to put honey, lavender, soap, candles, perfumes and body care products in one skill, for our sims to have fun making, using and selling items in their Body Care Shop, or just as a crafting hobby.
Theme: The Lavender Farm
Build Buy Style: French Country
CAS Style: Light and Breezy with Lilacs and Lace
Gameplay Objects:
1. A Distillery, and 2. a Bee Box, and 3. Harvestable Lavender
Gameplay Features: 5 Level Crafting Skill, using
harvestables. Products made by using the distillery and a new option added to existing stoves.
Lavender and Honey Recipes added to Gourmet Cooking!The Bee Box has 3 interactions and gives two harvestables: honey and wax.
The Check bees interaction is to see how the bees are going. Sometimes, they leave bee boxes to find somewhere better, and sometimes, the bees die. Both should give a SAD buff to the sim. Also, if the bees have left, a notification should come up to
Grow Some Lavender, cause you know what a bees favourite colour is? Blues and purples - they're naturally attracted to these coloured flowers and will even travel longer distances to gather the nectar from blue and purple flowers.
All three interactions should come with a chance of Bee Sting! - uncomfortable buff, and an even smaller chance of Allergic Reaction, in which case, the sim will bloat up to their largest capacity. If they don't use the Bee Sting Remedy, they could die!!
The Distillery
Farmer's Version for commercial use 2 wide x 1 deep, and countertop version for hobbyists.
The Perfumery Skill
Level 1: Unlocks the Base Ingredients for body care products:
At the Distillery:
Carrier Oil - Grapes - makes Grapeseed Oil
Alcohol Base - Potatoes -makes Vodka!
Essential Oils - 1. Lemon, and 2. Lavender
Fragrant Distilled Water - By Product of making all of the above.
Level 2:
1.
Linen Spray - Distilled Water + Lavender Essential Oil - Spray onto beds to give a Restful Night's Sleep Buff that lasts for 8 hours. Useful for spraying onto Cheap beds to replace 'uncomfortable' buff.
2.
DIY Playdough - Beeswax + Lavender Essential Oil - 'mimic' of mouldable clay. Kids - Elder can be creative with it. Gets a Happy "smells good" buff.
3.
Bath Bomb - Grapeseed Oil + Lavender Essential Oil + Lemon Essential Oil + Distilled Water - Drag to bath to give an Inspired Buff.
4.
Natural Candles - Beeswax - Made on the Stove. Works as regular in game candles.
Level 3:
1.
Lip Balm - Beeswax + Honey - When applied gives an instant romantic mood, adds Romantic Interaction: Give honey kisses.
2.
Oil Burner - Distilled Water + Lemon Essential Oil or Lavender Oil - instead of changing moods, have it affect the sims needs. Lemon Stops hunger decay, Lavender stops hygiene decay. Lasts 2 hours. Effects every sim in that room.
3.
Face Scrub - Distilled Water + Alcohol Base + Lavender (the plant) + Lavender Essential Oil - adds "Scrub Face" to all sinks. Increases hygiene.
4.
Scented Candles - Beeswax + Lemon Essential Oil or Lavender Essential Oil - Reduces Stress (gets rid of tense buffs).
Level 4:
1.
Honey Shampoo - Alcohol Base + Grapeseed Oil + Honey - Gives confident buff.
2.
Homemade Soaps - Alcohol Base + Grapeseed Oil+ Distilled Water + Essential Oils+Lavender (the plant) + Honey - Can be used in showers, baths and at the sink - Gives a Focused Buff, Increases hygiene twice as fast. (made on the stove)
Level 5:
1.
Honey Body Butter - Grapeseed Oil + Honey + Distilled Water - Replaces any uncomfortable buff with a Comforting one.
2.
Deodorant - Alcohol Base + Distilled Water + Essential Oil - Stops Hygiene decay for 8 hours.
3.
Perfume! - Alcohol Base + Distilled Water + Essential Oils + Grapeseed Oil - when applied, Gives the Alluring Buff and Romantic Interaction: Smell Perfume, which will give a maxed romance bar.
Build Buy:
CAS:
I hope one day to get a Farming Expansion Pack, so if this is still too much for its own Stuff pack, perhaps it could be included in that, or included in a Hobbies Game Pack. Either way, I'd love to eventually play a sim who lives on a Lavender Farm, and Owns their own Body Care Shop for other sims to visit.
Comments
Aww, that's such a sweet comment. Thank you. We must be kindred spirits. When I look at a lavender field, my heart swells, and I adore bees. I so wish we could have them in real life, but we have horses near us, and it wouldn't be good for either of them. So....I have to live vicariously through my sims. I'd even make my sims in the City have a bee box and lavender on their balconies! And I'd definitely send all my other sims to the Body Shop to buy body products, and candles.
Aww What's amazing is I haven't done much with gardening since TS2 seasons, but this way of utilizing it reminds me of what made me orginally so fascinated with it. This is truly creative and lovely . The honey maker and Perfume skill, and customized candles..omg. A body shop would be soo lovely and then the french furniture just touches it all perfectly. It gives a beautiful old farm vibe. A sewing option would be super cute too
And more things to do with harvestables and other collectables is something I'm really craving for in Sims 4.
I'm playing my game atm, and saw lots of bees around lavender in Windenburg.
Also... add guinea fowl.
> @SimGuruGraham - pleeeeeeeeeeeease make me a stuff pack with two of my favourite things: Lavender and Honey! :)
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> It would be a craft pack with a new Perfumery Skill that unlocks body care products and perfumes to use and sell in our GTW retail stores, and CL's Come and Get It Table.
> Theme: The Lavender Farm
> Build Buy Style: French Country
> CAS Style: Light and Breezy with Lilacs and Lace
> Gameplay Objects: 1. A Distillery, and 2. a Bee Box, and 3. Harvestable Lavender
> Gameplay Features: 5 Level Crafting Skill, using harvestables. Products made by using the distillery and a new option added to existing stoves.
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> New Objects:
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> The Bee Box has 3 interactions and gives two harvestables: honey and wax.
> The Check bees interaction is to see how the bees are going. Sometimes, they leave bee boxes to find somewhere better, and sometimes, the bees die. Both should give a SAD buff to the sim. Also, if the bees have left, a notification should come up to Grow Some Lavender, cause you know what a bees favourite colour is? Blues and purples - they're naturally attracted to these coloured flowers and will even travel longer distances to gather the nectar from blue and purple flowers. It's why I think Bees and Lavender would make a great stuff pack. :)
> All three interactions should come with a chance of Bee Sting! - uncomfortable buff, and an even smaller chance of Allergic Reaction, in which case, the sim will bloat up to their largest capacity. If they don't use the Bee Sting Remedy, they could die!! >:)
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> The Distillery
> Farmer's Version for commercial use 2 wide x 1 deep, and countertop version for hobbyists.
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> Lavender and Honey Recipes added to Gourmet Cooking!
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> The Perfumery Skill
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> Level 1: Unlocks the Base Ingredients for body care products:
> At the Distillery:
> * Carrier Oil - Grapes - makes Grapeseed Oil
> * Alcohol Base - Potatoes -makes Vodka!
> * Essential Oils - 1. Lemon, and 2. Lavender
> * Fragrant Distilled Water - By Product of making all of the above.
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> Level 2:
> 1. Linen Spray - Distilled Water + Lavender Essential Oil - Spray onto beds to give a Restful Night's Sleep Buff that lasts for 8 hours. Useful for spraying onto Cheap beds to replace 'uncomfortable' buff.
> 2. DIY Playdough - Beeswax + Lavender Essential Oil - 'mimic' of mouldable clay. Kids - Elder can be creative with it. Gets a Happy "smells good" buff.
> 3. Bath Bomb - Grapeseed Oil + Lavender Essential Oil + Lemon Essential Oil + Distilled Water - Drag to bath to give an Inspired Buff.
> 4. Natural Candles - Beeswax - Made on the Stove. Works as regular in game candles.
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> Level 3:
> 1. Lip Balm - Beeswax + Honey - When applied gives an instant romantic mood, adds Romantic Interaction: Give honey kisses.
> 2. Oil Burner - Distilled Water + Lemon Essential Oil or Lavender Oil - instead of changing moods, have it affect the sims needs. Lemon Stops hunger decay, Lavender stops hygiene decay. Lasts 2 hours. Effects every sim in that room.
> 3. Face Scrub - Distilled Water + Alcohol Base + Lavender (the plant) + Lavender Essential Oil - adds "Scrub Face" to all sinks. Increases hygiene.
> 4. Scented Candles - Beeswax + Lemon Essential Oil or Lavender Essential Oil - Reduces Stress (gets rid of tense buffs).
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> Level 4:
> 1. Honey Shampoo - Alcohol Base + Grapeseed Oil + Honey - Gives confident buff.
> 2. Homemade Soaps - Alcohol Base + Grapeseed Oil+ Distilled Water + Essential Oils+Lavender (the plant) + Honey - Can be used in showers, baths and at the sink - Gives a Focused Buff, Increases hygiene twice as fast. (made on the stove)
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> Level 5:
> 1. Honey Body Butter - Grapeseed Oil + Honey + Distilled Water - Replaces any uncomfortable buff with a Comforting one.
> 2. Deodorant - Alcohol Base + Distilled Water + Essential Oil - Stops Hygiene decay for 8 hours.
> 3. Perfume! - Alcohol Base + Distilled Water + Essential Oils + Grapeseed Oil - when applied, Gives the Alluring Buff and Romantic Interaction: Smell Perfume, which will give a maxed romance bar.
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> I've visited two Lavender Farms in my life - the first in Tasmania Australia (gorgeous place, you should come visit!), and the other in Provence France. Both were overwhelmingly spectacular, and both had their own shops on the premises selling lavender and honey products. I would love to play a sim who lives on a lavender farm and owns and runs a Body Care Shop. <3
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I can already imagine someone making CC for perfume bottles that look like Britney Spear's and other celebrity perfume
Different perfumes could also cause nearby sims who smell them to experience a certain emotion
@zombiesue - lol, I think that's the first time I've read anyone wanting guinea fowl. Although I knew they were a bird, I had to google them, and I think they're adorable. I had to make you a pic!
Thank you! Is it al right with you if I use this on my blog and to start a petition on the sims forums?
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Also, thank you very much for linking me to that. O_o it changed so fast!
I'm going to move this to the Stuff Pack forum for further discussion, as we know these ideas won't make it into the community Stuff Pack project at this point.
Will it be fun tho?