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It was fascinating to watch people react to this one when they visited the booth -- it's VERY sweet and fruity, and like most perfume oils it's very potent in the bottle, so this was heaven for some people and hell for those who were caught off guard. It was also entertaining to listen as people tried to guess exactly which fruit the scent was based around: guava is such a specific smell, and it's not one we tend to reach for mentally when trying to identify notes. From the description I mainly knew what to expect. What I didn't expect is how wet and pulpy the smell would actually be -- if this was a cocktail I would drink at least one too many. The lime gives it a sharp edge, but it's still sweeter on the skin than I'm prone to wearing. However, this one ended up layering well with the #DragIsForEveryone scent, which tempered the sweetness a bit. The novelty of a strong guava scent alone is enough to keep this one within reach on my shelf for a very long time.

Early on, before we even had the scent notes, the DragCon blends I was most excited about were Groom of Frankenstein and Drag On A Slime. Something about my childhood fascination with these particular monsters primed me to adore the resulting perfumes, even if they turned out to be something I wouldn't usually wear. That turned out to be the case with both of them. The leather/ozone combination is a bit searing in the bottle, it really runs hot across the nose, as if the lightning just struck seconds ago. On the skin this instantly cools down into a cool, leather-encased blend that borders on subterranean or even aquatic -- to me, anyway. Perhaps I'm being influenced by the green of the label artwork... or perhaps Beth was! In any case the drydown is velvety smooth and inviting. Hoping an actual drag king will incorporate it into their stage presence and let us know how it worked out!

I DID snag two bottles of this, because I have a hunch it's going to help me survive the summer. The description alone didn't wow me when we were moving these into production -- it wasn't until I smelled it in the bottle when I made the connection to Knucklebones from Carnaval, one of my all-time fave blends which is also a boozy lime (though a much more insidious one). I have a hunch they're going to layer really well together. Green Wig Spray ended up being my spritz of choice to pump into the air above the BPAL booth. Lavender was the more accessible choice, and Fright was spookier and more mysterious, but there was something about the Green spray that was especially unique -- it's simultaneously cheerful and flirtatious, and the cool mint plus sugared lime gives me a green creamsicle vibe that's just irresistible. I just want to bury my face in it!

Fans of our scent collection THE DISTRICT, take note! As of July 1st, this series will be discontinued. (This also applies to Trading Post's products.) https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/the-district/ https://blackphoenixtradingpost.com/category/home-linen-sprays/the-district/

We're excited to announce a new scent collaboration with the metal talk-show TWO MINUTES TO LATE NIGHT, which just began its second season on YouTube. Check 'em out! Here's their perfume: WHIFF-LASH It smells like spiders getting drunk. It smells like Seabiscuit and your parents getting divorced. A scent for the consummate gentleman thrasher: Oiled black leather, grease paint, and aftershave. On our Tumblr, you can watch a video Gwarsenio filmed in which he tests the scent on innocent passersby. Happy headbanging!

Hi everyone! We recorded a special video message with The Nobodies to underscore two important points: 1. Drag is for everyone 2. Our DragCon exclusive perfume bearing that name will raise money for the Los Angeles LGBT Center. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2d8zR0rc9w We'd be thrilled if you passed it on! Also, FYI DragCon will serve as May's will call event -- we'll still be local, and we'll have the whole sideshow of scents and recurring characters there for your entertainment. Come! Or send a friend to gather scents and vicarious Bear(ica) hugs.

RuPaul’s DragCon is fast upon us – May 11, 12, and 13 are the dates when you can spruce yourself up at the BPAL booth and also meet our NYC spokesqueens The Nobodies. Can’t go? If you’re very sweet, perhaps a friend will visit booth 1543 and pick up one of the following exclusive DragCon products! ++ BPAL: DRAGCON 2018 ($26) In these monstrous times, the art of drag beckons to people of every age, gender, and background as a tremendous source of entertainment, activism, and personal power. It’s only (un)natural to imagine that the following classic monsters would want to get in on the action… Art by Eric Thurnbeck (see it here!) LYCANTHROPE FOR YOUR LIFE She’s that Instagram queen who only performs once in a full moon. Cardamom-infused whiskey and fig cream. DRAG ON A SLIME She’s the reason the club now has rules like “No liquids onstage unless you bring your own tarp.” Blobs of guava pulp with pink orchid, a splatter of liquid sugar, white rum, and a squeeze of pink lime. SLAY! The consummate host: she can fill oceans of time on the mic and still leave the crowd hypnotized. Polished black patchouli and blood-red vegetal musk, bakhoor oudh, tobacco absolute, fossilized amber resin, and bittersweet cacao. THE LIBRARY IS HAUNTED Why does she insist on turning every conversation into a reading challenge? An ephemeral white chypre with honeysuckle, blue lilac, a burst of wisteria, Italian neroli, jasmine sambac, and grave moss. SERVING GILL A swimsuit with no padding: the perfect gender-amphibious look. Blue musk and blue chamomile with indigo musk, seaweed, ocean salt, fir needle, and a tangle of kelp. GROOM OF FRANKENSTEIN A shock in a jock: the perfect drag king cologne. Black leather and a snap of ozone. DRAG IS FOR EVERYONE Just like any art form, drag is a question with no right answer. Proceeds from this scent will be donated to the Los Angeles LGBT Center. A universal sheer frankincense and bourbon vanilla skin musk that works on every body type. It can be worn alone, or as a base upon which you layer other scents. ++ BPTP: DRAGCON WIG SPRAYS ($26) For the third year in a row, the Trading Post continues its tradition of creating wig-safe sprays to schpritz up the stankest of hairpieces. GREEN WIG SPRAY Sugared mint, bourbon, tangerine, and lime. LAVENDER WIG SPRAY French lavender, white musk, vanilla bourbon, crushed violet petals, orange blossom, and sugar cane. FRIGHT WIG SPRAY Blackened patchouli, clove bud, honey oudh, pomegranate pulp, and a splash of whiskey.

Today we finally got that American Gods season 2 update we've been dying to hear! Here's that teaser link: http://collider.com/american-gods-season-2-trailer/#image (Which of these perfumes should we wear to celebrate?)

So it doesn't get buried in the magical avalanche that's to come, here's the link to this month's Lunacy blend, beaming to you all the way from Saturn's moon Telesto: One of the Oceanids, the Three-Thousand Daughters of Tethys and Oceanus. Draped in a sun-bright peplos of flowing champaca, Bengal oudh, golden vanilla, neroli, and amber cream, she personifies divine blessings. And now, as promised: The Fool's Journey hasn't ended, oh no -- it's just begun! The next steps are perilous and will contain many "teachable moments." But fear not, because in this collection of 14 limited edition perfume blends, THE MAGICIAN is here in his many aspects to instruct, challenge, and entertain: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/limited-edition/the-fools-journey/the-magician/ (Here's our video teaser for the collection!) “If one wants to form a picture of the symbolic process, the series of pictures found in alchemy are good examples, though the symbols they contain are for the most part traditional despite their often obscure origin and significance… It also seems as if the set of pictures in the Tarot cards were distantly descended from the archetypes of transformation… “The symbolic process is an experience in images and of images. Its development usually shows an enantiodromian structure like the text of the I Ching, and so presents a rhythm of negative and positive, loss and gain, dark and light. Its beginning is almost invariably characterized by one’s getting stuck in a blind alley or in some impossible situation; and its goal is, broadly speaking, illumination or higher consciousness, by means of which the initial situation is overcome on a higher level. As regards the time factor, the process may be compressed into a single dream or into a short moment of experience, or it may extend over months and years, depending on the nature of the initial situation, the person involved in the process, and the goal to be reached. The wealth of symbols naturally varies enormously from case to case. Although everything is experienced in image form, i.e., symbolically, it is by no means a question of fictitious dangers but of very real risks upon which the fate of a whole life may depend.” - Carl Jung, Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious ++ THE FOOL'S JOURNEY: ASPECTS OF THE MAGICIAN The First Trump, the Master of Ceremonies, the Compère, the Doorkeeper of the Tarot. Originally the Juggler – the prototypical Trickster – he was transformed by the shifting currents of collective consciousness into the consummate Magus. He is the Carnival King and the Lord of Gamblers, the First Diviner and the Master of Chance. He is Hermes, he is Mercury, he is Apollo; he is the opening note and the final triumph of the Opus and the Messenger of the Divine. He commands, controls, and synthesizes the Four Elements; he is Aleph, he is the first substance, he is the source of all numbers. He is the intersection of Heaven and Earth. The Magician in his current incarnation embodies action in all forms, skill and perspicacity, the utilization of innate talents, and deliberate, conscious transformation, yet he is still the Juggler - the Supreme Trickster – forever playing Three-card Monte with your fate. THE MAGICIAN'S WAND Energy, will, and the manifested Word of the Magus. It is the generative process, the act of creation: ash, rowan, oak, and elder wood, polished with sweet resins but handworn, glowing with inner fire. THE MAGICIAN'S GARDEN Flos campi and lilium convallium, Rose of Sharon and Lily of the Valley: the blossoms of transcendence and spiritual aspiration. THE MAGICIAN'S BELT The Ouroboros, the serpent as he consumes his own tail. Within this everlasting cycle, the spirit is reborn into eternity: frankincense, white rose, balsam, almond flower, and benzoin. THE MAGICIAN'S TOOLS With the Wand createth He. With the Cup preserveth He. With the Dagger destroyeth He. With the Coin redeemeth He. - Liber B vel Magi sub Figura I Clary sage and patchouli for Earth, lavender and yarrow for Air, tobacco and Dracaena cinnabari for Fire, lotus root and myrrh for Water. THE MAGICIAN’S HANDS The Magician’s right hand bears the wand of Will aloft, while his left hand points earthward. This is the descent of grace, the act of drawing Divine light and inspiration to the material, mortal realm. Sweet myrrh, calamus, ambrette seed, and Ceylon cinnamon. THE MAGICIAN’S ROBES The Red King and White Queen, sulfur and mercury, Rubedo and Albedo. The unification of opposites, putrefaction and individuation, the culmination of the Great Work. ὁδὸς ἄνω κάτω μία καὶ ὡυτή: red and white musks alight with frankincense, white oudh, sweet labdanum, and saffron. The way up and the way down are one and the same. THE LEMNISCATE The sign of life, the sigil of eternity. The mathematics that form the structure of the universe, the finality of Omega, yet also the inconceivable, endless space beyond. Immortality and rebirth, the perfect aspiration of Spirit. Frankincense and black pepper, Himalayan cedar, cognac, and tobacco. ++ THE FOOL'S JOURNEY: FACES OF THE MAGICIAN THE MOUNTEBANK The Hustler, the Scoundrel, the Grifter, using the magic of misdirection, charm, and subtlety to swindle his way through this world, and through all worlds, seen and unseen. Eloquent and glib, he is the quintessential knave. He is the Guardian of Gamblers and the Protector of Con-Men. A confidence trick: leather, sweet balsam, white sandalwood, thieves’ rosin, and dusty lavender. TASCHENSPIELER The master of sleight-of-hand and trickery: dexterous, clever, and roguish. He is the mischief-maker whose tricks propel men to action, or dupe the foolish into traps of their own creation. Peru balsam, tobacco absolute, leather, white sage, and blackberry juice. THE MAGUS The Sorcerer, the Cunning-Man, the Sage. He is the Kerux, Initiator and Psychopomp, the Divine Messenger who leads neophytes on their paths through the Mysteries and shepherds the souls to the underworld. Honey absolute, Oman frankincense, and asphodel. IL BAGATELLA The Carnival King, the embodiment of the liminal space that exists between the death and resurrection of Christ: pomegranate and Lebanese cedar, the martyr’s red rose, and an aspergillum of wine-soaked hyssop. THE STORYTELLER The Raconteur, the Town Gossip, and the first character to appear on the stage in the first act. He is the Minstrel of the Heavens, the Devil’s Messenger, spinning morality tales, singing songs of loss, laughter, and triumph, and murmuring prophecies to all. Beeswax, leather, hearth wood, and campfire smoke. THE HARLEQUIN The Divine Comedian, the Eternal Jester, instructing through pranks and buffoonery: vetiver-steeped raspberry and red currant. THE LEGERDEMAIN The twilight in between the stage performer and the Magus; the sleight of hand trick transforms into true sorcerous skill: black silken musk, dark clove, guiac wood, black pepper, frankincense, and cardamom.

BPAL's website will be undergoing site maintenance starting at approximately 10am PST on Wednesday, and we expect that we’ll be down for roughly 24 hours. Barring any unforeseen demons, we should be back to business as usual on Thursday. In the meantime, you’re welcome to go dig for treasure at Black Phoenix Trading Post, or our Etsy store. Or you can shop at our friends’ stores (such as Dark Delicacies, Haute Macabre, or Blood Milk jewelry), or even just go walk around outside. We hear fresh air smells great, if you can find any! Thanks for your patience, we’ve spent the last couple of months working through our website woes. We’re almost at the finish line, and have the new grey hairs to prove it!

Given the popularity of our handful of perfume blends which contain cannabis or hemp notes -- such as Ask The Nearest Hippie, which also raises funds for a variety of civil rights organizations -- we figured we'd treat you imbibers (and onlookers) to a Limited Edition scent marking this annual occasion: BLACKLIGHT-REACTIVE POSTER There was a store about a mile away from the house I grew up in that fascinated me throughout my whole childhood. The façade was painted in insane colors, and it was covered with weird, leering cartoonish illustrations. We drove by it almost every week, and I’d keep asking my parents what was inside – there was nothing on the storefront that indicated what the store was about – and they’d blow me off while making it implicitly clear that I was to never, ever enter that building. When I was 12, I asked my parents to take me to the library so I could study. I waited about fifteen minutes to make sure that my dad had driven off, and then I walked over to the fascinating, forbidden mystery store. The store was covered, wall-to-wall, in posters that glowed in garish fluorescent colors. Tie-dyed t-shirts, blankets, and flags were everywhere, and the cases were filled with what looked to me like endless rows of genie bottles. Peace signs were everywhere, and tons of merchandise was emblazoned with a plant I didn’t recognize. Before they shooed me out – very kindly – this was the scent that imprinted on me: nag champa, patchouli, and weed smoke. – – – Please do not smoke, eat, or huff this oil. Do not rub it on your gums, do not put it on your privates, do not vape it. It is a perfume and meant to be used as such. No funnybusiness! (This perfume contains no actual weed. Zero cannabis. None. Zilch. What do I look like? A dispensary?)

We love to keep our regular Lunacy attendees on their toes! This Friday’s open-house event at the Lab will be no exception. We’ve unearthed (you might say exhumed) the boxes containing our FRANKENSTEIN scent collection from Yule 2011, and will be selling these bottles on Friday night for $26. That’s in person only – these will not be going live on our site. We appear to have every single one of these blends, in limited quantity. I've posted the full list of descriptions here on Tumblr: http://blackphoenixalchemylab.tumblr.com/post/173046072348/surprise-frankenstein-scents-return-for-one-night See you on Friday!

Hi everyone! Our video promo mainly lives at Vimeo, but we've gone ahead and launched a YouTube channel for special video projects -- like this one, in which Lilith shares everything (just a fraction, actually) she loves about drag queens, welcoming one and all to visit us at this year's DragCon. [Those of you who can't abide a foul-mouthed 9 year old might want to skip the video, and while you're at it, better not ask Lilith what she thinks of your fashion choices unless your self-esteem is invincible.] We'll be posting this year's exclusive scents and wig sprays soon! In the mean time, you might wanna start inquiring with your LA-based fairies to make sure they know to get tickets and come look for us. See you at the Con!

The Fortunes of War A hymn for triumph for those who do battle, whether it be with fists, ideas, or words: frankincense and dragon’s blood resin, saffron-threaded red musk, tomato leaf, tobacco absolute and tobacco leaf, and leather accord. In the bottle: There is something really florid and bloodthirsty in the blend right off the bat, despite its sweetness. This is a hot-headed cowboy musk slathered in fancy cologne, ready to fight or fuck as the case may be. On the skin: Smoothing out as the dragon's blood spreads its wings. The frankincense is hovering somewhere in the middle, getting drawn into a playful tussle with the earthier notes below. While it's genteel on the surface, there's something lurking down there that seems to warn against getting too close, or resting too easy. The tobacco emerges slowly, the sin you only realize you've been stained by once it's too late. Whomever this blend might have been inspired by, their character is decidedly... *sniff* ...unsportsmanlike.

Surprise! We have an April Fools' collection intended to enlighten and entertain. Here's our video announcement: https://vimeo.com/262502258 Nope, we're not pulling your leg -- but THE FOOL'S DOG might be! That's right, in honor of the most playful of holidays (which has already pulled the epic prank of landing on Easter this year), we offer the following set of perfume oils inspired by that glad-hearted trickster tarot icon: The Fool. Links and scent descriptions below! [since we've been having website issues, we're releasing this set simultaneously on Etsy.] BPAL: blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/limited-edition/the-fools-journey/ Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/alchemylab (And don't forget to peek at this month's Lunacy blends!) https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/limited-edition/a-little-lunacy-limited-edition/ ++ THE FOOL’S JOURNEY: ASPECTS OF THE FOOL The Excuse, the Madman, the Wild Card, the Highest Trump That Prospers from All Previous Tricks. He is the Everyman, but also the Outsider and the narrator in the moment that he enters the tale. The Fool is the root from which all the other trumps spring, but is also the card without value. He carries no number because he stands outside, above, and below the social order; he exists beyond the other cards, unencumbered. He is free to move both onstage and backstage; he can break the fourth wall and address the audience. He is improvisation, the unwritten script. Folly and sagacity, hesitation and leaps of faith. Absolute freedom, absolute nothingness; anarchy, indifference, prodigality, balance, and imbalance. Everything matters, nothing matters. We all walk off the cliff eventually. EYES SKYWARD, EYES SHUT Divine ecstasy and divine madness. Ambivalence and absolute faith. Frankincense and lemon peel drifting on a cloud of lemongrass, white coconut, sandalwood, and vanilla absolute. THE FOOL’S DOG Sometimes playfully walking with the Fool, sometimes tugging on his stockings, sometimes attacking in a pack, sometimes tearing the ass out of his pants, sometimes chomping him right on the nuts: feral and tame, guardian and hunter, loyalty and opposition. Sometimes guiding the Fool off the cliff and other times warning him of dangers ahead. A warm canine musk, trampled grass, a gleam of ivory-white fang, cardamom pod, and crushed yew. THE FOOL’S ROSE Purity of ideal, unsullied innocence, liberation from base desires and worldly trappings. White rose, frankincense, verbena, and angelica root. THE FOOL’S TRANQUILITY At peace with recklessness and abandon, the serenity of accepting the embrace of disorder and obliquity: pink pepper and honey. THE BINDLE A jester’s balloon, a vagabond’s pack. The riddle and the punch line. The Consequence, the Mystery, the Untapped Collective Knowledge of All Mankind. Jasmine petals tumbled with a panoply of spices, suffused with incense smoke. THE PRECIPICE The Leap of Faith or the Apex of Irresponsibility. One foot remains precariously touching the earth, the other hovers towards enlightenment or oblivion. Green tea, neroli, and osmanthus, patchouli root, Spanish moss, tobacco absolute, and vetiver. ++ THE FOOL’S JOURNEY: FACES OF THE FOOL IL MATTO Reviled and mocked, pelted by stones and set upon by dogs, all the while singing the song of divine madness: red sandalwood, tobacco absolute, palo santo, black copal and balsam dusted by burnt sage, soot, and an echo of frankincense. FATE’S JESTER Speaking truth to kings, beggars, and popes alike, immune to retribution and lordly wrath as he flings wise quips like cream pies and barbed arrows. A motley tunic, festooned in bells: red currant and lemon peel over sugared patchouli and a bit of buttercream. JONGLEUR Wherein the Magician and the Fool are one, spinning the story and juggling the knives that drive a man’s fate. Frankincense and star anise, bergamot and clove bud, rue and green cinnamon, saffron and carnation, cedar and vanilla absolute. THE STRANGER The unknown factor, the outsider entering your town uninvited, unannounced, and unknown: a narcotic black chypre with crushed violets, indigo lilac, patchouli, oakmoss absolute, labdanum, and clove. NARR The affable fool who uses his own obtuseness and ignorance to his advantage: milk, honey, and wild fig with ambrette seed and almond buttercream. THE SCAPEGOAT To save a trump card, sometimes you must make sacrifices: tolu balsam, leather, labdanum, black pepper, and benzoin.

The latest #BPAL7wordstory winner will be on sale at tonight's Lunacy event in Los Angeles! Editing to add the link for sale on our site: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/shop/limited-edition/seven-word-story-pride/ "A swampy blend of Spanish moss, green tea, green oakmoss, celery seed, cucumber, and murky black patchouli." Congrats again to Cam Collins -- your bottle is in the mail! For everyone else, the scent will go live on the site sometime over the weekend.

From "The Dark Crystal": SKEKNA THE SLAVE MASTER “The essence of vile gluttony: an abundance of spices, sweet cakes, thick creams, and opulent liqueurs mixed with the scent of whip leather and rusted padlocks.” From Clive Barker's "The Forbidden": SWEETS TO THE SWEET “Sugar upon sugar, honey upon honey: white cane sugar and honey absolute.” THE DAY BURNED WHITE “Plaster and spraypaint, mottled with buttermilk – sweet, chalky, and edging on sickly. White and golden amber beams of daylight pour through the belly of the scent, while oakmoss and Spanish moss add a touch of decay.”

Who couldn't use a small, steady beam of hope as we endure winter's last gasp? Black Phoenix Trading Post has four brand new candles in limited quantity -- plus a brand new tee shirt design to flash from beneath your coat. Candles: https://blackphoenixtradingpost.com/category/candles/ Tees: https://blackphoenixtradingpost.com/shop/black-phoenix-anatomical-heart-tee-shirt/

Exclusively for our friends at Dark Delicacies, this glistening variation on a house specialty: EMERALD LACE Our delicate spun-sugar lace, grass-crushed and tobacco-stained, with hints of rue, pale sap, green fig, green cognac, and opium poppy accord. Orders within the US: https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1108/Emerald_Lace_-_US_Orders_.html Orders outside the US: https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1109/Emerald_Lace_-_Overseas_Orders_Only_.html

Anyone who fantasizes about joining us at the Midsummer Scream Halloween fest in Long Beach this year (July 28/29), you should know the tickets just went on sale -- and for a limited time, they're 75% off. http://midsummerscream.org/tickets-2018/ This horror convention is populated with haunted attractions, out-of-this-world shopping, and memorable guests. We look forward to vending there all year long, and would love to see some familiar faces (disembodied or otherwise) in the crowd!

2018's Blue Moon continues to imbue us with hope, awe, and fantasies of vanilla blueberry bubble gum. Beth, Brian, and Lilith's tribute scents are live, plus another installment in our Moons of Saturn series. Enjoy, fellow lunatics! BLUE MOON 2018 The spirit of the full moon is capricious, intense and passionate, yet still distant, aloof and cold. Luna herself governs glamours, bewitchments and dream-work, innocent wonder, transient pleasure and delight, the Moment, impulse, mystery and veils. The Blue Moon is one of her rarest manifestations, and this scent is formulated to encapsulate her most complex and profound nature: Mugwort and bay, for psychic sensitivity… Juniper, for divination through dreams… Orchid and galbanum, for complexity, wisdom and noscere… … with a potent lunar-charged blend of exquisite Asian woods, moonflower, Madagascan ylang ylang, Florentine iris, wild juniper, starry bergamot, elemi, green tea absolute, palmarosa, cucumber, Clary sage, lettuce leaf, melilot trefoils, wood aloes, and pale creeping buttercup BLAUER MOND 2018 Brian’s interpretation. A whisper under the moonlight: blue musk, and indigo amber, myrrh, moonlit oudh, opopnax, terebinth, and tobacco leaf. BLUE UNICORN MOON Lilith’s interpretation. From the Littlest Perfumer: “It’s a happy moon. It is beautiful, shiny and it makes me think of magical blueberries. It makes wishes come true, and puts a smile on your face.” Vanilla blueberry bubblegum. And on't forget our monthly tribute to the Moons of Saturn! Here's the latest: BERGELMIR Winters unmeasured | ere earth was made Was the birth of Bergelmir; Thruthgelmir’s son | was the giant strong, And Aurgelmir’s grandson of old. The father of a new era of Frost Giants, survivor of the deluge of blood that erupted from Ymir’s mutilations. Winters unmeasured: blue spruce blanketed in sleet, cypress smoke, yew berry, and frozen, brittle stems of lavender.

Thanks for your patience, #BPAL7wordstory hopefuls! Our latest winner has been decided, and it's... CAM COLLINS, who beguiled us with the following entry via Twitter: "The alligator selfie was a bad idea." This story will now undergo translation into scent! We'll be posting more details and some honorable mentions soon. Thanks so much to everyone who entered -- your brilliance made the judging process excruciatingly difficult. You've done us proud!

I also got a strong "walking through the Quarter" tremble from smelling this in the bottle -- it could also have been a sugar rush. A good cake scent almost has a texture to it, and this one has that squishy, spongey quality you associate with a really moist cake, packed right in the bottle. I think it's of the almond as well as a yeasty component that's probably turning this into "brioche" on the nose. That headiness fades on my skin a bit, mainly just leaving behind a pleasant sugar glaze with a hint of that cream cheese tang. "Quiet and warm," as the previous reviewer observed I find this very calming, and after sitting with it for a few minutes I think my body is actually tricked into thinking I ate something -- I felt ravenously hungry when it first went on, and now I'm oddly contented.

Hello everyone, you can finally give your refresh-finger a break -- the Lupers are live, on BPAL and Trading post! https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/limited-edition/lupercalia-2018/ https://blackphoenixtradingpost.com/category/lupercalia-2018/ Here's our video announcement for the collection, featuring music graciously provided by DJ Accident Report and WNNR: Enjoy the season, and yourselves! (And in certain cases, each other!)

It just occurred to me how awful that headline might look to anyone who doesn't know us. Here at BPAL, every day is Halloween! However, our remaining stock of Halloween 2017 perfumes will disappear from our site tomorrow, February 3. Just a reminder in case you wanted to take one last look! https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/limited-edition/weenies-2017/ https://blackphoenixtradingpost.com/category/weenies-2017/