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Hi! Is it Christmas already? The Black Phoenix Gazette is live! Have a good weekend!

Good afternoon! BPAL is hosting Christmas toy drives at our December Lunacy Events in three cities this weekend: Los Angeles, CA (Friday, 6-9pm) Atlanta, GA (Sunday, 5-7:30pm) Burlington, VT (Sunday, 1-4pm) Anyone who brings an unwrapped toy or sporting goods donation of at least $20 value will leave with a 5ml bottle of the exclusive scent BIENENSTICH: "Bee sting." Honey cake with baked-on caramelized almonds, filled with buttercream. Bienenstich is available only while supplies last! (Because of the limited quantity, we implore you to be scrupulous about adhering to our requested donation value of $20.) We'll have other BPAL products on hand to aid in your last-minute gift-giving needs, and will greet you in our best Krampus-themed finery. Pray you stay off our Naughty list! Keep reading below to learn more about which local charities each of these events will benefit. We'll be grateful if you help spread the word -- no child should be left wanting this holiday season. Los Angeles: SPARK OF LOVE "ABC7 and Southern California Firefighters are celebrating their 25th Anniversary of the Spark of Love Toy Drive. Over the past twenty five years, the Spark of Love Toy Drive has successfully collected more than ten million toys. The campaign collects new, unwrapped toys and sports equipment for underserved children and teens in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Ventura and Riverside counties. Toys collected in the respective counties are distributed locally." Atlanta: THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY "We are asking for donations of toys for children ages 0-18, decorations (including trees and wreaths), wrapping paper, bows and tape along with food for all our volunteers and families. Thank you in advance for your donations to ensure a Christmas for families in Forsyth County!" Burlington: TOYS FOR TOTS "The objectives of the Foundation are the same as those of the overall Toys for Tots program: i.e. – to help less fortunate children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable resources – our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; an to contribute to improving communities in the future." Thank you for your help! Look out for Krampus!

Friends, It's that time of year. For the very best, almost certain chance of delivery by Christmas Eve, please order BPAL & Trading Post gifts by TOMORROW, DECEMBER 13th for DOMESTIC USPS SHIPPING. Don't be late! Or Krampus might come after you. You can order gift certificates right up to the last minute. We send those instantly, by email. As always, Happy Holidays!

Good afternoon! Here's what our own Tom Blunt had to say about BPAL scents, fandom, and bored boyfriends at the booth when filmaker/fangirl @troubledgirl Hansi Oppenheimer cornered him not long ago at New York Comic Con.

Hi everyone! Tablet magazine interviewed Beth about the Hanukkah-themed scents of Yule 2017, and we're delighted to share the piece with you. http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/251196/what-does-hanukkah-smell-like-fear-of-relatives-thats-what

Friends, In this week's issue of the Black Phoenix Gazette, we take a peek at Jesus' butt and Satan's short-lived variety show, among other curiosities. Happy reading.

Hi everyone! December's L.A. Lunacy Event, Krampuslauf, is approaching. We hope you'll come celebrate with us in 12/15 at the lab. While you're there, please join BPAL in contributing to SPARK OF LOVE, which gathers new, unwrapped toys and sports equipment for underserved children and teens in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Ventura and Riverside counties. When you drop off a toy donation (no plush, please) equivalent to $20, you'll get a free 5ml bottle of this limited-edition Lunacy exclusive: BIENENSTICH "Bee sting." Honey cake with baked-on caramelized almonds, filled with buttercream. Available while supplies last! (Because of the limited quantity, we implore you to be scrupulous about adhering to our requested donation value of $20.) We'll have all our Yule products on hand to aid in your last-minute gift-giving needs, and will greet you in our best Krampus-themed finery. Pray you stay off our Naughty list! We hope to see you there!

Hi everyone! We're bumping up against our holiday shipping deadlines. For delivery by Christmas Eve, please order your gifts by these dates : Domestic US: December 13 Military/APO: December 11 Canada, UK/Europe & Middle East: December 7 To ensure the presence of your presents, we strongly suggest ordering well before the dates above. This applies to orders from both Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab and Black Phoenix Trading Post. Cutoffs are 12:01 a.m. PST of the dates above. Gift certificates are not affected by the cutoffs, since they're sent by email. Once again, please don't wait until last minute to place your gift orders. We'll do everything we can to process every order placed by these dates in time for Christmas Eve delivery, but we control neither the Postal Service nor Providence. And we all know there are no guarantees in life. Yule not regret ordering soon.

Hello friends, Our weekly news digest is ready to read! Have a good weekend!

Hi everyone! The new BPAL x Blood Milk collab, featuring hand-drawn label art by Aaron Horkey, will be available in a limited edition December 1 at 3pm EST at Blood Milk’s online store. Here's what you'll find in Chapter III: BRIAR ROSE Thorny red roses swirled with mandrake accord, bois de rose, ambrette seed, and khus. PETITE PLANCHETTE Tendrils of frankincense and myrrh curling around polished woods, sugared honey, and bourbon vanilla. BELONGING TO THE DARKNESS II Dark 3-year aged patchouli and vintage amber, smoky cardamom, gilded juniper leaf, and a drop of golden vetiver Set your alarms or you might miss 'em!

Greetings! It’s #GivingTuesday! If you have any fuds to spare this season, please consider making a donation to our dear friends at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. For your support in preserving freedom of expression, you’ll be rewarded not only with the continued freedom to read and write but with some great thank-you gifts, including a new enamel pin featuring art by superstar cartoonist Raina Telgemeier (Smile, Ghosts, Drama) and a digital download of CBLDF’s 2017 #GivingTuesday Anthology, featuring stories by Neil Gaiman and Jim Lee, Jeff Lemire, Jason Aaron and Moritat, Amy Chu and Shannon Wheeler, Andy Diggle and Ben Templesmith, Terry Moore, Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier, Evan Dorkin, and more! The anthology also features comics about recent censorship faced by cartoonists in the U.S. and abroad. Here’s where to donate and explore the many premiums CBLDF offers at different membership levels. Thanks for your help.

Greetings on CYBER MONDAY! When you make a BPAL purchase today, you will receive two imps of perfume oil blends designed to help you through this holiday season: SILENCE: French lavender and white gardenia with Himalayan cedar. and STILLNESS: White pine, palmarosa, Roman chamomile, patchouli, and lavender. Can't hurt.

Friends, Our newest scent collab with Dark Delicacies, Krampus Lace, is live! It's fierce.

Hi everyone, When you make a BPAL purchase from BLACK FRIDAY through CYBER MONDAY, you will receive a gift of two imps to help you get through the holiday season: SILENCE: French lavender and white gardenia with Himalayan cedar. and STILLNESS: White pine, palmarosa, Roman chamomile, patchouli, and lavender. As if our Yule 2017 collection weren’t already sugarplum-delirium-inducing enough, this news could dial things up to a Full Festive Frenzy. But SILENCE AND STILLNESS should ease you into a state of sweet-smelling serenity.

Hi everyone! BLOOD MILK EXQUISITE CORPSE Chapter III, launches at 3 p.m. EST on December 1. It's the biggest Blood Milk x BPAL collaboration yet and includes Briar Rose, Belonging to the Darkness Past II, and Petite Planchette. Here's the link. Also from our dear friends and collaborators at Blood Milk, this petite and pretty strand of mourning beads, inspired, in part, by our Lilith. We're so honored!