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If you were on the fence, it's time to hop off! These Haute Macabre pre-orders will end on Monday. http://hautemacabre.com/2019/10/apothecary-haute-macabre-black-phoenix-alchemy-lab-pre-orders-close-monday/

Hi everyone, just a note to pass along the video we made to announce the Lab's upcoming Lunacy event, where we'll launch PEACH CHYPRE to continue our Planned Parenthood fundraising I know many of you already acquired this scent through other means thanks to its DragonCon debut, but we'd still love your help in promoting the event and the scent, since it falls into that territory of "political advertising" which we're prohibited from boosting on Facebook and Instagram. This diminishes our reach substantially, and keeps our posts from being seen by people who might be supportive or want to come check out the event. The video is posted on all our main social outlets, and also on YouTube -- see below! If you have the opportunity or inclination to pass it on, we'd be very grateful. Either way, we hope you enjoy your October to the fullest extent!

"Protection" doesn't even begin to cover the benefits of aligning with the star Deneb Algedi. This new collection of ritual tools and components by Sphere + Sundry, in collaboration with Rosarium Blends, The Astrology of Austin Coppock, and Twilight Alchemy Lab (which contributed the three oil blends listed below!) promises to put this extremely useful energy at your fingertips. You'll find our contributions alongside the others on S+S's page, which also contains a fascinating tutorial on a star you may never have heard of/worked with before: https://sphereandsundry.com/product-category/series/deneb-algedi/ 🧿 THE LORD OF THE SACRED EYE "An oil of protection and cleansing, of divine succor and true safety. This oil fortifies your defenses, repelling not just open acts of aggression or subterfuge, but also the bitter darts of cruelty, envy, and malice. It is a wall of resplendent force, assisting in protecting you from all manner of attack and violation. It is a defense against malocchio, hexes, curses, and psychic violence, and a method through which you can contain and retain positivity." 🧿 REGNA PACIFICAE "This is an oil of peace: peaceful spirit, peaceful relationships, peaceful mind, peaceful home, peaceful community, peaceful world. Regna Pacificae is the diplomat, mediator, negotiator, and arbitrator, facilitating mutually-beneficial communications while invoking a calm state of mind, serenity, and tranquil environments without tipping towards passivity or apathy. This is a balm for cynicism, and a means by which you can move forward in healing the ravages of violence, pain, suffering, and despair; this is an oil of armistice and the prospect of genuine emotional and psychological well-being that comes in the wake of a ceasefire." 🧿 THE LAWGIVER "An oil for true justice. Not the manipulations and cruel machinations of a despot or tyrant, but the justice found in equity and fair laws, civil rights and equality for all. This oil can be utilized to explore the abstract and divine concepts of justice, in works of true justice, and to help achieve justice in our communities, our countries – and globally. The Lawgiver is stabilizing, ordered, and benevolently civilized, deeply rooted in kindness and strength."

The scent of autumn, the taste of blood, the crunch of leaves underfoot: all these and more await in our 2019 Halloween perfume collection. That's right, the 'Weenies have landed! https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/halloween-autumn-collection

Our friends at Haute Macabre are reviving Sarah Elizabeth's fantastic beginner's guide to BPAL, which could be a great thing to share with those who are easily overwhelmed or don't really understand what the hell we're all doing here. Part II is going up tomorrow, and they'll be running a giveaway of some classic BPAL brews. Passing it along! http://hautemacabre.com/2019/09/darkly-dreaming-black-phoenix-alchemy-lab-a-guide/

While we pray you rest in peace, we also hope you won't sleep on these scent collaborations with our dearest Haute Macabre, which are finally once more available for pre-order! http://hautemacabre.com/2019/09/apothecary-the-haute-macabre-black-phoenix-alchemy-lab-collection-pre-orders-are-open/

Greetings, friends! Friday night we launched our two new pirate-themed Bill Rude collabs, but this is the first chance I've gotten to inform you about it. Here they are below! Thanks so much to everyone who came out and made our event feel truly festive. https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/collaborations/7-hells/ PIRATES! Gunpowder and salt-crusted leather, casks of scorched spices, sweet rum, and a clink of golden amber. SHIPWRECK GRAVEYARD Seaweed-wrapped planks of red oak, white pine, and cedar coated in thick algae, a tangle of hemp rope, cast iron cannons thick with rust, all enveloped in a ghostly gasp of white musk, bergamot, ambrette, and jasmine sambac.

Anyone heading out to Wasteland Weekend? You should know about the BPAL smell/swap event Friday afternoon, hosted by the tribe we sponsor, Neverwas! "Because you should still smell wonderful the day after. Come one and all BPAL (Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab) enthusiasts to a gathering where we will swap and smell the finest oils from YOUR collection! Hosted by BPAL's sponsored tribe, Neverwas." Full event details can be found here, on their FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2778691688810654/

The Harvest Moon is sailing toward us, arriving nonchalantly on Friday, 13th 2019 as if that’s a perfectly normal and acceptable thing to do. The nerve! But we are here for it, and you, with a cluster of Lunacy offerings to sweeten the season and ward off any unnecessarily hard luck. Here’s everything you’ll need! ++ A LITTLE LUNACY HARVEST MOON Harvest Moon is celebrated in almost every culture, and the bounty of the season is marked in a myriad of ways. Harvest Moon touches the Equinox, the festival of Janus, the culmination of Homowo, the “crying of the neck” in Cornwall, and the Women’s Festival of the Moon. This is a day that celebrates abundance and beauty, fertility and progress, and the light of this full moon blesses new undertakings and reunites lost loves. The Harvest Moon, by definition, is the Full Moon that falls closest to the Autumnal Equinox, and thus, it shares some of that Sabbat’s characteristics. This Full Moon was thus named because it rises within half an hour of the sun’s setting, in the Northern Hemisphere, and at this time farmers are able to work longer into the night by the light of this Moon. As the year draws to a close, the Full Moon rises an average of fifty minutes later each night, with the exception of a few nights surrounding the Harvest Moon, which only rises 10-30 minutes later. This moon is also, to the human eye, the fullest and largest of the year’s Moons, hanging gloriously huge, yellow and low in the night sky, and many lunar illusions play tricks our eyes at this time. The Harvest ushers in many celebrations, including the Equinox and the Festival of Janus, God of Doors. Janus is the Roman Lord of Gateways, beginnings and endings, and transitions. Thus, the Harvest Moon is a time for blessing new ventures, the onset of new and progressive phases in one’s life, and rites of passage into adulthood. This time of year also marks one of the Festivals of Dionysus, Lord of Ecstasy and the Vine. This Harvest lunacy blend combines the autumnal scents of dry leaves, mulling spices, balsam fir, pine needles, cedar, juniper berry, clove, saffron, damson plum, white sage, yarrow, and lily twined with Dionysus’ sacred grapes and ivy, a bounty of apple, black fig, and pumpkin, and the amaranth and lingum aloes of Janus, all touched by a gentle breath of festival woodsmoke and sweet wine. (Don’t forget, you can also purchase Dan Santat’s Harvest Moon illustration as a tee shirt!) ++ DUETS A fresh batch of simple, two-note perfumes! 👯 LIME AND WHITE MUSK Startlingly invigorating! 👯 RED AMBER AND OUD Fierce, warm, and animalic. 👯 TUBEROSE AND MANGO Sweet and strangely sensual. 👯 BOURBON VANILLA AND YELLOW CARNATION An absurdly happy scent. 👯 RED ROSE AND TOBACCO ABSOLUTE A filthy, heady bouquet. ++ FRIDAY THE 13TH 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? This version of 13 is a departure from our usual theme for this ongoing project. So many of us are going through so much right now; it seems right to make an oil that contains 13 herbs, flowers, and resins of peace, tranquility, and grounding: lavender, litsea cubeba, sandalwood, ylang ylang, king mandarin, patchouli, blue tansy, Roman chamomile, bergamot, Oman frankincense, angelica, hops, and borage. ++ VIRGO SEASON VIRGO LOCKET The Zodiac lockets have returned! Exquisite, elegant, and exclusive to Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. These are heavy lockets, thick with silver, and are perfect for use as a perfume oil conduit. Dab your favorite Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab concoction onto muslin, velvet or cotton, and place the swatch inside the locket. Your body will warm the silver, and the locket will exude pure, unadulterated scent. The Zodiac lockets are hand cast 925 sterling silver that has been partially gold washed using a method popularized in the 19th century, and each is adorned with at least one stone corresponding to the sign the locket represents. Each locket’s bale sports one of the BPAL logos: the alchemical symbol for brimstone. Portions of the face of the lockets have been deliberately tarnished. They measure approximately 1.25″ in diameter. These lockets are heavy. They are not fragile, filigreed pieces; they are durable, extremely weighty with silver, and are suitable for your most adventurous airship excursions. These lockets are exclusive to Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, and were created by and for Black Phoenix. They cannot be found anywhere else in all of Heaven and Earth. Each piece is hand cast. Our lockets come with a 24″ nickel-plated iron chain. The Zodiac lockets were designed by Alicia Dabney of Elements and Artifacts VIRGO SOCKS Created in the USA by the wonderful people at Sock Dreams for Black Phoenix, these socks are exclusive to Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab! They’re made from 80% cotton, 15% nylon and 5% elastic! ...Also, PSST! Guess what? We’ve freshly restocked our REVENANT RHYTHM!

We'll be returning for the Fall Los Angeles Oddities Flea Market, held on October 5th and 6th. How could we stay away? Here are their ticket links: VIP: https://www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/oddities-flea-market-exclusive-vip-presale-tickets-2 Sat G/A: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-oddities-flea-market-la-general-admission-12pm-tickets-65960588897 Sun G/A: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunday-oddities-flea-market-la-general-admission-12pm-tickets-65962745347

Sphere + Sundry has a new flight ceremonial offerings called Golden Sol in Leo, and you'd better believe we are right there with THE GOLDEN SOVEREIGN, a wearable blend that "amplifies charisma, heals while providing healing to those in your sphere, amplifies authority, and brings opportunities for you to use your personal power to commit acts of true generosity, kindness, and compassion." Our beloved Elizabeth has included a full explanation of the significance of this oil on the product page linked above. For those curious about the components, I'll include them below. THE GOLDEN SOVEREIGN Honeyed amber with 24k gold leaf, organic Atlas cedarwood (Cedrus atlantica) and organic Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) essential oils, two organic frankincense essential oils (Boswellia carteri and Boswelia serrata), organic bay laurel essential oil (Laurus nobilis), organic bergamot essential oil (Citrus bergamia), organic clove bud essential oil (Syzygium aromaticum), chips of Baltic amber, bee pollen, saffron (Crocus sativus), whole wild-harvested cedar berries (Juniperus monosperma), organic chamomile flowers (Matricaria recutita), organic cloves (Syzygium aromaticum), calamus root (Acorus calamu), sunflower oil, single-origin olive oil, Ethiopian frankincense tears (Boswellia papyrifera), Baltic amber chips, and rue (Ruta graveolens), Mexican marigold (Tagetes erecta), rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), bay leaf (Laurus nobilis) and angelica root (Angelica archangelica) that have all been harvested from the TAL garden on the day and hour of Sol, plus some heliotrope harvested on the day and hour of Sol from Lilith’s best friend’s parents’ garden. Whew!

Greetings, everyone! Until it's been changed, please disregard the date on the Lab's main page for our September Lunacy event. We've had to change it to the 20th (6-9pm!) for reasons related to staff travel as well as hooplah related to TWO Virgo birthdays. Very sorry that these posted dates have proven so unreliable, we are working on getting a better system in place so that planner-aheaders aren't unfairly penalized. The event is a PIRATES PICNIC to officially launch those Bill Rude scents we debuted at Midsummer Scream, so think about fashionable eyepatch options and we'll see you in a few weeks! https://www.facebook.com/events/2147815565329962

Just when you thought you'd heard it all, we have a few more things to introduce at Dragon Con this weekend: ++ NEVERWEAR x DAVID MACK We're deeply honored to present two scents sprung from the beautiful, poignant prose of Neil Gaiman. Inspired by Neil's words and David's art, and created in conjunction with Neverwear. $28 apiece at our booth, coming soon to our site! DREAMS SHAPE THE WORLD Amorphous streams and sparks of lavender fancies drifting through a moonlit musk, given form on this plane by fossilized amber and sweet agarwood. YOU GET WHAT ANYBODY GETS – YOU GET A LIFETIME An unimaginably ancient scent, older than time. The gentle, fluttering embrace of oblivion: myrrh and blackened champaca blossom, attar of oudh, black amber, Casmir wood, and dried fig. Purchase David Mack’s breathtaking portraits of Death and Dream at Neverwear! https://neverwear.myshopify.com/ Neil Gaiman’s Official Site http://www.neilgaiman.com/ David Mack’s Official Site http://davidmackarts.com/ ++ EFFY We're excited to announce BPAL's first official wrestling partnership! This scent goes live on Friday, and will be available at our booth as well as online. EFFY will also have bottles in hand to sell at Starrcast this weekend! EFFY, a punk rock daddy clad in neon pink with a vendetta against the world, has been fomenting a revolution from within the pro-wrestling underground. As lascivious as he is he dangerous, this demonically influenced diva is kicking ass and blowing kisses while serving as a protector for the upcoming generation of LGBTQ cuties. Harboring deep apocalyptic visions while smooching boys on the side, EFFY's southern charms and sassy path of destruction have made him an inimitable star as he snatches championships around the United States. Visit https://www.BeEFFY.com or follow EFFY on Twitter and Instagram! DADDY by EFFY DADDY isn't defined by gender: it IS a gender, and it's anyone's to try on. It takes all kinds ⁠— masc daddies, lady daddies, queer daddies, punk daddies, muscle daddies, soft daddies, big daddies, baby daddies, noncorporeal daddies. Subtle differences in skin chemistry ensure that no two people will wear DADDY quite the same way; this power is yours to wield as you see fit. No leather jacket, no fishnets, no problem! (But if you want 'em, we know a guy.) A roll in the hay with a sexy demon daddy: a diabolical incense with a splash of bay rum and a hiss of infernal fougere. Congrats, you're a DADDY now too! PS: DADDY is being released with a variant label. Will you end up with the butt or the crotch? It's a mystery!

Commence with the frantic refreshing, since the Dragon Con updates just keep rolling in! This weekend we’re bringing new perfume blends inspired by two memorable SANDMAN quotes, featuring these gorgeous works of art by @davidmackkabuki on the labels, which are also available as prints from Neverwear. Since David will be at the convention also, we figured, why not just all fan out together? More details on these coming soon!

Deep red roses stained by tobacco. I have this on one arm and IMPORTUNE ME NO MORE on the other -- it's reeking of roses in here tonight and I couldn't be happier. This is really exactly as it says in the description, no sneaky tricks. That doesn't make it any easier to describe, though. In terms of really rose-y pefumes, the tobacco seems to deepen the note even further, it's almost bottomless. In IMPORTUNE the roses actually have somewhere to hide eventually, behind those other flowers. Swathed in rich tobacco, the roses in LA PIERREUSE aren't going anywhere -- as they dry a bit, however, I do find that those deeper areas in the note end up just beyond my reach, and from a distance probably just reads as a freshly picked rose riding on a breeze of shisha. That's fine, I don't mind reapplying here and there to stay in that sublimely dark, close place with it. So yeah, as a rose guy, I'm keeping a bottle of this on the shelf.

Attention all con-goers (con-trarians? con-gregationists?): We've got a limited supply of these fab orange totes that we're going to include with any purchase of $150 or more at our booth next weekend. Just a teeny-tiny extra thank you to those who help make this trip possible for us, year after year. (If you're doing a group pickup order, please be prepared to let us know how many of the people you're picking up for will qualify -- we'd hate to miss anyone just because we didn't ask a lot of nosy questions!) Here's an image: https://imgur.com/a/lkpriGd

Here's the roundup of everything just released for this month's Lunacy! A special aside to those who will be attending our event at the Lab this Saturday, from 7-10pm: an in-person purchase of ANY of these Lunacy items, or of Drew Rausch's new ESCAPE FROM THE AUTUMN CARNIVAL blend, will grant you access to a live, one-on-one encounter with The Halloween Cowboy, who will be visiting us that evening. Spooky! ++ A LITTLE LUNACY STURGEON MOON 2019 - PERFUME OIL STURGEON MOON 2019 - TEE SHIRT A month of bounty, when the fish are plentiful and the corn grows high. This is the scent of breezes passing over the Great Lakes, mingling gently with traditional lunar herbs. Sandy shores and sweet fresh water, lichen, green algae, and whitestem pondweed, with benzoin, moonlit musk, cucumber, lettuce, violet poppy, and agave. Label/Tee Shirt design by Dan Santat: https://www.dantat.com/ ++ DUETS CACAO & CLOVE Dirty raw chocolate. CARDAMOM & COCONUT Like a poofy, spicy cloud. DANDELION & DIRT A real urban oasis. GINGER & LEMON PEEL Hot and bright. PATCHOULI & TOBACCO Gritty, smoky, sensual. ++ REVENANT RHYTHM A tousled, sexy mix of patchouli, vanilla, and hemp. Available as a hair gloss or perfume oil! We have a very, very limited quantity of the components, and when it’s gone, it’s gone for good. ++ LEO SOCKS If you think these are the best socks we've released so far... then you're probably a Leo! Created in the USA by the wonderful people at Sock Dreams for Black Phoenix, these socks are exclusive to Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. They’re made from 80% cotton, 15% nylon and 5% elastic! ++ LEO LOCKET The Zodiac lockets have returned! Exquisite, elegant, and exclusive to Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. These are heavy lockets, thick with silver, and are perfect for use as a perfume oil conduit. Dab your favorite Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab concoction onto muslin, velvet or cotton, and place the swatch inside the locket. Your body will warm the silver, and the locket will exude pure, unadulterated scent. The Zodiac lockets are hand cast 925 sterling silver that has been partially gold washed using a method popularized in the 19th century, and each is adorned with at least one stone corresponding to the sign the locket represents. Each locket’s bale sports one of the BPAL logos: the alchemical symbol for brimstone. Portions of the face of the lockets have been deliberately tarnished. They measure approximately 1.25″ in diameter. These lockets are heavy. They are not fragile, filigreed pieces; they are durable, extremely weighty with silver, and are suitable for your most adventurous airship excursions. These lockets are exclusive to Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, and were created by and for Black Phoenix. They cannot be found anywhere else in all of Heaven and Earth. Each piece is hand cast. Our lockets come with a 24″ nickel-plated iron chain. The Zodiac lockets were designed by Alicia Dabney of Elements and Artifacts.

The moment so many of you have been waiting for: below is everything brand new that we're bringing to Dragon Con! A phalanx of dragon & peach scents, including a Planned Parenthood fundraiser so you can join us in thumbing our collective noses at Brian Kemp. We're also teasing several new products we'll be adding to our store when we get back! ++ NEW RPG SCENTS Not only are we introducing the following NEW character class perfumes, artist Julie Dillon has helped us update the labels for the entire collection: from now on there will be male, female, and non-binary label options to choose from upon purchase, to pair with whatever character you happen to be playing. These will be available at Dragon Con for the first time! https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/general-catalog-perfume-oils/rpg-series/classes/ ARTIFICER Gleaming metal, gear oil, sparking wires, shattered glass, and a blue flicker of arcane power. ASSASSIN Supple black leather, poison-tipped daggers, and a garrote soaked in pitch. BERZERKER Thick furs, strips of leather, and a blood-stained axe with crushed poplar bud and juniper. MONK Sandalwood incense, ti leaf, and honeyed saffron. PSIONICIST A blast of mental energy: electric white mint, eucalyptus leaf, white frankincense, and blue-white musk. SORCERER A golden, sparking surge of raw, wild magic: waves of amber, frankincense, red cacao, blood orange, and lavender touched by demonic incense and dragon’s blood. We're also debuting a few more products, which will be added to our site at some point TBD upon our return to the Lab: ++ SCRUBS ($17) STRAWBERRIES AND CHAMPAGNE SUGAR-DUSTED CHOCOLATE CARDAMOM TRUFFLE ++ TOTE BAGS ($18) Two different designs! ++ WAX MELTS ($12) TKO CHERRY MARSHMALLOW RED VELVET TRUFFLE And now for the event exclusive products: ++ DRAGONCON 2019: DRAGONS ($26) APOCALYPTIC DRAGONBARF Voluminous splorts of vanilla mint with coconut butter and lemongrass with a hint of blueberry and tangerine. CUTIE DRAGON Lemon cupcakes with honey and buttercream frosting. DRAGON SNEEZE Blood orange and red musk with green tea and squirts of effervescent white ginger. DRAGON SNUGS Honey, beeswax, pink peppercorn, and honeybush tea. DRAGON SQUAD Red amber, frankincense, tonka bean, Madagascar vanilla, Somalian myrrh, and cacao. IMPERIOUS THREE-HEADED DRAGON IN A JAUNTY BLUE COAT Dried blackberries and blueberries with licorice root, jasmine sambac, black amber, and black musk. ++ DRAGONCON 2019 DRAGON HAIR GLOSS ($30) DRAGON SNACK Sweet aged patchouli, bourbon vanilla, Mysore sandalwood, hay, wild grass, beeswax, and treemoss. VIGOROUS DRAGON HUG Burnt marshmallows, sweet almond, coconut milk, caramelized benzoin, and smoked vanilla. ++ PEACHSTRAVAGANZA PERFUMES ($26) PEACH BRANDY RED PEACH, SWEET OUDH, HONEY, AND SAFFRON PINK PEACH, GRAPEFRUIT, YUZU, AND PINK MUSK WHITE PEACH, RED MUSK, VETIVER, AND BLACK OUDH MARSHMALLOW PEACHES AND ORANGE BLOSSOM SUGAR ++ PEACHSTRAVAGANZA HAIR GLOSS ($26) PEACH AND FRANGIPANI PEACH, VANILLA POD, AND FRANKINCENSE PEACH TEA, WHITE MUSK, AND LYCHEE ++ PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDRAISER ($26) PEACH CHYPRE When Gov. Brian Kemp signed the misleadingly named “Fetal Heartbeat” bill in May 2019, many asked if we intended to join the stampede of businesses withdrawing from Georgia’s economy. As much as we’re sickened by this bill (and similar measures in other states), we also knew how important it would be to honor our commitment to the Dragon*Con community, which serves as a joyous reunion for artists from all over the world, and to our own devoted BPAL community, who would be unduly punished if we decided to sit out. Even so, it’s important for us to acknowledge the blow that was struck against reproductive freedom for the people of Georgia this year, and the dangerous precedent it sets if allowed to stand. This event exclusive perfume blend serves as a fundraiser benefiting Planned Parenthood, which currently has four health centers operating in the state. https://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/ga ++ ACLU FUNDRAISER ($26) IMPEACHMENT A beam of hope for a happier, safer, kinder future for us all: peach and honeyed amber with frankincense, honeyed rose, white oud, apricot, and sweet musk. Proceeds benefit the ACLU.

Did you miss out on the exclusives we created especially for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's party last month? Well, with our blessing, they've decided to release the leftovers for sale on their site today, as in 11am Pacific time -- which is basically RIGHT NOW! Find the perfumes on their main page here: http://cbldf.org/

Mark your calendars for Saturday the 17th, when we’re flinging open our doors for a special LATE NITE Lunacy event (7-10pm) so you can beat the heat while sniffing and partying with the undead. The theme is Vampire Beach Party, so slather yourself in moonscreen and be sure to stay “hydrated.” And do note that time change: our Saturday events are usually 4-7pm, and if anyone shows up early they're going to be SAD about the state of things. This event will also serve as the official web launch of our scent collab with @drewrausch, ESCAPE FROM THE AUTUMN CARNIVAL. Who knows, the Halloween Cowboy himself may even make an appearance! More updates to come... 🦇

One and all! Thank you for your purchases of LOLA LEE LOO, and for your inquiries about additional ways to support Lola's medical needs. Jacquelynn has set up a GoFundMe in response to those requests: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lola-lee-loo. We've also added it to the product page to make it very easy to find! We sincerely appreciate your kind words and support in caring for our BPAL family (both human and canine) during this difficult time.

Who will be joining us this weekend at the epic horror & haunting convention that is MIDSUMMER SCREAM? This convention serves as the tipping point in our summer that tilts us straight toward Halloween. When you look at the list of exhibitors and attractions, you'll see why! Tickets and info here: https://midsummerscream.org In lieu of event exclusives, this time we're launching a handful of new collaborations with our dear friends (and fellow exhibitors): 7 Hells: the Retro Horror Art of Bill Rude, and Drew Rausch. The perfumes will be available at their respective booths as well as ours! $26 apiece. ++ BILL RUDE'S 7 HELLS Inspired by Bill Rude’s Horrors of the Exotic map, "7 Hells Guide to the 7 Seas." PIRATES! Gunpowder and salt-crusted leather, casks of scorched spices, sweet rum, and a clink of golden amber. SHIPWRECK GRAVEYARD Seaweed-wrapped planks of red oak, white pine, and cedar coated in thick algae, a tangle of hemp rope, cast iron cannons thick with rust, all enveloped in a ghostly gasp of white musk, bergamot, ambrette, and jasmine sambac. https://www.7hells.com/ ++ DREW RAUSCH ESCAPE FROM THE AUTUMN CARNIVAL The scent of a burning Jack o' Lantern up on a hill. The fog in a spider web coated hall of mirrors. The ghosts have jumped the track and The Halloween Cowboy is all around. Follow him to a special place - an Autumn Carnival. You'll never want to leave. Boot leather, flaming pumpkins, hay bales, and smoke. https://drewrausch.com/

Hello, Shakespeare lovers! The Independent Shakespeare Co.'s new production of PERICLES debuted this weekend, and as promised, we are celebrating with a set of four new fragrances inspired by characters from the play, proceeds from which will benefit the company. Huzzah! The show will run for the next month in Griffith Park -- for free! You'll find the descriptions below. Don't forget, the TWELFTH NIGHT scents are also still available! https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/pericles/ PERICLES "Whereby I see that Time’s the king of men, He’s both their parent, and he is their grave, And gives them what he will, not what they crave." A clang of rusted armor, a dark, metallic oudh, leather, and a splash of sea water. MARINA "When I was born: Never was waves nor wind more violent." A waving wet haze of blue and green: blackberry wine and soft oudh, cashmere woods, iris pallida, sea salt, and turquoise musk. BAWD "Pray you, without any more virginal fencing, will You use him kindly? He will line your apron with Gold." Raucous red velvet musk, sweet patchouli, billowing peony, bourbon vanilla, and a cascade of red rose petals. DIANA "My temple stands in Ephesus: hie thee thither, And do upon mine altar sacrifice. There, when my maiden priests are met together, before the people all, Reveal how thou at sea didst lose thy wife: To mourn thy crosses, with thy daughter’s, call And give them repetition to the life. Or perform my bidding, or thou livest in woe; Do it, and happy; by my silver bow!" Artemis, standing in her golden chariot… driving off with her fast-trotting deer over the hills and far away to some rich-scented sacrifice: leather, gleaming golden amber, red amaranth, cypress, asphodel accord, a gleam of silver, and soft brown musk.

It's been a rough summer for pups. Lola is the beloved companion of the Lab's general manager, Jacquelynn, and is facing blindness and other urgent health complications related to diabetes; anyone who's gone through a similar struggle can attest to how quickly the expenses add up. We want to support Jacquelynn and Lola in their hardship, and created the following perfume blend in Lola's honor so the wider BPAL community would be enticed to pitch in. The full account of what's going on with Lola is included in the product page: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/shop/limited-edition/lola-lee-loo-perfume-oil/ "Toasted vanilla cream, smoky white fig, rice flower, and a drop of clove and patchouli." Many thanks!

Our Lunacy update is here! You'll find everything listed here: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/a-little-lunacy-limited-edition/ BUCK MOON 2019 This Full Moon marks the time of the year when the new antlers of buck deer emerge from their foreheads, coated in soft velvet. This is a time of vigor, thunder, balmy nights, glorious sunlight and hot winds. Buck Moon is an animalistic, deep scent: an amplification of one’s natural musk coupled with forest herbs, pine pitch, cedar berries, dew-kissed juniper, deer fur, a hint of clear, warm evening air and a crystalline spark of lunar oil. Perfume and tee shirt art design by Dan Santat! ++ DUETS LEMONGRASS AND TONKA NAG CHAMPA AND NEROLI LAVENDER AND PATCHOULI POMEGRANATE AND VETIVER STRAWBERRY AND ROSEBUD