Pink Moon Lunacy, Swarmageddon, Cosmic Critters

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Hurrah! We were set to launch these later in the week (and not back-to-back with Hexennacht) but with everyone fretting about last-minute Halloween picks, we just went ahead and dropped 'em to increase the window of time needed to make GOOD, SOUND, TOTALLY DEFENSIBLE decisions.

 

Today's releases spanning Lunacy, Ars Anni, Activism, and LE categories can all be browsed together via this handy April 2024 product tag link:

 

https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/april-2024/

 

++ APRIL ART: A MOMENT OF JOY
April is a moment of joy for those who have survived the winter.

- Samuel Johnson

DIE WUNDERBLUME
Alexander Rothaug
Thick blankets of moss embracing river-smoothed stones, a cascade of shimmering amber, and heady white petals.

L’AURORE
Adolphe-Alexandre Lesrel
A softly glowing floral aldehyde streaked with somnolent lavender, ambrette, purple rose, vanilla bean, pink cognac, violet leaf, woad, muguet, black currant bud, and sheer musk.

LOVERS AMONG LILACS
Marc Chagall
Soft, sweet bourbon vanilla and sensuous benzoin nestled in a haven of lilac blooms.

THE NAIADS’ HOUR
Norman Lindsay
Pearlescent ambergris and salt musk, white bergamot, elemi, white lemon peel, champaca, and seafoam.

THE TRUTH LIES IN OLD BOOKS
Marian Wawrzeniecki
Cracked leather binding and aged, yellowing, blood-soaked paper, clove bud, green silk, sandalwood incense, agarwood, black sesame, and thorns.

++ A LITTLE LUNACY
PINK MOON 2024
While previous incarnations of our Pink Moon have been a celebration of the first blooms of spring, this year’s scent is a strawberry smackdown: sugar-swirled strawberry milk with frothed marshmallow cream.

Art by Drew Rausch!

PINK MOON STICKER
A 3” x 3” high-quality die-cut vinyl sticker for sticking on all stickable things.

Art by Drew Rausch!


 

++ LUNACY DUETS

2024’s duet scents are designed to flatter, compliment, or enhance different aspects of the Lunacy blend that they are born from. They can be worn alone or layered with their siblings and their parent Lunacy.

 

PINK MOON: Sugar Crystals and Mandarin
PINK MOON: Wild Strawberries and Patchouli

PINK MOON: Ylang Ylang and White Musk

PINK MOON: Pomegranate and Merlot

 

++ LUNACY HAIR GLOSS
MARSHMALLOW AND CANDYFLOSS
 

COSMIC CRITTERS

Wild fig, buttercream honey, bourbon cream sweetened with a bit of condensed milk, and warm, snuggly russet patchouli.

Proceeds from the sale of each bottle will benefit Cuddly, who assists rescue organizations and animal-focused non-profits.

Imps for Cosmic Critters were circulated by BPAL’s own Chrissy Lynn (Vex) at Neotropolis!


SWARMAGEDDON
The cry of the cicada

Gives us no sign

That presently they will die

- Matsuo Bashō, translated by William George Aston
 

This year, the forests of the eastern United States will be abuzz (pun intended) with the concurrent emergence of two separate broods, the 17-year-old Brood XIII and 13-year-old Brood XIX. A cicada extravaganza like this one hasn’t been seen since 1803!

 

A scent fit for a Swarmageddon: soft, dark soil, black pepper, tonka bean, decaying leaves, licorice root, ambrette seed, sweet vetiver, bourbon vanilla, oakmoss, brown labdanum, elm bark, vegetable leather, clary sage, 13-year aged patchouli, 17-year aged patchouli, and two bright red specs of dragon’s blood resin.
 

 

Art: Kingfisher, Cicada, and Willow Tree, Qing Dynasty, China