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Yes! It's only kind of technically a horror film, Galen and I have watched it so many times over the years. Very cool to see it mentioned as an inspiration for the new Rodarte collection! Last night was Jennifer's Body.

Anyone who appreciated our Dead Blondes & Bad Mothers scent collaboration with author Jude Doyle might be interested in hearing that Doyle's new book is now available to preorder, and Thrift Books currently has it for below list price: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/dilf-did-i-leave-feminism_jude-doyle/54633951/item/83485439/#edition=72611544&idiq=83485439 The book is called DILF: Did I Leave Feminism? and explores the way his life and perspective as a feminist author have evolved since beginning to transition in 2020. There are no scents associated with this new title... not yet, anyway!

We watched Over The Garden Wall last night, 3 Women the night before, and I just saw that BUG was added to the Criterion channel. Thank you for the reminder to keep track, I'd love to be able to look back in a month and see just how much spooky/strange we managed to ingest.

Hi everyone, Brian has informed me that they're having major issues with the way Wish Lists work on the BPAL website, and they're planning to try to update it a week from now. So if your Wish List is important to you, please copy it down somewhere safe. I dunno what will happen, but we want to make sure no information is lost as we try to fix this feature. We will update with more information before we do anything! TB

Thank you for enduring our last-minute hiccups and fine-tuning! Our annual Halloween fragrance series is LIVE: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/halloween-2025/ We've got a truly stonkering array of Main Category perfume oils for you to dig through – some old, some new! As well as a truly bewildering assortment of seasonal hair glosses, atmosphere sprays, beard oils, and lotions. Beyond there you'll find the customary Pile of Leaves series, a batty little series called Bat's All, Folks!, the long-foretold Halloween Flash Sheet perfume oils, the 2025 revival (and expansion!) of Wild Hearses as perfume oils, and a brand new eight-scent series adapting the classic 1892 horror tale "The Yellow Wallpaper"(!!). Thank you for sharing in our excitement of these things! And special thanks to the artists whose work adorns these labels and web listings: you provide the soul of the season year round for those of us waiting to revel in it.

Everyone has been waiting so patiently (and yet so fervently) for the Lab's Halloween treat bucket to drop, but here's something new you can score right now: BATS & BONFIRES A blend of bat wings rustling while the bonfires blaze, the warmth of embers and woodsmoke, sticky toffee, and the crisp sweetness of roasted apples. This 5ml perfume oil is available exclusively from Haute Macabre!

Workman Publishing reached out to us with a 20% discount for their new book E Is For Edward, a centennial celebration of Gorey's work. Anyone who purchases any of the Gorey oils from us will receive this link, between now and September 30th! You may message me here or DM the Lab's accounts on social media with your order number, and I'll give you the link. (You are also welcome to email Ted and ask for it, since many of you are already in conversations with him about orders. I'm just trying to lighten his load!) "E Is for Edward celebrates Edward Gorey as author, illustrator, humorist, playwright, printmaker, fabric artist, and stage designer, showcasing the vast array of material he created between 1953 and his death in 2000. Curated by Gregory Hischak, Director of The Edward Gorey House, the book is organized by major themes and topics that characterize Gorey’s work including hapless children, mutant menageries, the murder mystery, the ballet, sartorial elegance, stylized decor, and the many recurring motifs and latent symbolism that underlie these subjects. In addition, Hischak offers a look into the pages of the dozens of rarely-viewed notebooks kept by Gorey throughout his lifetime. Illustrated with hundreds of original pieces of art and archival material, E Is for Edward is a must-have for every fan and the most comprehensive, in-depth exploration of Gorey’s art in more than a decade."

Three new talismanic perfume oils have been released by Sphere + Sundry, as part of their magnificent Venus In Taurus launch. Might as well include their full descriptions here, because why not?? ✤ MELLIORA A ritual perfume enlivened under the auspices of Venus exalted in Taurus, her throne of verdant abundance. This perfume oil is both adornment and offering, ensuring that your vessel shall remain replenished, that beauty and sustenance may move toward you with effortless grace. A spell of nourishment and provision, crafted so that the needs of your spirit, body, heart, and bank account alike are fulfilled and sustained. Wear to magnetize support —financial, emotional, mental, material, and sensual — so that your needs are not only met, but met abundantly. An ally for those seeking stability, comfort, and a steady inflow of resources without strain. Angelica root and essential oil (Angelica archangelica), wildharvested benzoin gum and essential oil (Styrax benzoin), cardamom essential oil and pods (Amomum subulatum), red clover from the TAL garden (Trifolium incarantum), feverfew from the TAL garden (Tanacetum parthenium), French jasmine absolute (Jasminum grandiflorum), lemon balm flowers and essential oil from the TAL garden (Melissa officinalis), meadowsweet flowers front he TAL garden (Filipendula ulmaria), marshmallow leaf, flower and root from the TAL garden (Althaea officinalis), Moroccan orris root and absolute (Iris germanica), patchouli root and essential oil (Pogostemon cablin), passion flower (Passiflora incarnata), rosehips from the TAL garden (Rosa rubiginosa), red sandalwood (Pterocarpus santalinus), vanilla bean and absolute (Vanilla planifolia), wildharvested blue vervain (Verbena hastata), yarrow herb and essential oil from the TAL garden (Achillea millefolium), lemon verbena from the TAL garden (Aloysia citriodora), honey absolute(Apis mellifera), CO2 extract of butter, and ylang ylang essential oil (Cananga odorata). This oil contains honey and CO2 extract of butter and is not vegan. ✤ DULCELDO Crafted to cultivate loving warmth when the world grows bitter and cold, this oil offers stability where chaos reigns, a steady center in tumultuous times. It is the scent of sanctuary, the gentle embrace of soft light and velveted comfort when sorrow weighs upon the chest. Born for these dark, challenging days, it brings solace, relief, and a grounding presence amid uncertainty. Deeply nurturing and tender, it is an oil of safety and succor, a refuge from the storms of the world. Hearth and heart in perfect alignment, Dulcedo summons love that nourishes, support that steadies, and kindness that soothes. Wildharvested benzoin gum and essential oil (Styrax benzoin), cardamom essential oil and pods (Amomum subulatum), chamomile essential oil and flowers from the TAL garden (Matricaria chamomilla), red clover from the TAL garden (Trifolium incarantum), hops flowers and essential oil (Humulus lupulus), jasmine buds absolute (Jasminum grandiflorum), angelica root and essential oil (Angelica archangelica), orris root and absolute (Iris germanica), motherwort from the TAL garden (Leonurus cardiaca), passion flower (Passiflora incarnata), vanilla bean and absolute (Vanilla planifolia), yarrow herb and essential oil from the TAL garden (Achillea millefolium), Bulgarian rose absolute (Rosa damascena), honey absolute(Apis mellifera), CO2 extract of butter, and ylang ylang essential oil (Cananga odorata). This oil contains honey and CO2 extract of butter and is not vegan. ✤ PILLOW FORT AND PETIT FOURS An oil of prosperity poured under the auspices of Venus in Taurus, this blend draws in abundance to nurture joy, ease, and pleasure. It attracts and multiplies the funds for creature comforts: soft sheets, warm blankets, exquisite meals, sparkling trinkets, and playful delights — the things that make life sweeter, softer, and brighter. Pillow Fort and Petit Fours was crafted to invite comforts that delight the senses, a talisman for life’s little luxuries. An oil of indulgence and ease–but not of indolence or waste — it invites and sustains pleasure, encouraging abundance that enriches rather than clutters. Utilize it to draw in the resources that make life sweeter, cozier, and brighter, not merely to accumulate, but to savor. Pillow Fort and Petit Fours celebrates life’s delights, reminding the wearer that ease, joy, and comfort are worthy pursuits. This is Venus smiling upon the joy of living well. Ground allspice and allspice essential oil (Pimenta dioica), cacao nibs, shells, and absolute (Theobroma cacao), cardamom essential oil and pods (Amomum subulatum), red clover from the TAL garden (Trifolium incarantum), wildharvested benzoin gum and essential oil (Styrax benzoin), marshmallow leaf, flower and root from the TAL garden (Althaea officinalis), French jasmine absolute (Jasminum grandiflorum), motherwort from the TAL garden (Leonurus cardiaca), orris root and absolute (Iris germanica), ground nutmeg and essential oil (Myristica fragrans), patchouli root and essential oil (Pogostemon cablin), red sandalwood (Pterocarpus santalinus), tonka bean (Dipteryx odorata), vanilla bean and absolute (Vanilla planifolia), wildharvested blue vervain (Verbena hastata), yarrow herb and essential oil from the TAL garden (Achillea millefolium), reishi (Ganoderma lucidum), honey absolute (Apis mellifera), CO2 extract of butter, and ylang ylang essential oil (Cananga odorata). This oil contains honey and CO2 extract of butter and is not vegan.

A wowser of a September update for ya! BLACK BUTTERFLY MOON has arrived with all the usual trimmings, plus an extra BLACK FLY BUTTER MOON oil to sweeten the pot. https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/september-2025-lunacy/ We've also added three "last gasp of summer" perfume oils to our collaboration with Edward Gorey House! https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/the-edward-gorey-house/ The time has also come to expand our Girth of Venus collaboration, first introduced as part of Lupercalia. New perfume, hair gloss, and beard oil! https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/collaborations/girth-of-venus/

And yes, we WILL have these on hand to sniff during Dragon Con: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/black-moon-rising-2025 ++ BLACK MOON RISING 2025 ✤ BLACK MOON Beth's Creation The absence of light: motia attar, black orchid, mugwort, English pear, cucumber, blue lotus, jonquil, massoia, calamus and crystal musk. ✤ LUNA NEGRA Ted's Creation The solace of shadows: blackberry and blackcurrant with Nepalese amber, kewda attar, and a deep, rich, sweet dark musk. ✤ SCHWARZER MOND Brian's Creation The keeper of secrets: opoponax, Tunisian black amber, night musk, antique patchouli, zdravetz, terebinth, myrrh, and Pimenta racemosa.

Thought it would be helpful to share one big post with everything that will be debuting at Dragon Con next weekend, where we'll be vending from Friday the 29th through Monday the 1st. Note that the upcoming BLACK MOON, LUNA NEGRA, SCHWARZER MOND will also be at our booth! ++ DRAGONS 2025 Available online AND in-person at our booth for the duration of Dragon Con weekend, Friday through Monday. Label graphic by Erick Turner 5ml Perfume Oil ($32): ✤ BASTARD-AMBER DRAGON Rarely glimpsed except in reflections or the flicker of fading film, the Bastard-Amber Dragon drifts through time like a fever dream of Old Hollywood. Born of illusion and artifice, it casts everything in its path in a honeyed glow. Its scales shimmer like tawny celluloid: aldehyde klieg lights illuminate golden resins, husky with toasted brown sugar. ✤ CAPUT MORTUUM DRAGON Also known as the Dead Head Dragon, this is a guardian of rot, rust, and revelation, feeding on spiritual decay and quietly hoarding the sordid secrets of the powerful. Scales of deep purplish rust-red: black fig, patchouli-steeped purple clove, black tea, blackcurrant, red musk, and oud. ✤ CHARTREUSE DRAGON Rare, reclusive, and devoted to contemplation, Chartreuse Dragons make their home in high, wooded monasteries carved into moss-draped cliff faces. Its scales shimmer in shifting tones of yellow-green, laced with the scent of lime rind, crushed apothecary herbs, and translucent vegetal musks. ✤ GREIGE DRAGON Often found napping in office cubicles and unrented studio apartments, this dragon is too apathetic to be evil and too bored to bother with goodness. She doesn’t hoard gold; she collects neutral-toned throw pillows, unread magazines, and Live Laugh Love-branded décor. Their scales are a rainbow of oatmeal, sandalwood, almond milk, tea-stained vanilla, and undyed wool in a muted eggshell finish. ✤ MELICHROUS DRAGON Sweet-tempered and kind, this emotionally generous dragon has a hoard made not of gold, but of handwritten letters, warm socks, library check out cards, and old mixtapes. Famed throughout the realms for offering a listening ear and a warm hug in lieu of unsolicited advice, it roosts in sun-warmed meadows, secondhand bookstores, and antique shops, and its scales glow softly in shades of sun tea, wildflower honey, and sweet apricot. ✤ PUCE DRAGON A fussy, irritable, irascible dragon with a taste for drama, velvet throw pillows, cryptic social media posts, ink-smeared burn books, biting commentary, and vintage clothing with a past. Its scales are the color of dried blood, old bruises, clove-spiked pomegranate, aged patchouli, and vermouth. ✤ SANG-DE-BOEUF DRAGON A rare, complex, and challenging serpent, the Sang-de-Boeuf is born from fire, pressure, and chance and treasures masterpieces of beauty that reveal themselves under heat and duress. Its scales are a deep, passionate red draped in lacquered shadows: glazed black cherries, Kyphi smoke, plum wine, and red sandalwood. 4oz Hair Gloss ($36): ✤ CERISE DRAGON The tiniest of dragons, these flirty, silly, and theatrical beasts build their nests in gilded opera boxes, toy stores, and above confectionaries and sweet shops. Their scales blaze like a handful of maraschino cherries and red currants bathed in fluorescent lighting, sparkling with sugar crystals and drizzled with vanilla liqueur. ✤ FLAME-OF-BURNT-BRANDY DRAGON A decadent, daintily debauched, and delightfully improper dragon, Flame-of-Burnt-Brandies love scandal and sparkle and whispers of delicious nonsense. They make their homes in séance parlours, stately manors, and abandoned ballrooms, and their scales flicker like flame on a holiday pudding: lavender, lilac, and lemon peel curling over brandy-soaked honeyed fig and sugared plums. ✤ GLAUCOUS DRAGON Contemplative and aloof, the Glaucous Dragon prefers mist-shrouded beachside cliffs, sea-battered ruins, and fog-thick fjords. These dragons are unapproachable and solemn; their scales are the color of weathered stone, pale sage, silvered fir resin, white amber, beach lichen, and hazy orris. 4oz Atmosphere & Linen Spray ($33): ✤ COQUELICOT DRAGON Cheerful, loquacious, and attention-grabbing, Coquelicot Dragons are bold, confident, lively, and crackling with infectious laughter. They are most often found perched at festivals, concerts in the park, and block parties, their scales of citrus zest, wild poppy, red carnation, crimson amber, mimosa, and pink pepper gleaming in the sunlight. ✤ GAMBOGE DRAGON At first glance, the Gamboge dragon seems unremarkable – quiet, muted, seemingly dull – but beneath its subdued surface pulses a fierce golden flame: a sun-bright wit with a venomous streak. Its scales are the color of old gold, translucent frankincense tears, saffron sap, and fossilized amber. ++ THE PEACH PIT 2025 Available online AND in-person at our booth for the duration of Dragon Con weekend, Friday through Monday. 5ml Perfume Oil ($32): ✤ GOLDEN PEACH AND BUTTERSCOTCH SODA ✤ HONEYED PEACH INCENSE ✤ PEACH LIPGLOSS ✤ SUGARED PEACH MILK 4oz Hair Gloss ($36): ✤ PEACH CHAI ✤ PINK PEACH, SUMMER STRAWBERRY, AND CANDIED AMBER ✤ WHITE PEACH FOUGERE 4oz Atmosphere & Linen Spray ($33) ✤ PEACHES AND SMUSHED GRASS ✤ PEACH ROCK CANDY ++ HALLOWEEN 2025 PREVIEW These are available IN-PERSON ONLY at our booth during Dragon Con! They will be released online later when the complete Halloween 2025 collection is ready to launch. 5ml Perfume Oil ($32): ++ PILE OF LEAVES PERFUME OILS Every leaf tells a story. ✤ DEAD LEAVES, MOLTEN LAVA CAKE, AND RAW CACAO ✤ DEAD LEAVES AND APPLE PIE ++ HALLOWEEN MAIN CATEGORY PERFUME OILS ✤ SPOOKY This classic BPAL Halloweenie dating back to 2003 has returned from the grave! A maddeningly festive blend of warm, buttery rum, cocoa, coconut, vanilla and a jolt of peppermint – a sweet, decadent, slightly silly scent, reminiscent of rum-laced holiday cookies. ✤ GRAVEYARD DIRT This is the scent of pure graveyard dust, spattered with grave loam and dusted lightly with tombstone moss. ✤ OCTOBER Ay, thou art welcome, heaven's delicious breath! When woods begin to wear the crimson leaf, And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief And the year smiles as it draws near its death. Wind of the sunny south! oh, still delay In the gay woods and in the golden air, Like to a good old age released from care, Journeying, in long serenity, away. In such a bright, late quiet, would that I Might wear out life like thee, 'mid bowers and brooks And dearer yet, the sunshine of kind looks, And music of kind voices ever nigh; And when my last sand twinkled in the glass, Pass silently from men, as thou dost pass. Dry, cold autumn wind. A rustle of red leaves, a touch of smoke and sap in the air. Label artwork by Drew Rausch ✤ 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. Label artwork by Drew Rausch ✤ IN NIGHT WHEN COLORS ALL TO BLACK ARE CAST An inner darkness: ink-black vegetal musk, opoponax, velvet myrrh, nagarmotha, black champa, labdanum, and plum honey. Label artwork by Drew Rausch ✤ PUMPKIN LATTE Espresso, pumpkin syrup, smoky vanilla bean, milk, raw sugar, and a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg. Label artwork by Drew Rausch ✤ THE HAG The Hag is astride, This night for to ride; The Devill and shee together: Through thick, and through thin, Now out, and then in, Though ne'r so foule be the weather. A Thorn or a Burr She takes for a Spurre: With a lash of a Bramble she rides now, Through Brakes and through Bryars, O're Ditches, and Mires, She followes the Spirit that guides now. No Beast, for his food, Dares now range the wood; But husht in his laire he lies lurking: While mischiefs, by these, On Land and on Seas, At noone of Night are working, The storme will arise, And trouble the skies; This night, and more for the wonder, The ghost from the Tomb Affrighted shall come, Cal'd out by the clap of the Thunder. Black musk, bay leaves, galangal, bourbon vetiver, blackcurrant, and rum. Label artwork by Drew Rausch ✤BLACK EYELINER A 99-cent drugstore eyeliner freshly melted with a Bic lighter, in concert with the leathery metallic gleam of a well-loved pyramid spike bracelet. ✤ ABSINTHE PANCAKES Flapjacks drowning in an intoxicating blend containing wormwood essence, light mints, cardamom, anise, hyssop, and the barest hint of lemon. ✤ HALLOWEEN HAGELSLAG Who wants to go Dutch with us on a warm slice of buttered pumpkin bread covered in chocolate candy sprinkles? ✤ PLASTIC RATS A tribute to the squeaky plastic rats that haunt every Halloween bin — adorable little horrors with gleaming eyes and crooked tails. Shiny black licorice, grey amber, and a dusting of smoky black pepper. ✤ GUMMI FANGS With apologies to Bram Stoker: though sympathy alone can't alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable… and so can a mouthful of gummi fangs! Daub your pulse points with the scent of chewy red fruit gums and shining white vanilla teeth. ✤ VINTAGE KITTY BLOW MOLDS Hollow plastic shells of mango sherbet and musky black clove echoing with a ghostly miaow of glowing amber. ✤ PUMPKIN ROOT BEER FLOAT You’re a grownup, no one can stop you from slurping up clouds of rooty foam from around a giant glump of pumpkin ice cream squished onto the rim of a frosted goblet. ✤ DARK MACADEMIA These are dark times indeed... so here's a gourmand for the brooding scholar. The warm, nutty richness of roasted macadamia folded into the dry papery musk of time-worn tomes bound in crackled leather; golden drips of beeswax candlelight flicker against polished teakwood shelves, while the smoky warmth of fireplace smoke lingers in the air. (Nutty portmanteau absolutely intended. Don’t @ us.) Photo: Yale law school library, 1870s ++ HALLOWEEN FLASH SHEET PERFUME OILS Creepy tattoos will always have a special place in our hearts, and on our bodies. Making judicious use of BPAL’s inkiest accords, this series of 5ml perfume oils is a tribute to those who commit horror to the flesh, and to all the artists who design and apply it. For example: John Herndon, who created this set of ooky-spooky flash-style designs for our labels. ✤ DEVIL FLASH If you sign his black book, he’ll give you a free stick-and-poke with his pitchfork! Tattoo ink steeped in infernal musk, with a splash of brimstone cologne. ✤ SKELETON FLASH No shoes, no skin, no problem! Scorched sandalwood and polished bone shards spattered with tattoo ink. ✤ TARANTULA FLASH Wish we had eight arms – then we could get more sleeves! Tattoo ink afuzz with caramelized pumpkin pulp, bourbon, cranberry juice, sweet patchouli, and red peppercorns. ✤ WITCH FLASH It doesn’t get more “traditional” than this: a cauldron of tattoo ink infused with sorcerous roots and heady incense. ✤ ZOMBIE FLASH Just imagine all the tattoos hidden below as you walk through the cemetery... maybe you’ll get to see some of them in person one day! Grave loam, mushrooms, Spanish moss, a smear of ink, and a blob of braaaains. ++ WILD HEARSES PERFUME OILS ✤ HISS & HEARSE ($35) A dribble of Dorian and a squiggle of Snake Oil, delicately stirred with a moss-crusted muddy shovel. ✤ HOT PINK HEARSE A dream hearse for anyone who grew up presiding over numerous doll funerals: flashy pink guava, strawberry jam, sugared pink grapefruit, blackberry, bergamot, and pink champagne adorned with a gleaming chrome Landau bar. ✤ LIME GREEN HEARSE A shiny, genteel, vintage ride for all those who feel dead inside: lime rind, citron, petitgrain, white musk, a swish of bay rum and a bit of black pepper. ✤ CONVERTIBLE HEARSE The cadaver, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind: a chilly whoosh of dead leaves seasoned with the perfect amount of smog. ✤ 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. ✤ HEADLESS HEARSEMAN A bottomless swirl of black leather, dead branches, and flaming pumpkin guts.

We did it y'all – as the August full moon makes her entrance, our Lightning Moon Lunacy perfume (and friends) are here right on time. Lightning Moon perfume, Duets, Hair Gloss, Lotion, and vinyl sticker! Classical artwork perfumes! The Prophet perfumes raising funds for the ACLU! A limited edition Twilight Alchemy Lab blend! Aaaaaand a few more Rarities & B-Sides from our catacombs... 👀 https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/august-2025-lunacy/

Hi everyone! After much consideration, the Lab has cautiously resumed shipping to Europe. Certain countries have already been added to the shipping menu; if yours is not among them, please email Ted at answers@blackphoenixalchemylab.com We're not advertising this widely, because we don't fully understand all the factors in play, or know how long we'll be able to keep doing it. For now, we're doing it! And will do our best to update you as more info emerges. Thank you for hangin' in there, it has been terrible knowing how many EU folks have felt sidelined as we puzzled out the terms of this trade agreement.

Hello everyone, Galen and I will be returning to Odd Mart on Saturday, August 16th for another popup Lunacy event! Find us from 12-3pm in the back of the building, where we'll be hanging out with everyone who showed up for the venue's weekly Cartoon Cabaret shindig – cartoons, free drawing supplies, and coffee & donuts for all who swing through. I'm not sure quite yet what we'll have from August's LIGHTNING MOON Lunacy launch, but we'll definitely have all the Hungry Ghost Moon stuff that didn't make it in time for the July event. Message me with any questions you have about the event! Can't wait to see ya. TB

Hello ghouls, fiends, and ghoulfiends! The Lab was invited to Dragon Con's workshop programming this year, so we'll be presenting an hourlong session that Friday (hosted by me!) that's all about using fragrance as a creative prompt. Here's the link to the workshop page: https://checkout.conventions.leapevent.tech/eh/Dragon_Con_2025_AmericasMart_Building_2_Entry Participants will be given a stash of imps to work with for this session, which you'll get to keep! (I don't know yet which scents they will be.) Pretty sure the capacity is limited to 30 folks, and we're expecting it will sell out. Be sure to book in advance if this is of any interest to ye! Can't wait to see you at the big show. TB