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Announcing The Black Phoenix DragonCon 2014 Exclusives & Cosplay Repair Station
bpalgeekgirldiva posted a topic in Announcements
Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab and Black Phoenix Trading Post are thrilled to announce our con exclusives for DragonCon! Black Phoenix will be vending at DragonCon 2014 at booths 1206 & 1208 in AmericasMart, building 1, floor 1. Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab DragonCon Exclusive Perfume Oils. Presented in a 5ml amber apothecary glass vial. $24 each. ++ GEORGIA STATE MUSKS A line inspired by Georgia's official state... stuff. No birds, bass, sharks, or square dancers were harmed during the creation of this line. BROWN THRASHER Sweet rum distillate with tobacco absolute, white sandalwood, and warm brown musk. LARGEMOUTH BASS Salt, seaweed, and white mint with a hint of star anise, birchbark, and lemon peel. PEANUT MUSK Roasted peanuts, peanut leaves, and dark musk. SHARK TOOTH Pale, stony ambergris with oudh, patchouli, white cedar, and ambrette seed. STAUROLITE A gritty mineral musk with tonka bean, labdanum, oakmoss, and a drop of vetiver bourbon. STAR PROMENADE Sloe gin, peach blossoms, banjo strings, hay bales, and apple pie. ++ THE PEACH PIT PEACH VI Peach and blackcurrant with aged patchouli, red sandalwood, benzoin, and blue musk. PEACH VII Dried peach, black musk, and North African spices. PEACH VIII Whipped jasmine cream and peach blossom with vanilla orchid and white frankincense. ++ BPTP DRAGON*CON PEACH'GASM GOLDEN PEACH AND BERGAMOT HAIR GLOSS - $28 With patchouli, white jasmine, and glimmering golden musk. PEACH NECTAR AND VANILLA ORCHID HAIR GLOSS - $28 Plus a touch of hay absolute and dried rosebud. HONEYED PEACH BATH OIL - $25 With peach bark and oakmoss for a hint of earthiness. PEACH BLOSSOM INCENSE ATMOSPHERE SPRAY - $23 Peach blossoms, olibanum, myrrh, and white sandalwood. PEACH CANDYFLOSS ATMOSPHERE SPRAY - $23 Spun-sugar peaches! Attention Cosplayers: this year, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab / Trading Post will have a Cosplay Repair Station at our booth! Assembled by our beloved Chrissy Lynn Kyle and sponsored by BPAL, we'll have everything you need in case of cosplay'mergency - free of charge. Here's a list of some of the items we will have to repair items: Scissors Safety Pins (various Sizes) Hand sewing needle and thread (in at least black and white) Hot glue gun + sticks Super glue E6000 adhesive Hairspray Wig cap Bobby Pins Clear nail polish Double sided fashion tape Electrical tape Duct tape Eyelash glue Stain remover (tide to go) Heat and bond Beacon Fabric Tac (fabric glue) Spirit Gum / Liquid Latex Stapler We look forward to seeing 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 moon is rising, solemn and silent, over Black Phoenix: LACUS SOLITUDINIS The Lake of Solitude: a scent of introspection and introversion. Meditative white sandalwood with rosewood, Roman chamomile, white lavender, marjoram, Himalayan cedar, and oudh. ***************** This month, we revisit the Metamorphosis: The Metamorphosis series is dedicated, as always, to my daughter. Lilith, you are my light, my love, my heart, and the sweetness of my soul. Sword-Wielding Storybook Princess, Valiant Superheroine, Bold Adventurer, Make-Believe Misunderstood Fairy Tale Villainess: it is a privilege to watch you grow, and it is an honor to be your mother. I love you with every drop of blood in my body, and every breath. The sweetness of your heart, the depth of your compassion, and the razor of your wit are all an inspiration to me. Your laugh is my joy. I love you, Little Lady Butterfly. “Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.” METAMORPHOSIS Lo, the bright train their radiant wings unfold! With silver fringed, and freckled o’er with gold: On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower They, idly fluttering, live their little hour; Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, All spring their age, and sunshine all their day. - ” To Mrs. P——–., With Some Drawings…”, Anna Laetitia Aikin The grace, beauty, and complexity of butterflies and moths have permeated myths all over the globe. The symmetry and elegance of their form and the coquettish rhythm of their dance inspires visions of fleeting romance: The dawn is smiling on the dew that covers The tearful roses; lo, the little lovers That kiss the buds, and all the flutterings In jasmine bloom, and privet, of white wings, That go and come, and fly, and peep and hide, With muffled music, murmured far and wide. Ah, the Spring time, when we think of all the lays That dreamy lovers send to dreamy mays, Of the fond hearts within a billet bound, Of all the soft silk paper that pens wound, The messages of love that mortals write Filled with intoxication of delight, Written in April and before the May time Shredded and flown, playthings for the wind’s playtime, We dream that all white butterflies above, Who seek through clouds or waters souls to love, And leave their lady mistress in despair, To flit to flowers, as kinder and more fair, Are but torn love-letters, that through the skies Flutter, and float, and change to butterflies - ” The Genesis of Butterflies”, Victor Hugo Though in some myths – notably, China’s Butterfly Lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and Japan’s tale of Takahama and Akiko – butterflies are symbols of eternal love and devotion. Most often, butterflies and moths represent change, transition, and metamorphosis. Butterflies are also seen as personifications of the soul, and symbols of mankind’s desire for spiritual evolution. They are harbingers of both love and death, and some believe that errant souls manifest in this form. Moths and butterflies are, to some, symbols of blind desire and madness, perilously drawn to the splendor of light and flame. This mad desire is also portrayed, at times, as transcendence: Tell it none except the wise, for the common crowd defames: of the living I shall praise that which longs for death in flames. In the love night which created you where you create, a yearning wakes: you see, intoxicated, far away a candle burning. Darkness now no longer snares you, shadows lose their ancient force, as a new desire tears you up to higher intercourse. Now no distance checks your flight, charmed you come and you draw night till, with longing for the light, you are burnt, O butterfly. And until you have possessed dying and rebirth, you are but a sullen guest on the gloomy earth. - ” Blissful Yearning”, Goethe, translation by Walter Kaufmann This series, though seemingly simple, is a complex narrative in scent. It was created with the intention of illustrating the beauty of transformation and transcendence, the sweetness of romance, the joy of freedom and personal liberty, and the perpetuity of true love. Wake, butterfly - It’s late, we’ve miles To go together. - Matsuo Basho This year’s series is inspired by our family’s annual pilgrimage to New Orleans: the Butterflies of Louisiana - BLACK SWALLOWTAIL Licorice bark with freesia, jungle orchids, elemi, Bulgarian rose otto, and jasmine sambac. EASTERN COMMA Sweet orange with tobacco absolute and hay. GOATWEED LEAFWING Tonka bean, orange blossom, ambrette seed, and brown sandalwood. LITTLE METALMARK Nagarmotha and sweet musk. PHAON CRESCENT Italian bergamot and neroli with marigold, white jasmine, Himalayan cedar, lemon peel, and a drop of tobacco absolute. QUESTION MARK Blackened vanilla absolute with tobacco leaf, Ceylon cinnamon, orange-bark myrrh, and orange blossom. RED-SPOTTED PURPLE White thyme, yuzu fruit, hinoki wood, blue cedar, white carnation, plum rind, white mandarin, and lime-tinted white musk. SOUTHERN CLOUDYWING Cardamom tea, orange peel, mate, oakmoss, tonka bean, sweet cedar, and costus. WILD INDIGO DUSKYWING Black saffron, frankincense, Florentine iris, blackcurrant, white pepper, black clove, vetiver, and smoky honey. YUCCA GIANT-SKIPPER White patchouli, oudh, vanilla absolute, copaiba balsam, pepperwood, and champaca flower. Butterflies have also descended onto the ‘Post: CHORION HAIR GLOSS A gossamer armor: seemingly delicate, but as strong as adamant. Opalescent vanilla-infused benzoin with silvered iris, white patchouli, mimosa blossom, and white musk. CHORION ATMOSPHERE SPRAY A gossamer armor: seemingly delicate, but as strong as adamant. Opalescent vanilla-infused benzoin with silvered iris, white patchouli, mimosa blossom, and white musk. NECTAR HAIR GLOSS Honeyed camellia and bergamot with sweet honeysuckle and sugared columbine. NECTAR ATMOSPHERE SPRAY Honeyed camellia and bergamot with sweet honeysuckle and sugared columbine. The Earth laughs in flowers. FLOWER CONSTANCY I BATH OIL: AN AFFINITY FOR PASSIONFLOWER FLOWER CONSTANCY II BATH OIL: AN AFFINITY FOR PHLOX 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.
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Help Support Artist Julie Dillon And Get A 5ml Of Scholar's Tower
bpalgeekgirldiva posted a topic in Announcements
We're so thrilled to be supporting the amazing Julie Dillon's Imagined Realms Kickstarter project with a scent called “Scholars’ Tower”. "Imagined Realms" is the first in a series of books of fantasy art by award winning artist Julie Dillon and features all new illustrations of faeries, mermaids, dragons, elves, several cats, and a variety of ladies exploring and having adventures. SCHOLARS' TOWER Gleaming amber spheres, polished cedar and mahogany, sweet parchment, inks of frankincense ash, and soft plumes of incense. The "Scholars' Tower" perfume oil is presented in a 5ml amber apothecary vial, and is available on Kickstarter backer rewards as follows: $45: BPAL "Scholar's Tower" perfume oil blend + one 11x14" print of Scholar's Tower (plus digital rewards) $60: BPAL Scholar's Tower" perfume oil blend + one copy of Imagined Realms: Book 1 (plus digital rewards) $65: BPAL Scholar's Tower" perfume oil blend + one Signed copy of Imagined Realms: Book 1 (plus digital rewards) (Note that the books and artwork will ship separately from the perfume.) Note: This scent is not a part of Kickstarter or affiliated with Kickstarter. Julie Dillon has been working with Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab for many years, doing labels for several series, most notably the Phoenix Steamworks collection, the Vampires Don’t Sleep Alone Collection, the RPG series, and upcoming re-release of Carnival Diabolique." You can support Imagined Realms on Kickstarter, see more of the artwork, and donate here. -
The Return Of The BPAL Forums and Oceanus Procellarum Brick and Mortar Lunacy Will Call Dates
bpalgeekgirldiva posted a topic in Announcements
First up, we'd like to announce that the BPAL forums are back and looking better than ever. We thank you so much for your patience while we made this change and we send so much love to the transition team who worked so tirelessly to make it happen. The website is still bpal.org and we hope you'll be patient with us as we work out any little gremlins that might be hiding. Love everyone at The Lab! ***************************** Join us for our Lunacy event 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 Oceanus Procellarum 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, August 10th 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 ___ The East Coast Will Call event will be held on Sunday, August 10th from 4 to 7pm at Healthy Living Market. 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! ************************ Remaining Will Call Dates for 2014 West Coast: Tuesday, September 9th Sunday, October 5th Thursday, November 6th Friday, December 5th East Coast: (TBD) 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. -
Hello, BPAL.ORG! As we mentioned before, one of the things the moderators/admins are trying out is keeping you more informed. A lot of stuff gets discussed in the running of a major forum like this, but you folks don't hear most of that. We'd like to rope you in a bit... hence this blog! We'll be using it to keep you updated, toss out some ideas, and if I (Belladonnastrap) am making the post, at some point I'm gonna rant about something that has absolutely nothing to do with the forum. Why? Because that's how I roll! FORUM UPDATE A GO GO GO! First off, we would all like to say thank you for your patience while (whilst?) we go through a bit of construction. The membership has been really patient with us, and while we understand that all recent changes haven't been met with butterflies & unicorns, we appreciate you sticking around. We're going to do our very best to ensure that bpal.org is a place where we can not only discuss the wonderfulness of the Lab/Post & their works, but our own awesome corner of the web. Sort of like Oh No They Didn't, but smelling better and less obsessed with Britney Spears. Moving to the country, gonna buy me a lotta scrubs. Retail Therapy. We admit that the RT organization did not go completely as planned. We're still working on that. In the meantime, please continue to leave your feedback in this thread, and believe us when we say we're working on it. SKINS! And not the crappy MTV show either! Diana goes much more into depth about this then I ever can, so please check out her announcement for news & where we stand when it comes to making the forum look shiny! Changing of the Guard As Diana previously announced, quantumspice is no longer a member of the admin team. We wish her well. We wanted to take the time to just remind you of the moderators. Admins: ShriekingViolet (aka Diana), Morrig Moderators: Silvertree, Ivyandpeony, Andra, alicia_stardust, Jessica, WickedGoddess, parrot_suspect, Belladonnastrap, emzebel, jenpo, Shollin, Sarah, LiberAmoris, maewitch, Noumenon and Heartbeast Please note: These are all of our active moderators. We have some moderators who are on hiatus, so if you should message them with any sort of forum concern, please be aware that they might take a bit to get back to you and/or forward it to another active mod. Odds & Ends A couple of general reminders to the forum population: 1) Please watch your image sizes! Images are to be no bigger then 480 pixels wide. If you upload an image and it's been scaled down, that means it's too big. Please resize. 2) No swaps outside the swaps forum. This includes "Hey, by the way, I have XX available. If you're interested, PM me!" in any section. If you say "I think this is allowed, but I'm not sure..." chances are it's not. Remember, you can always PM a moderator if you have any posting questions. 3) Please search to make sure your topic hasn't been made into a thread already. We're actually doing well in the dupe topic department, but a reminder never hurts! So that's it for February! We'll try making these monthly, although we don't want to spam you all! In conclusion: Tyler from the Vampire Diaries? You're a tool. Seriously, dude: WTF were you thinking?! I'm gonna be vague because I know that not everyone is caught up, but OOOH. You make me so mad. I've been like all night because of your antics! I hope you get kenneled. NEXT TIME: I swap! You Swap! Everyone Swaps!; Working at the Grindhouse; and Lupercalia: What if the Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about?
