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We invite you to join us for our Lunacy events for your opportunity to meet the lab staff (California only), purchase the latest scents, and get a sneak preview of what’s coming soon. The blends that will be available for purchase include those that went live on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab website up to and including the Bards Of Ireland update. Our Lunacy events are held on the night of the full moon and are always free. The West Coast Will Call event will be held on Sunday, May 3rd from 4 to 7pm at Dark Delicacies. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505 www.darkdel.com If you have any questions, please email us at willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com. Hope to see you there! Remaining Will Call Dates for 2015 West Coast: Tuesday, June 2nd Thursday, July 30th Sunday, August 30th Sunday, September 27th Tuesday, October 27th Want to keep up to date on all the BPAL news? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, join our mailing list, visit our Forums, or follow our blog The Black Phoenix Gazette.

Join us for our Lunacy events Salem and Dirty South Will Call events this April. The Dirty South Will Call event will be held on Friday, April 24th from 4 to 7pm at the Microtel Inn and Suites by Wyndham at Perimeter Center. Microtel Inn and Suites by Wyndham at Perimeter Center. 6280 Peachwood Dunwoody Rd. In the conference/meeting room. Atlanta, GA 30328 RSVP for the Event on Facebook. The Salem Will Call event will be held on Saturday, April 25th from 8 to 10pm at Salem Ink Tattoo and Art Gallery. Salem Ink Tattoo and Art Gallery 201 Derby St. Salem, MA 01970 http://saleminkma.com/ RSVP for the Event on Facebook. If you have any questions, please email us at willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com. Hope to see you there! Want to keep up to date on all the BPAL news? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, join our mailing list, visit our Forums, or follow our blog The Black Phoenix Gazette.

The following fragrances have been discontinued effective immediately - Séance, Herbert West, The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Rumpelstilzchen is limited to stock on hand and will be discontinued once that is gone. Please accept our sincerest apologies for the short notice!

First up: New lunacy! Continuing with Tabula Selenographica’s trip through the lunar landscape, we are thrilled to present: MARE CRISIUM The Sea of Crises. A discordant, clashing shock of petitgrain, rosemary, and fir needle, roiling with fiery mandarin and acerbic lime. ******************************************* In the spirit of resurrection… Many years ago, Black Phoenix released a scent called Banshee Beat. We have 110 bottles left to sell of the remaining stock, and they’re releasing into the wild as OG BB. The bottles have matured beautifully; the patchouli note is richer, deeper, and lovelier than ever. OG BB A tousled, sexy mix of patchouli, vanilla, and hemp. Because we know that so many people love this scent, Black Phoenix will be offering an updated version in our GC soon under an appropriately silly name, Revenant Rhythm. ******************************************* Plague has swept the Lab… Buy all ten Plagues, and get a free exclusive imp: ANGEL OF DEATH Aged frankincense and white sandalwood gilded by a richly spiced agarwood. Please note: the Angel of Death will only pay a visit to your home if you purchase a full set of Plagues. Otherwise, he’ll simply pass over. At this time, we are unable to process Golden Calves as payment. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. The Plagues will be decimating the land until 4 June 2015. ++ PLAGUES OF EGYPT BLOOD THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND Beholde, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand, vpon the waters which are in the riuer, and they shalbe turned to blood. And the fish that is in the riuer shall die, and the riuer shall stincke, and the Egyptians shall loathe to drinke of the water of the riuer. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, Say vnto Aaron, Take thy rod, & stretch out thine hand vpon the waters of Egypt, vpon their streames, vpon their riuers, and vpon their ponds, and vpon all their pooles of water, that they may become blood, and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded: and he lift vp the rod and smote the waters that were in the riuer, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his seruants: and all the waters that were in the riuer, were turned to blood. And the fish that was in the riuer died: and the riuer stunke, and the Egyptians could not drinke of the water of the riuer: and there was blood throughout all the land Egypt. Olive wood, acacia, and juniper, stone and clay, all thick with blood and crusted with dust. SMITE ALL THY BORDERS WITH FROGGES Beholde, I will smite all thy borders with frogges. And the riuer shall bring foorth frogges abundantly, which shall goe vp and come into thine house, and into thy bed-chamber, and vpon thy bed, and into the house of thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine ouens, and into thy kneading troughes. And the frogges shall come vp both on thee, and vpon thy people, and vpon all thy seruants. And the Lord spake vnto Moses; Say vnto Aaron, Stretch foorth thine hand with thy rodde ouer the streames, ouer the riuers, and ouer the ponds, and cause frogges to come vp vpon the land of Egypt. And Aaron stretched out his hand ouer the waters of Egypt, and the frogges came vp, and couered the land of Egypt. And the Magicians did so with their inchantments, and brought vp frogges vpon the land of Egypt. Amphibious green musk with bog moss, benzoin, Mountain sage, Brazilian vetiver, tomato leaf, cucumber pulp, and unripe squash. ALL THE DUST OF THE LAND Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice, thorowout all the land of Egypt. And they did so: for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice, in man and in beast: all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And the Magicians did so with their enchantments to bring foorth lice, but they could not: so there were lice vpon man and vpon beast. An infestation of Ceylon cinnamon bark, black patchouli, tonka absolute, bitter almond, and frankincense. A GRIEVOUS SWARM Beholde, I will send swarmes of flies vpon thee, and vpon thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall bee full of swarmes of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. And I will seuer in that day the lande of Goshen in which my people dwell, that no swarmes of flies shall be there, to the end thou maiest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. And I will put a diuision betweene my people and thy people: to morrow shall this signe be. And the Lord did so: and there came a grieuous swarme of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his seruants houses, and into all the lande of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarme of flies. Black pepper and vetiver with cardamom, blackened vanilla, and tobacco absolute. A VERY GRIEVOUS MURRAINE Behold, the hand of the Lord is vpon thy cattell which is in the field, vpon the horses, vpon the asses, vpon the camels, vpon the oxen, and vpon the sheepe: there shall be a very grieuous murraine. And the Lord shall seuer betweene the cattell of Israel, and the cattell of Egypt, and there shall nothing die of all that is the childrens of Israel. And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall doe this thing in the land. Brown musk, myrrh, and sun-baked leather afflicted by splotches of saffron and red musk. UPON MAN AND UPON BEAST Take to you handfuls of ashes of the fornace, and let Moses sprinkle it towards the heauen, in the sight of Pharaoh: And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall bee a boyle breaking forth with blaines, vpon man and vpon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. And they tooke ashes of the fornace, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it vp toward heauen: and it became a boile breaking forth with blaines, vpon man and vpon beast. Dry patchouli and white sandalwood oozing with lesions of labdanum, wet red cherry, and opoponax. FIRE MINGLED WITH THE HAILE Behold, to morrow about this time, I wil cause it to raine a very grieuous haile, such as hath not bene in Egypt, since the foundation thereof euen vntill now. Send therefore now, and gather thy cattell, and all that thou hast in the field: for vpon euery man and beast which shal be found in the field, and shal not bee brought home, the haile shall come downe vpon them, and they shall die. Hee that feared the word of the Lord amongst the seruants of Pharaoh, made his seruants and his cattell flee into the houses. And he that regarded not the word of the Lord, left his seruants and his cattell in the field. And the Lord saide vnto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heauen, that there may be haile in all the land of Egypt, vpon man and vpon beast, and vpon euery herbe of the field, thorowout the land of Egypt. And Moses stretched foorth his rod toward heauen, and the Lord sent thunder and haile, and the fire ranne along vpon the ground, and the Lord rained haile vpon the land of Egypt. So there was haile, and fire mingled with the haile, very grieuous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt, since it became a nation. And the haile smote throughout all the land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and beast: and the haile smote euery herbe of the fielde, and brake euery tree of the field. Fields smashed by torrential rain, seared by gouts of celestial fire. THEY SHALL EATE THE RESIDUE OF THAT WHICH IS ESCAPED Behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast. And they shall couer the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth, and they shall eate the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth vnto you from the haile, and shall eate euery tree, which groweth for you out of the field. And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy seruants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers fathers haue seene, since the day that they were vpon the earth, vnto this day. Dry vanilla mint with rosewood, balsam, green sandalwood, green mate absolute, and sage. THREE DAYES Stretch out thine hand toward heauen, that there may be darkenesse ouer the land of Egypt, euen darkenes which may be felt. And Moses stretched foorth his hand toward heauen: and there was a thicke darkenesse in all the land of Egypt three dayes. They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three dayes: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. The impenetrable darkness of opoponax and vetiver, sliced through with a shiver of mint, white grape, star anise, and pungent frankincense. ABOUT MIDNIGHT About midnight will I goe out into the midst of Egypt. And all the first borne in the lande of Egypt shall die, from the first borne of Pharaoh, that sitteth vpon his throne, euen vnto the first borne of the maid seruant that is behind the mill, and all the first borne of beasts. And there shall bee a great crie throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall bee like it any more. Judgement rendered: vanillic sandalwood, holy balsam, cedar, and frankincense. Want to keep up to date on all the BPAL news? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, join our mailing list, visit our Forums, or follow our blog The Black Phoenix Gazette.

PSA: the remaining original stock of the Perfume Formerly Known as Banshee Beat will be going live with the Lunacy. 110 bottles available.

We invite you to join us for our Lunacy events for your opportunity to meet the lab staff (California only), purchase the latest scents, and get a sneak preview of what’s coming soon. The blends that will be available for purchase include those that went live on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab website up to and including the Lupercalia updates. Our Lunacy events are held on the night of the full moon and are always free. The West Coast Will Call event will be held on Tuesday, April 7th from 6 to 9pm at Dark Delicacies. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505 www.darkdel.com If you have any questions, please email us at willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com. Hope to see you there! Remaining Will Call Dates for 2015 West Coast: Sunday, May 3rd Tuesday, June 2nd Thursday, July 30th Saturday, August 29th Sunday, September 27th Tuesday, October 27th Want to keep up to date on all the BPAL news? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, join our mailing list, visit our Forums, or follow our blog The Black Phoenix Gazette.

The following fragrances have been discontinued effective immediately - Bread & Butterfly and Hamptons. Please accept our sincerest apologies for the short notice!

Join us for our Lunacy events Salem and Dirty South Will Call events this March. The Dirty South Will Call event will be held on Saturday, March 28th from 4 to 7pm at the Microtel Inn and Suites by Wyndham at Perimeter Center. Microtel Inn and Suites by Wyndham at Perimeter Center. 6280 Peachwood Dunwoody Rd. In the conference/meeting room. Atlanta, GA 30328 RSVP for the Event on Facebook. The Salem Will Call event will be held on Saturday, March 28th from 8 to 10pm at Salem Ink Tattoo and Art Gallery. Salem Ink Tattoo and Art Gallery 201 Derby St. Salem, MA 01970 http://saleminkma.com/ RSVP for the Event on Facebook. If you have any questions, please email us at willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com. Hope to see you there! Want to keep up to date on all the BPAL news? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, join our mailing list, visit our Forums, or follow our blog The Black Phoenix Gazette.

13 13 is significant, whether you consider it lucky, unlucky or just plain odd. Many believe it to be unfortunate… …because there were 13 present at the Last Supper. …Loki crashed a party of 12 at Valhalla, which ended in Baldur’s death. …Oinomaos killed 13 of Hippodamia’s suitors before Pelops finally, in his own shady way, defeated the jealous king. …In ancient Rome, Hecate’s witches gathered in groups of 12, the Goddess herself being the 13th in the coven. Concern over the number thirteen echoes back beyond the Christian era. Line 13 was omitted form the Code of Hammurabi. The shivers over Friday the 13th also have some interesting origins: …Christ was allegedly crucified on Friday the 13th. …On Friday, October 13, 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the arrests of Jaques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and sixty of his senior knights. …In British custom, hangings were held on Fridays, and there were 13 steps on the gallows leading to the noose. To combat the superstition, Robert Ingersoll and the Thirteen Club held thirteen-men dinners during the 19th Century. Successful? Hardly. The number still invokes trepidation to this day. A recent whimsical little serial killer study showed that the following murderers all have names that total thirteen letters: Theodore Bundy Jeffrey Dahmer Albert De Salvo John Wayne Gacy And, with a little stretch of the imagination, you can also fit “Jack the Ripper” and “Charles Manson” into that equation. More current-era paranoia: modern schoolchildren stop their memorization of the multiplication tables at 12. There were 13 Plutonium slugs in the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki. Apollo 13 wasn’t exactly the most successful space mission. All of these are things that modern triskaidekaphobes point to when justifying their fears. For some, 13 is an extremely fortuitous and auspicious number… …In Jewish tradition, God has 13 Attributes of Mercy. Also, there were 13 tribes of Israel, 13 principles of Jewish faith, and 13 is considered the age of maturity. …The ancient Egyptians believed that there were 12 stages of spiritual achievement in this lifetime, and a 13th beyond death. …The word for thirteen, in Chinese, sounds much like the word which means “must be alive”. Thirteen, whether you love it or loathe it, is a pretty cool number all around. …In some theories of relativity, there are 13 dimensions. …It is a prime number, lucky number, star number, Wilson Prime, and Fibonacci number. …There are 13 Archimedean solids. AND… …There were 13 original colonies when the United States were founded. Says a lot about the US, doesn’t it? Blackened cacao with thirteen herbs for navigating your fortunes through lucid dreaming and trancework: lemon verbena, helichrysum, nut sedge, Roman chamomile, naab, lavender, citronella, galangal, wormwood, patchouli, tulsi, hoja madre, and mugwort. 13 will be live until March 14th. Want to keep up to date on all the BPAL news? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, join our mailing list, visit our Forums, or follow our blog The Black Phoenix Gazette.

If you’d like to keep up on where we’ll be, you can always check our events listings on Facebook. New additions include Salem Will Call and upcoming conventions. https://www.facebook.com/BlackPhoenixAlchemyLab/events

First up: New lunacy! Continuing with Tabula Selenographica’s trip through the lunar landscape, we are thrilled to present: TERRA VIGORIS The Land of Cheerfulness: blood orange and apricot with Chinese geranium, Italian bergamot, langsat pulp, cardamom, white peach, and white sandalwood. And The Bards Of Ireland have returned for 2015. ++ BARDS OF IRELAND 2015 Irish bards were members of a hereditary caste of learned poets. They were officials of the courts of their chieftains and kings, and served as historians, storytellers, and satirists. They were immersed in the rich history of their clan and country, and learned the intricacies of their craft from birth. Their words held so much power that it was believed that a glam dicing, or satirical incantation, spoken by a bard held the magic of a curse. This series is a celebration of Irish poetry, hailing the songs of Ireland throughout the ages. Bards Of Ireland will be live until May 6th. CUCHULAIN'S FIGHT WITH THE SEA A man came slowly from the setting sun, To Emer, raddling raiment in her dun, And said, ‘I am that swineherd whom you bid Go watch the road between the wood and tide, But now I have no need to watch it more.’ Then Emer cast the web upon the floor, And raising arms all raddled with the dye, Parted her lips with a loud sudden cry. That swineherd stared upon her face and said, ‘No man alive, no man among the dead, Has won the gold his cars of battle bring.’ ‘But if your master comes home triumphing Why must you blench and shake from foot to crown?’ Thereon he shook the more and cast him down Upon the web-heaped floor, and cried his word: ‘With him is one sweet-throated like a bird.’ ‘You dare me to my face,’ and thereupon She smote with raddled fist, and where her son Herded the cattle came with stumbling feet, And cried with angry voice, ‘It is not meet To idle life away, a common herd.’ ‘I have long waited, mother, for that word: But wherefore now?’ ‘There is a man to die; You have the heaviest arm under the sky.’ ‘Whether under its daylight or its stars My father stands amid his battle-cars.’ ‘But you have grown to be the taller man.’ ‘Yet somewhere under starlight or the sun My father stands.’ ‘Aged, worn out with wars On foot, on horseback or in battle-cars.’ ‘I only ask what way my journey lies, For He who made you bitter made you wise.’ ‘The Red Branch camp in a great company Between wood’s rim and the horses of the sea. Go there, and light a camp-fire at wood’s rim; But tell your name and lineage to him Whose blade compels, and wait till they have found Some feasting man that the same oath has bound.’ Among those feasting men Cuchulain dwelt, And his young sweetheart close beside him knelt, Stared on the mournful wonder of his eyes, Even as Spring upon the ancient skies, And pondered on the glory of his days; And all around the harp-string told his praise, And Conchubar, the Red Branch king of kings, With his own fingers touched the brazen strings. At last Cuchulain spake, ‘Some man has made His evening fire amid the leafy shade. I have often heard him singing to and fro, I have often heard the sweet sound of his bow. Seek out what man he is.’ One went and came. ‘He bade me let all know he gives his name At the sword-point, and waits till we have found Some feasting man that the same oath has bound.’ Cuchulain cried, ‘I am the only man Of all this host so bound from childhood on. After short fighting in the leafy shade, He spake to the young man, ‘Is there no maid Who loves you, no white arms to wrap you round, Or do you long for the dim sleepy ground, That you have come and dared me to my face?’ ‘The dooms of men are in God’s hidden place,’ ‘Your head a while seemed like a woman’s head That I loved once.’ Again the fighting sped, But now the war-rage in Cuchulain woke, And through that new blade’s guard the old blade Broke, And pierced him. ‘Speak before your breath is done.’ ‘Cuchulain I, mighty Cuchulain’s son.’ ‘I put you from your pain. I can no more.’ While day its burden on to evening bore, With head bowed on his knees Cuchulain stayed; Then Conchubar sent that sweet-throated maid, And she, to win him, his grey hair caressed; In vain her arms, in vain her soft white breast. Then Conchubar, the subtlest of all men, Ranking his Druids round him ten by ten, Spake thus: ‘Cuchulain will dwell there and brood For three days more in dreadful quietude, And then arise, and raving slay us all. Chaunt in his ear delusions magical, That he may fight the horses of the sea.’ The Druids took them to their mystery, And chaunted for three days. Cuchulain stirred, Stared on the horses of the sea, and heard The cars of battle and his own name cried; And fought with the invulnerable tide. —WB Yeats Grief and rage battering upon the waves: salt-crusted clove stem, flayed kelp, juniper, and white patchouli. DARK ROSALEEN O my dark Rosaleen, Do not sigh, do not weep! The priests are on the ocean green, They march along the deep. There’s wine from the royal Pope, Upon the ocean green; And Spanish ale shall give you hope, My Dark Rosaleen! My own Rosaleen! Shall glad your heart, shall give you hope, Shall give you health, and help, and hope, My Dark Rosaleen! Over hills, and thro’ dales, Have I roam’d for your sake; All yesterday I sail’d with sails On river and on lake. The Erne, at its highest flood, I dash’d across unseen, For there was lightning in my blood, My Dark Rosaleen! My own Rosaleen! O, there was lightning in my blood, Red lighten’d thro’ my blood. My Dark Rosaleen! All day long, in unrest, To and fro, do I move. The very soul within my breast Is wasted for you, love! The heart in my bosom faints To think of you, my Queen, My life of life, my saint of saints, My Dark Rosaleen! My own Rosaleen! To hear your sweet and sad complaints, My life, my love, my saint of saints, My Dark Rosaleen! Woe and pain, pain and woe, Are my lot, night and noon, To see your bright face clouded so, Like to the mournful moon. But yet will I rear your throne Again in golden sheen; ‘Tis you shall reign, shall reign alone, My Dark Rosaleen! My own Rosaleen! ‘Tis you shall have the golden throne, ‘Tis you shall reign, and reign alone, My Dark Rosaleen! Over dews, over sands, Will I fly, for your weal: Your holy delicate white hands Shall girdle me with steel. At home, in your emerald bowers, From morning’s dawn till e’en, You’ll pray for me, my flower of flowers, My Dark Rosaleen! My fond Rosaleen! You’ll think of me through daylight hours My virgin flower, my flower of flowers, My Dark Rosaleen! I could scale the blue air, I could plough the high hills, Oh, I could kneel all night in prayer, To heal your many ills! And one beamy smile from you Would float like light between My toils and me, my own, my true, My Dark Rosaleen! My fond Rosaleen! Would give me life and soul anew, My Dark Rosaleen! O, the Erne shall run red, With redundance of blood, The earth shall rock beneath our tread, And flames wrap hill and wood, And gun-peal and slogan-cry Wake many a glen serene, Ere you shall fade, ere you shall die, My Dark Rosaleen! My own Rosaleen! The Judgement Hour must first be nigh, Ere you can fade, ere you can die, My Dark Rosaleen! —James Clarence Mangan Impassioned patriotism cloaked in the guise of a love song: golden frankincense gilding pine pitch, sun-touched amber, and oakmoss resinoid. THE FAIRY THORN “Get up, our Anna dear, from the weary spinning-wheel; For your father’s on the hill, and your mother is asleep; Come up above the crags, and we’ll dance a Highland reel Around the Fairy Thorn on the steep.” At Anna Grace’s door ’twas thus the maidens cried, Three merry maidens fair in kirtles of the green; And Anna laid the rock and the weary wheel aside, The fairest of the four, I ween. They’re glancing through the glimmer of the quiet eve, Away in milky wavings of neck and ankle bare; The heavy-sliding stream in its sleepy song they leave, And the crags in the ghostly air. And linking hand-in-hand, and singing as they go, The maids along the hillside have ta’en their fearless way, Till they come to where the rowan trees in lonely beauty grow Beside the Fairy Hawthorn grey. The Hawthorn stands between the ashes tall and slim, Like matron with her twin grand-daughters at her knee; The rowan berries cluster o’er her low head grey and dim In ruddy kisses sweet to see. The merry maidens four have ranged them in a row, Between each lovely couple a stately rowan stem, And away in mazes wavy, like skimming birds they go, Oh, never carolled bird like them! But solemn is the silence on the silvery haze That drinks away their voices in echoless repose, And dreamily the evening has stilled the haunted braes, And dreamier the gloaming grows. And sinking one by one, like lark-notes from the sky, When the falcon’s shadow saileth across the open shaw, Are hushed the maidens’ voices, as cowering down they lie In the flutter of their sudden awe. For, from the air above and the grassy ground beneath, And from the mountain-ashes and the old white-thorn between, A power of faint enchantment doth through their beings breathe, And they sink down together on the green. They sink together silent, and stealing side to side, They fling their lovely arms o’er their drooping necks so fair, Then vainly strive again their naked arms to hide, For their shrinking necks again are bare. Thus clasped and prostrate all, with their heads together bowed, Soft o’er their bosoms beating—the only human sound— They hear the silky footsteps of the silent fairy crowd, Like a river in the air gliding round. Nor scream can any raise, nor prayer can any say, But wild, wild the terror of the speechless three— For they feel fair Anna Grace drawn silently away, By whom they dare not look to see. They feel their tresses twine with her parting locks of gold, And the curls elastic falling, as her head withdraws. They feel her sliding arms from their trancèd arms unfold, But they dare not look to see the cause; For heavy on their senses the faint enchantment lies Through all that night of anguish and perilous amaze And neither fear nor wonder can ope their quivering eyes, Or their limbs from the cold ground raise; Till out of night the earth has rolled her dewy side, With every haunted mountain and streamy vale below; When, as the mist dissolves in the yellow morningtide, The maiden’s trance dissolveth so. Then fly the ghastly three as swiftly as they may, And tell their tale of sorrow to anxious friends in vain— They pined away and died within the year and day, And ne’er was Anna Grace seen again. —Samuel Ferguson Drawn away by the spirits, never to be seen again: an eerie veil of vanilla musk twirled with tuberose, Siamese red benzoin, cassis flower, Irish moss, white sandalwood, plum nectar, violet leaf, and apple petals.

We are proud to introduce a new Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab / Dark Delicacies collaboration! BEAUTIFUL DEATH ($25) A tragedy in one act: pale sandalwood threaded with a vanilla filigree, bitter green cognac, white tobacco, and Roman chamomile, stained by a splash of black tea and the deceptively sweet juice of belladonna berries. Beautiful Death is available for order online now at the Dark Delicacies website and will be available in store for purchase. ************************************* We also invite you to join us for our Lunacy events for your opportunity to meet the lab staff (California only), purchase the latest scents, and get a sneak preview of what’s coming soon. The blends that will be available for purchase include those that went live on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab website up to and including the Lupercalia updates. Our Lunacy events are held on the night of the full moon and are always free. The West Coast Will Call event will be held on Thursday, March 5th from 6 to 9pm at Dark Delicacies. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505 www.darkdel.com If you have any questions, please email us at willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com. Hope to see you there! Remaining Will Call Dates for 2015 West Coast: Tuesday, April 7th Sunday, May 3rd Tuesday, June 2nd Thursday, July 30th Saturday, August 29th Sunday, September 27th Tuesday, October 27th Dirty South and Salem Will Call Dates are TBA Want to keep up to date on all the BPAL news? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, join our mailing list, visit our Forums, or follow our blog The Black Phoenix Gazette.

In honor of tonight's Black Supermoon. Black Supermoon Black on black: inky vetiver and opoponax further deepened by red benzoin and five-year aged Sumatran patchouli, limned by mint and white mandarin, and touched by the saltspray of King Tides. Limited to 100 bottles.

WOODEN GOAT A new year's blessing! Peony, China's national flower, with bamboo for flexibility, plum blossom for perseverance, courage, and hope, tangerine for wealth, orange for happiness, lychee for household peace, pine resin for constancy, golden kumquat for prosperity, King mandarin for good fortune, cypress for longevity, and peach fruit to represent the fourth phase of Wu Xing. This year’s Lunar New Year blend has an extra dollop of blazing red of dragon's blood give you fortitude and strength, and, of course, to assist in scaring away the rampaging Nian. 13 13 is significant, whether you consider it lucky, unlucky or just plain odd. Many believe it to be unfortunate… …because there were 13 present at the Last Supper. …Loki crashed a party of 12 at Valhalla, which ended in Baldur’s death. …Oinomaos killed 13 of Hippodamia’s suitors before Pelops finally, in his own shady way, defeated the jealous king. …In ancient Rome, Hecate’s witches gathered in groups of 12, the Goddess herself being the 13th in the coven. Concern over the number thirteen echoes back beyond the Christian era. Line 13 was omitted form the Code of Hammurabi. The shivers over Friday the 13th also have some interesting origins: …Christ was allegedly crucified on Friday the 13th. …On Friday, October 13, 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the arrests of Jaques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and sixty of his senior knights. …In British custom, hangings were held on Fridays, and there were 13 steps on the gallows leading to the noose. To combat the superstition, Robert Ingersoll and the Thirteen Club held thirteen-men dinners during the 19th Century. Successful? Hardly. The number still invokes trepidation to this day. A recent whimsical little serial killer study showed that the following murderers all have names that total thirteen letters: Theodore Bundy Jeffrey Dahmer Albert De Salvo John Wayne Gacy And, with a little stretch of the imagination, you can also fit “Jack the Ripper” and “Charles Manson” into that equation. More current-era paranoia: modern schoolchildren stop their memorization of the multiplication tables at 12. There were 13 Plutonium slugs in the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki. Apollo 13 wasn’t exactly the most successful space mission. All of these are things that modern triskaidekaphobes point to when justifying their fears. For some, 13 is an extremely fortuitous and auspicious number… …In Jewish tradition, God has 13 Attributes of Mercy. Also, there were 13 tribes of Israel, 13 principles of Jewish faith, and 13 is considered the age of maturity. …The ancient Egyptians believed that there were 12 stages of spiritual achievement in this lifetime, and a 13th beyond death. …The word for thirteen, in Chinese, sounds much like the word which means “must be alive”. Thirteen, whether you love it or loathe it, is a pretty cool number all around. …In some theories of relativity, there are 13 dimensions. …It is a prime number, lucky number, star number, Wilson Prime, and Fibonacci number. …There are 13 Archimedean solids. AND… …There were 13 original colonies when the United States were founded. Says a lot about the US, doesn’t it? White chocolate with thirteen luck boosting elements: pomegranate pulp, red mandarin, five-finger grass, stephanotis blossom, star jasmine, pink carnation, white chamomile, irish moss, Jamaican ginger, acorn blossom, a pinch of sweet basil, a drop of peppermint, and strawberry juice. 13 will be live until February 14th. Want to keep up to date on all the BPAL news? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, join our mailing list, visit our Forums, or follow our blog The Black Phoenix Gazette.

++ BPTP LUPERCALIA: THE YEAR OF LOVE There were four loves that one by one, Following the seasons and the sun, Passed over without tears, and fell Away without farewell. The first was made of gold and tears, The next of aspen-leaves and fears, The third of rose-boughs and rose-roots, The last love of strange fruits. GOLD AND TEARS PERFUME Glittering, ductile amber wet with carrot seed and bittersweet grey musk. ASPEN-LEAVES AND FEARS HAIR GLOSS Honey streaked with red musk and saffron. ROSE-BOUGHS AND ROSE-ROOTS HAIR GLOSS Vibrant red and white rose petals, thorny boughs, and gnarled roots. These were the four loves faded. Hold Some minutes fast the time of gold When our lips each way clung and clove To a face full of love. THESE WERE THE FOUR LOVES FADED BATH OIL Coconut, white jasmine, and mint-green moss with honeysuckle, tuberose, and white amber. THE TIME OF GOLD BATH OIL Orange blossom and vanilla orchid with frankincense, rockrose, golden sandalwood, gilded cedar, and yellow lily. The tears inside our eyelids met, Wrung forth with kissing, and wept wet The faces cleaving each to each Where the blood served for speech. TEARS WRUNG FORTH PERFUME Black cypress, celery seed, Italian bergamot, green juniper berries, ylang ylang, and petitgrain. FACES CLEAVING EACH TO EACH PERFUME White apple, benzoin, and oudh. The second, with low patient brows Bound under aspen-coloured boughs And eyes made strong and grave with sleep And yet too weak to weep— EYES MADE STRONG AND GRAVE WITH SLEEP PERFUME Ambergris accord, white musk, tobacco absolute, opoponax, and bitter cacao. The third, with eager mouth at ease Fed from late autumn honey, lees Of scarce gold left in latter cells With scattered flower-smells— LATE AUTUMN HONEY BATH OIL Thick raw honey with a touch of Russian sage and hyssop. SCATTERED FLOWER-SMELLS HAIR GLOSS Osmanthus, linden, tuberose, carnation, ylang ylang, and lemon tree blossoms with Himalayan cedar and a drop of tobacco absolute. Hair sprinkled over with spoilt sweet Of ruined roses, wrists and feet Slight-swathed, as grassy-girdled sheaves Hold in stray poppy-leaves— RUINED ROSES PERFUME White rose marred by oakmoss, Spanish moss, slippery labdanum, and gurjum balsam. STRAY POPPY-LEAVES HAIR GLOSS Poppy leaves, tobacco leaves, mandrake root, and dried ivy. The fourth, with lips whereon has bled Some great pale fruit's slow colour, shed From the rank bitter husk whence drips Faint blood between her lips— FAINT BLOOD BETWEEN HER LIPS PERFUME Honey and daemonorops draco with rum absolute, tobacco, and vetiver. Made of the heat of whole great Junes Burning the blue dark round their moons (Each like a mown red marigold) So hard the flame keeps hold— BURNING THE BLUE DARK ROUND THEIR MOONS ATMOSPHERE SPRAY Sapphire-blue musk alight with a white fire of chamomile, styrax, iced honey, saffron, and castoreum accord. These are burnt thoroughly away. Only the first holds out a day Beyond these latter loves that were Made of mere heat and air. And now the time is winterly The first love fades too: none will see, When April warms the world anew, The place wherein love grew. THE FIRST LOVE FADES TOO ATMOSPHERE SPRAY Blackened vanilla, white sandalwood, crushed lavender, and oudh. THE PLACE WHEREIN LOVE GREW ATMOSPHERE SPRAY Bulgarian rose, dark musk, orange blossoms, white fig, and honey. ++ LUPERCALIA 2015 BATH OILS BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE BATH OIL An exercise is unabashed sensuality: cacao absolute and a hint of oude. BLOOD ROSE BATH OIL Sensual, robust, and silken: voluptuous red rose bursting with lascivious red wine and sultry dragon's blood resin. BOURBON VANILLA BATH OIL Deceptively sweet: bourbon vanilla oleoresin and benzoin resinoid. ++ LUPERCALIA 2015 ATMOSPHERE SPRAYS HONEYED GOLDEN MUSK, ROSEWATER, AND RED SANDALWOOD A haze of skin, silk, and taffeta. OLIBANUM, BLOOD, AND CLOVE Unhallowed passion. WHISKY, CANDLESMOKE, AND MUSK With the faintest hint of opium smoke. ++ LUPERCALIA 2015 HAIR GLOSS BLACK VANILLA AND CARDAMOM With a touch of cinnamon, tobacco, and oudh. ROSE PETALS AND CHAMPA Champa resinoid, frankincense, red wine kyphi, and myrrh. PEACH, WHITE GINGER, AND CUBEB With tea leaf and cistus. RED PATCHOULI AND FIG A feral beauty.

Mare Nectaris $23 The Sea of Nectar: sweet peach liquor with papaya-infused musk, golden musk, and green ti leaf.

The BPAL Book Club is doing March Madness BPAL style and setting up brackets for their 13th group read based on books that the Lab has taken inspiration from. The brackets are still being chosen, so there's time to get your vote in. If you'd like to get in on the action or just follow along, check out the post here.

(cross posted to BPAL Chatter) Coming to a convention near you this 2015, here is the BPAL appearance lineup! Denver Comic Con http://denvercomiccon.com/ May 23 – 25, 2015 Colorado Convention Center Booth #: 560 Ticket Info: Saturday Adult $40 Sunday Adult $35 Monday Adult $35 3-Day Adult $65 1-Day Child $5 3-Day Child $10 CBLDF Welcome Party San Diego Comic Con http://cbldf.org/ July 9, 2015 Westgate Hotel Dragon*Con - Atlanta http://dragoncon.org/ September 4 - 7, 2015 Dealer’s Hall will be relocated again this year, however we do not have that information at this time. Ticket Info: Dragon Con Membership, http://www.dragoncon.org/?q=membership_pre_sales#Pre-Reg $95 through 2/13/2015 $110 through 5/15/2015 $120 through 7/17/2015 $130 through 9/21/2015 and then again at the door Please continue to check back for more information as we receive it.

A reminder that the Yule scents come down on February 5th. We've restocked many of the scents, including Chocolate Stout Cupcake and Butter Rum Cookie. http://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/shop/yule-2014/

We've made some updates to our offerings at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. http://cbldf.myshopify.com/collections/bpal

Both Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are now available in imps. http://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/221b-baker-street/

This is just a quick update to let you know that the Ligeia and Halloween 2014 scents have been extended until February 5th. Other dates to keep in mind: Yule is live until February 5th.

If you need to get your final orders in for the Phoenix Anniversary scents, now's the time. They come down tomorrow 1/6. http://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/limited-edition/phoenix-2014/

Join us for our Lunacy events for your opportunity to meet the lab staff (California only), purchase the latest scents, and get a sneak preview of what’s coming soon. The blends that will be available for purchase include those that went live on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab website up to and including the Yule updates. Our Lunacy events are held on the night of the full moon and are always free. The West Coast Will Call event will be held on Tuesday, January 6th from 6 to 9pm at Dark Delicacies. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505 www.darkdel.com ___ The Dirty South Will Call event will be held Saturday, January 10th from 4 to 7pm at Hammond Park. 705 Hammond Dr. (In the Community Room located off of Glenridge Rd. NE) Sandy Springs, Georgia 30328 If you have any questions, please email us at willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com. Hope to see you there! Want to keep up to date on all the BPAL news? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, join our mailing list, visit our Forums, or follow our blog The Black Phoenix Gazette.

The last Will Call events for the year! We hope you’ll come out and join us. We will be holding toy drives at both the West Coast and Dirty South Will Calls. For every toy (no plush, please) valued at $10 or more that you bring, you will receive a limited edition .5ml Gingerbread Jolly Roger Join us for our Lunacy events for your opportunity to meet the lab staff (California only), purchase the latest scents, and get a sneak preview of what’s coming soon. The blends that will be available for purchase include those that went live on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab website up to and including the Yule updates. Our Lunacy events are held on the night of the full moon and are always free. The West Coast Will Call event will be held on Friday, December 5th from 6 to 9pm at Dark Delicacies. Toys will be given to Spark of Love, the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s toy collection campaign. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505 www.darkdel.com ___ The Dirty South Will Call event will be held Saturday, December 13th from 4 to 7pm at Hammond Park. Toys will be given to Children’s Healthcare Of Atlanta. 705 Hammond Dr. (In the Community Room located off of Glenridge Rd. NE) Sandy Springs, Georgia 30328 New England Will Call will be held at Healthy Living Market on Sunday, December 21st from 4 to 7pm, in the Wellness Department. Healthy Living Market 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 If you have any questions, please email us at willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com. Hope to see you there! Want to keep up to date on all the BPAL news? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, join our mailing list, visit our Forums, or follow our blog The Black Phoenix Gazette.