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The full Beaver Moon soared high overhead this weekend — which means a fresh flight of Lunacy scents will be landing soon, sooooooon 🌜🌝🌛 It also means this is your last week to score any of the items from this summer’s Deer Moon launch. We’ll be taking these down on Friday: 🦌 DEER MOON 🦌 BLACKBERRY & WILD LILAC 🦌 CARAMEL & DARK MUSK 🦌 GOLDEN TOBACCO & BEESWAX 🦌 HONEY DUST & OUDH 🦌 SUMMER FIG & WILDFLOWER Hair Gloss Plus these fine art perfume oils: 🎨 MORNING FOLLOWS NIGHT 🎨 WOMAN IN FRONT OF THE SETTING SUN 🎨 FAUN EINER AMSEL ZUPFEIFEND 🎨 AN ANGEL LEADING A SOUL INTO HELL And also, last call for COCONUT TREE 🥥🌴 The new general catalog Hair Gloss blends are here to stay!

Autumnal tidings to ye! HUNTER'S MOON and its various ridealongs are finally here: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/october-2024-lunacy/ I'll update soon with down dates for everything that's leaving us in the near future.

This fall we've teamed up with Spiritus Arcanum once again, introducing a new series of perfume oils inspired by historical accounts of witches' familiar spirits. These are available exclusively from their shop, and can also be acquired at their bricks and mortar store outside of Salem. Hurrah! https://spiritusarcanum.com/products/bpal-witchs-familiar-collection WITCH’S TIT Milk. Blood. Transgression. Black venom. ILLEMAUZER Weathered grey stones veined with black moss loom over an ancient library suffused with the scent of weathered leather, aged parchment, and rivulets of flame-scorched beeswax. PYEWACKETT Gleaming red-tinged eyes peering from the shadows. Ink stains and smoke weave tendrils through aged blackened patchouli, rich amber, and infernal musk. PECKE IN THE CROWN Candied plum, champaca blossom, exotic spices, and heady incense smoke swirls with the opulence of Hojari frankincense, evoking the splendor of purple silk adorned with gold embroidery. GRIEZZELL GREEDIGUTT The scent of mysteries sunken deep beneath the surface: the damp richness of bog earth and a gnarl of vetiver root intertwined with ancient lichen, soft oakmoss, and a warm exhale of tonka. VINEGAR TOM Black velvet steeped in tea leaves, infernal cologne, and crimson resins, Vinegar Tom exudes shadowy seduction. The scent evokes honeyed flatteries, secret pacts, and whispered promises slipping from the lips of a finely dressed lothario. Please note: this oil contains honey absolute. SACKE & SUGAR Sweetly diabolical, a mischievous twist on the infernal. Rich butter melts into caramelized sugar, vanilla marshmallow, a delicate touch of cream and milky musk, and the warm, comforting aroma of fresh-baked bread rolls. Please note: this oil contains butter CO2 extract. JARMARA A dangerously dark and intoxicating floral, Jarmara is equal parts menacing and irresistible, teetering on the knife’s edge between seduction and peril. It is equal parts the seductive kiss of a vampire and the lethal poison slipped into a lover’s drink by a black widow. Black orchid and scarlet poppies intertwine with rosehips, orris root, opoponax, tolu balsam, and smoky labdanum.

Once again, we've provided the Century Guild with a perfume oil to include as a reward for supporting their latest publishing project. Behold: ZODIAC! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/centuryguild/zodiac-rare-vintage-1897-mucha-art-nouveau-poster Warm golden spices enveloped in a swirl of deep resinous amber incense and palo santo, sparkling with a celestial bouquet of heliotrope, bergamot, and star jasmine.

We'll be vending at New York Comic Con from Thursday, October 17 through Sunday, October 20, at booth #3779! 🐀 And just as with our Dragon Con wares, we're going to be make the following event exclusive scents available to shoppers on our website as well, for the duration of the event. And awayyyyy we go: Perfume Oils: $32 Hair Gloss: $36 MEME RAT 2025 will mark ten years of notoriety for this epitome of rodent excellence, whose motivations remain relatable to this day. This perfume oil is our contribution to Pizza Rat’s decennial anniversary: a squeaky black tomato musk. BLACK & WHITE COOKIE Whatever your preferred term for this eye-catching bodega snack, its iconic design undeniably lingers in the backdrop of core New York memories. A simple, jumbo-sized treat, it unifies by transcending differences to mostly taste all like one thing! ++ CIDER PRESS APPLEJACK CIDER A one-two punch from mother Malus pumila: a steaming dipperful of expertly-spiced cider that’s been slapped with a generous splash of aged apple brandy. Remember, if it’s boiled, it’s spoiled! APPLE CIDER DONUTS The secret to this treat is the apple cider reduction infused in the dough. What you dunk it in is up to you! (Please do not dunk your nether bits or any other sensitive body parts into this oil.) MULLED CIDER OUD Take a break from pondering that orb, and mull over this mug! Sweet oud infused with fermented apple, allspice, cinnamon sticks, ginger root, clove, orange slices, and bourbon. HOT BUTTERED APPLE CIDER Sometimes we find it purely impossible to function without the kind of hot drink that leaves an oil slick in the cup. Here’s a crisp apple cider scent for those who can relate, complete with melted buttery swirl. Please note: this oil is vegan. CARAMEL APPLE GINGER ALE FLOAT These five words, in this order, are like a spell that unlocks life-changing autumnal possibilities. So put this fragrance on your dessert mood board: fizzy vanilla ice cream spilling over the rim of a towering, froth-capped glass of ginger ale, drizzled with caramel. ++ CIDER PRESS HAIR GLOSS APPLE CIDER MARSHMALLOWS That’s right, we added squished apples to marshmallows in pursuit of maximum squishiness. Give us the Nobel Prize already! You can squish the resulting concoction directly into your hairs: pillowy marshmallow fluff infused with a cidery sparkle.

Upon request, and inspired by election signs Beth made for the Barrials' yard, BEHOLD! https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/political-buttons-2024/

Better late than never! HARVEST MOON and friends are live in our shop: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/september-2024-lunacy/ We've also corrected a Halloweenie goof, adding GUTTERING CANDLE to the series of Spooky Single Notes where it belongs: Rivulets of beeswax, a blackened wick, and a shuddering gust of smoke. Thanks so much for your patience, as the fall season has given us so much to work on. More surprises and delights coming soon as we prepare our NYCC virtual con announcement!

Hello, everyone! A week from today -- Monday, October 14th -- is when we'll be removing the following categories from our shop. Strawberry Moon Lunacy including its attendant Ars Anni scents Surely You Jest Neil Gaiman We announced a month ago that those latter were being retired from production, but remaining stock would still be sold for a time; now those products are going to be removed entirely. The categories affected by this news include: CORALINE AMERICAN GODS GOOD OMENS NEVERWHERE STARDUST THE GRAVEYARD BOOK ONEIROS: A HYMN TO MORPHEUS ANANSI BOYS 15 PAINTED CARDS FROM A VAMPIRE TAROT LIMITED EDITION: LEMON-SCENTED STICKY BAT SCENT LOCKETS: GOLDFISH Thanks very much! TB

Here’s your official notification that BPAL will indeed be vending at New York Comic Con, October 17-20. That’s exactly how much information we have about it for now. Mark your calendars, we’ll be back with more updates soon!

Anyone headed to Wasteland Weekend, or know someone who is? This Friday at 4pm you can meet up with Chrissy (aka Stink Bug) at Wasted Saints for the official WW Sniff & Swap! As an additional enticement, you'll be able to slick up your face-hairs by sampling three new Limited Edition beard oils (not for sale): A KINGDOM OF DUST AND DESPAIR The scent of a forsaken land: cracked earth, gasoline seeping into sun-scorched sand. The scent of balsam and leather drifts across desolate dunes glimmering dully with shards of frankincense. VEINS OF OIL LIKE LIFEBLOOD Globs of bubbling tar and rivulets of motor oil oozing through the grooves of rusted scavenged steel. THE SKELETAL REMAINS OF CIVILIZATION A symphony of rust and fire: dust-blazed leather and the jagged concrete and steel teeth of time-blasted ruins, spattered with blood, choked with smoke, and thrumming with the distant drone of engines.

Hello, we're trying a new thing! Or an old thing, but in a newer, better way. Today we shared our first YouTube scent-sniffin' Livestream in quite a while. https://youtube.com/live/5ytUovnNHBw That's me, Tom! I'm the one doing these, because I'm the one available to do them. Thanks to folks' input following our forays into Instagram streaming, I'm tilting back toward YouTube so it will be easier to skim around and listen to the bits you want. I'm still figuring out the YouTube app, but hopefully as the rest of my Weenie shipment arrives I'll be able to dig in and spend some more time sniffing through the collection. Thank you for helping us grow on these platforms -- and for your kind encouragement during what I can only describe as a series of rolling panic attacks performed entertainingly as part of my job! Like, Comment, Subscribe, send fudge. xoxo

We have done it... in September... again!!! The Halloween 2024 collection of perfume oil, atmosphere spray, hair gloss, and beard oil is LIVE. There may still be a few web hiccups still which we promise to resolve diligently by cold light of day. https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/halloween-2024/ And we've launched a 13 too, for today is that day which was foretold: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/shop/limited-edition/13-perfume-oil-september-2024/ Thanks so much for cheering us on, everyone! We're very happy to share these with you.

An update on BPAL's collaboration with Neil Gaiman: After careful consideration, the Lab has withdrawn these items from production. For the time being, we will continue to sell remaining stock through our website; as those products run out, they will not be replenished. As always, per the terms of our agreement with the author, 100% of the proceeds from these sales will benefit the National Coalition Against Censorship. Please respect our inability to comment further on the matter at this time. The product categories affected by this news include: CORALINE AMERICAN GODS GOOD OMENS NEVERWHERE STARDUST THE GRAVEYARD BOOK ONEIROS: A HYMN TO MORPHEUS ANANSI BOYS 15 PAINTED CARDS FROM A VAMPIRE TAROT LIMITED EDITION: LEMON-SCENTED STICKY BAT SCENT LOCKETS: GOLDFISH

Hi from Atlanta! 👋 This year's Dragon Con event exclusives are now available on our website. You can order them through Monday: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/virtualcon-atlanta-2024/

Alrighty please bear with me, as there are LOTS of new things to share with you! Below is the list of everything new that we're bringing to Dragon Con. To further clarify, the Dragons and Peaches will be available ONLINE and IN PERSON during the days of the event itself. I know the specifics of that window will matter to some folks, down to the very minute -- I'll have that info clarified ASAP. For now just plan on Aug 30 thru Sep 2. All the new RPG things will be added to the General Catalog at some point in the near-ish future, but for now will only be available to sample and purchase IN PERSON at the event. Likewise, the Halloween 2024 preview items will only be available to sample and purchase IN PERSON at the event -- they'll be going online when the whole shebang is released in September. That's soon! We'll also have Lunacy items on hand from June, July, and August. You're welcome to hit me up with any questions in the meantime -- I may not know the answers, but I sure love the attention! Alrighty, here's the master list: ++ HERE BE DRAGONS 2024 Perfume Oils ($32 apiece) BEARDED DRAGON Taking things a bit literally. Dragon's blood resin, ambrette seed, brown musk, coffee bean, caramelized vanilla husk, and cardamom. BEATIFIC DRAGON A sainted sliver of dragon's breath: dragon's blood resin, vanilla silk, angelica seed, mimosa, orris root, pink grapefruit, and angelic amber musk. DRACONIC BEDTIME STORIES Protip: make sure they all live happily ever after. Dragon's blood resin, lavender bud, hops, fir needle, and incense smoke. DRAGON BLORGH Hrnnnnghhhuuurgleh: Dracaena cinnabari, blackened opoponax, labdanum, black oud, champaca resin, 3-year aged patchouli, and cacao. FLAXEN FLAME Golden gusts of gilded amber and dragon's blood heated by clove bud, white peppercorn, and allspice. NAGGING DRAGON All I hear is blah blah blah: crimson musk, dragon's blood smoke, wild plum, champagne grape, and dried pomegranate. ++ PEACH PIT 2024 Perfume Oil ($32 apiece) BLACK PEACH, BLACK TEA, AND BLACKCURRANT Delightfully tangy and bittersweet. FILTHY PEACH PULP Boo, you whore. Our trampiest peach to-date: overripe peach pulp infused with red musk, sultry black velvet musk, sweet honeyed fig, frilly vanilla, balsamic amber, and raw dark patchouli. PEACH FOUGERE An effervescent aldehydic peach cologne with hints of crushed herbs and fern. PEACH STICKY RICE Chewy, sugary, and steeped in coconut milk. ROASTED PEACH, VELVET ROSE, AND LABDANUM A surprisingly sensual and voluptuous peach blend. ++ PEACH PIT 2024 Atmosphere Spray ($33) PEACH AND LEMON BLOSSOM Twined with a hint of trumpet honeysuckle nectar. ++ PEACH PIT 2024 Hair Gloss ($36 apiece) PEACH-GLAZED HONEY CAKE AMBER-ENCASED RED PEACH PEACH AND RED BEAN PASTE ++ RPG Perfume Oils ($25) AASIMAR A scent infused with celestial power: radiant white amber, earthy cardamom, orris root, celestial incense, and diaphanous vanilla silk. DRAGONBORN Gleaming scales of leathery dragon’s blood resin with a splash of acid, a crack of ozone, and a hint of smoke. DROW Iridescent black opium poppy, indigo labdanum, ti leaf, and black plum with a shock of white musk and a crack of leather. TIEFLING Infernal red musk, sweet aged patchouli root, clove bud, saffron crocus, red champaca blossom, tobacco flower, and hemp. ++ SJW RPG Perfume Oils ($25 apiece) GNOME PASTRY CHEF Subterranean fruit compote squirting forth from a cardamom creampuff. MINOTAUR LANDSCAPER Shrubby and fresh: musky amber and copaiba balsam with neatly-mowed grass, well-trimmed hornbeam, upturned soil, and breezy spring blossoms. ORC MASSAGE THERAPIST A soothing, contemplative blend of fresh aster leaves, green tea, zucchini flower, and sandalwood incense. RAKSHASA PARTY MAGICIAN Shaggy spiced russet amber splattered by rice pudding, cocoa powder, and globs of cotton candy. ++ RPG Hair Gloss ($30 apiece) CELESTIAL AURA Divinity embodied: radiant golden amber, purifying chamomile, honeyed tea leaf, yellow bergamot, diaphanous vanilla, and white sandalwood. ELVEN GLAM Otherworldly luminescent blossoms shimmering in a mist-veiled forest glen. LICH, I’M FABULOUS Crypt chic for captivating cadavers: gleaming bone-white sandalwood encrusted with tomb moss, black champaca, and incense smoke. WEREWOLF FUR GLOSS Dazzlingly feral: deep, shadowy old growth bark and mosses and a drop of carnal pomace brandy. ++ HALLOWEEN 2024 MAIN CATEGORY Perfume Oil They thought of All Hallows' Night and the billion ghosts awandering the lonely lanes in cold winds and strange smokes. - Ray Bradbury BOURBON-SOAKED PUMPKIN PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE Gooey. BONFIRE TOFFEE Our spin on a traditional Guy Fawkes Night treat: treacle toffee soaked in rich, dark bourbon. PUMPKIN SPICE EVERYTHING Literally everything! Pumpkin spice it all with this traditional brew of cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, and clove. PUMPKIN LATTE Espresso, pumpkin syrup, smoky vanilla bean, milk, raw sugar, and a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg. SAMHAIN Truly the scent of autumn itself — damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple and mullein. SUGAR SKULL Vibrant with the joy and sweetness of life in death! A blend of five sugars, lightly dusted with candied fruits. VINTAGE PUMPKIN BLOW MOLD A grinning, glowing gourd gleaming with 40 watts of radiant white musk, sweet orange, crystalline amber, and pumpkin rind. ++ WILD HEARSES Atmosphere Spray ($33 apiece) Infuse any vehicle or environment with the otherworldly swag of a rollin’ bone-mobile! WILD HEARSES is a series of 4oz Atmosphere & Linen Sprays which dare to ask important questions about life, death, and the liminal states in between. For example: have you heard the one about the overeager hearse driver? He got fired for parking on the shoulder. BPAL’s Atmosphere & Linen sprays are alcohol based, packaged in a 4oz pump mist bottle. Do not spray anywhere near heating elements or an open flame. Do not consume internally or spray directly on sensitive body parts. Please exercise common sense when spraying your hearse spray, lest the hearse come ‘round for you next! CONVERTIBLE HEARSE The cadaver, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind: a chilly whoosh of dead leaves seasoned with the perfect amount of smog. HOT PINK HEARSE Flashy pink guava, strawberry jam, sugared pink grapefruit, blackberry, bergamot, and pink champagne adorned with a gleaming chrome Landau bar. HEADLESS HEARSEMAN A bottomless swirl of black leather, dead branches, and flaming pumpkin guts. HEARSE OF PANCAKES There’s still a little time to kill before the viewing… surely it wouldn’t hurt to stop for a short stack? Black coffee, syrup-drenched buckwheat cakes, and a crusty cruller for the road. ++ HELOISE & ABELARD’S SPOOKY SINGLE NOTES Perfume Oil ($29 apiece) With the help of our witch and clown puppet friends, this year we’re getting back to basics. Remember the endless potential you felt as a kid while perusing the extremely limited options in your drug store’s Halloween aisle? A rubber nose here, a tinsel wig and plastic devil’s trident there… you could be anything, anything! That’s the spirit we’ve conjured for this year’s bumper crop of decidedly spooky single notes. Single notes are a terrific way to hyperfocus on a particular detail, or to achieve a very specific mood or aesthetic through layering scents. Heloise and Abelard’s tastes might err toward the unconventional, but they truly want you to look and smell your best. So when anyone comments on your unusual scent, just be sure to tell ‘em how your personal style has been influenced by the haunted puppets who occasionally take over your favorite gothic perfume laboratory. They may not understand, but they’ll definitely never forget you! BLACK LIPSTICK A goth awakening: waxy drugstore lipstick and clove cig residue. GRAVEYARD DIRT This is the scent of pure graveyard dust, spattered with grave loam and dusted lightly with tombstone moss. DATURA BLOSSOM Corpse white and bruise-purple, sacred datura is native to my west coast homeland. A seductive, heady, hypnotic bloom, as poisonous as it is beautiful. CLOWN WHITE Greasy petrolatum, lanolin, and titanium dioxide accords smeared with vanilla cream. Please note: this product contains no clowns or clown-derived materia. BLOOD SQUIB A sanguinous firecracker of cherry simple syrup and dragon’s blood resin. BONFIRE The perfume of withering leaves, their brittle forms surrendering to the flame, releasing a sigh of bitter smoke that is flickering with the ghosts of summer's memory. CANDIED APPLE Sour green apples encased in a sticky shell of iconic glossy red caramelized sugar syrup. INSULATION BOARD TOMBSTONE A fragrant melange of foam insulation board, PVC pipes, jigsaw grease, stone-textured spray paint, and polyurethane sealant. ++ HALLOWEEN 2024 Atmosphere Spray ($33 apiece) PUMPKIN NUT BREAD Pumpkin-puree baked into a walnut-studded loaf, steaming with cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove.