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We've been seeing news reports about how the current ube trend that's sweeping America is causing big problems for farmers in the Philippines. Terrible! I figured it might be worth mentioning that Beth's ube accord, which has been popping up in more scents over the past years, is NOT derived from actual ube, and is therefore safe and ethical for you to enjoy. Or not enjoy! But fortunately we're not contributing to this particular issue. While researching our post about this, I compiled the following list of current ube scents, which I may as well share here also: ✤ ARAW NG MGA PATAY (Halloween 2025) A cheerful, raucous celebration of life and death: bouquets overflowing with gerbera daisies, waling waling, sampaguita, ylang ylang, hibiscus, night-blooming dama de noche, santan, and everlasting flower with piles upon piles of bibingka, ube halaya, rice muffins, champorado, purple yam cake, and turon, and plates of gooey kalabasa leche flan. ✤ LAVENDER UBE MOCHI DONUT (Yule 2025) A chewy delight made from a blend of rice flour and purple yam, fried in lavender-infused oil and dusted with granulated sugar. ✤ LILAC-DRAPED VULVA (Shunga 2026) Lilac-soaked amber cream, orris root, blue lotus absolute, white sandalwood, and purple yam. ✤ NANGGIGIGIL AKO SAYO (Lupercalia 2026 A scent for all of us who have been exploded by someone else’s cuteness: ube candyfloss and rice paper-wrapped red bean custard candy. ✤ TRIUMPH IN VERMILLION SILK (Shunga 2026) Scarlet silk, sweetened rice milk, ube, peony petals, candied ginger, persimmon, red dates, red carnation, lavender, and red amber. ✤ UBE PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE (Halloween 2025) Piles of ube pumpkin cheesecake batter blorped into a brown sugar graham cracker crust. ✤ WATER BEARER (Shunga 2026) French lavender, Thai coconut, cherimoya, and ube.

Good news: BPAL will have a presence at this year's Midsummer Scream convention, which will be held in Long Beach from August 7-9. Chrissy will be there with the same setup she's been bringing to other local events over the past year. Tickets available here: https://midsummerscream.org Worth mentioning that our Lunacy bestie Drew Rausch will also have a booth, selling spooky arts and other merchandise, and will be very happy to see BPAL folks.

All compiled here in one place: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/march-2026-lunacy/ March's iteration of 13 comes with a free imp of FORSAKEN ELEPHANT PUPPET: well-loved gray cotton, clover honey, kettle corn, and soft white amber.

At long last, Lupers are LIVE! https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/lupercalia-2026/ https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/novel-ideas-for-secret-amusements-bpals-ode-to-shunga-2026/ We'd previously announced a site overhaul early in the new year. That's still underway, which means we're experiencing some temporary irregularities in the meantime. Thank you so much for rolling with these punches, it's very challenging to launch a major release at the same time that we're pulling our shop up by the roots. I'll let you know when there are more concrete details to share about that! Now that Lupercalia's live, the countdown is officially set on Halloween: those products will vanish following May's Lunacy. So there's still a good bit of time left to agonize, sample, layer, compare, and grab whatever you need.

Hark! Another Lunacy has landed, coinciding with our traditional 13 release. Here's everything included in today's launch: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/february-2026-friday-the-13th/ • COYOTE MOON and friends: Duets, hair gloss, lotion • 13, which comes with the first of three Friday the 13th frimps in 2026, SNOWY CIRCUS PEANUT • Last fall's LONDON FOG CREAM PIE has been added to our World Central Kitchen fundraiser series "Nourishment Wherever Needed" • Wuthering Heights has expanded to include a NELLY'S TALE Atmosphere Spray, HEATHCLIFF Beard Oil, and CATHERINE Hair Gloss • Two new Ars Anni classical painting scents • The next installment of 2026's monthly fundraiser series "At The Root" is ANGELICA ROOT, benefiting https://www.vamosjuntos.org

I'm teasing this now so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle this Friday! As most probably figured, we'll be dropping the Coyote Moon Lunacy, 13, and the rest of our Wuthering Heights series all at once... and THEN on to Lupers. Since there are THREE 13s slated for 2026, we've decided to build a little charm bracelet for all you 13 collectors: a bonus frimp for each release, inspired by various lucky omens and signs we've observed in our real life wanderings. The first one is SNOWY CIRCUS PEANUT. Who will end up with all three?

Thrilled to announce that we've partnered with The British Library on a series of fragrances inspired by Wuthering Heights, drawing from artwork and other material in their archive. https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/wuthering-heights/ Launching with perfume oils to start with! And more coming soon...

Once again, we're closing down the site in solidarity with nationwide efforts to demand that I.C.E. get out of US cities (I mean, the list of demands is pretty long at this point, but that's the most recent impetus!) 9am - 5pm our website will be in maintenance mode. Last time we did this, it forced everyone to reset their password afterward in order to log into their accounts We're hoping to avoid that this time! Also, this seems like a worthy opportunity to remind everyone that we're working up to a major website relaunch. When the new site arrives, your transaction history and any reviews left on the main site will be evaporated. Poof! If that info is important to you, please slay your procrastination demons and gather that info ASAP. Thanks, one and all!

Gang, it's Saturday night and I'm feeling a little loony. So here's your TERRIBLE MOON and friends, your Fire Horse, and a new fundraiser series called At The Root, which we'll be continuing throughout all of 2026: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/january-2026-lunacy/

Hi everyone, sharing this post from our social media: In solidarity with workers and people in Minnesota and all across the country who are participating in the strike, we’ll be closing our site down for maintenance on Friday, January 23rd, 9am-5pm Eastern time. Via https://www.iceoutnowmn.com: “Friday, January 23rd will be a statewide day of non-violent moral action, reflection: no work, no school, no shopping — only community, conscience, and collective action.“ There are so many ways for onlookers to participate, support, or otherwise stand in solidarity with those existing under federal occupation in MN. Please contact your reps and demand that they vote to defund ICE by opposing any DHS appropriations bill that maintains funding for this agency. 5calls has a terrific script: https://5calls.org/issue/dhs-budget-ice-defund/

In Philly this weekend? On Saturday, Haute Macabre will be part of a spooky sleepover-themed evening event at Endless Night Studio in Philly, from 6-9pm. Event info is here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTakvKSlb0A/?igsh=Y2ZyZDJtbHR2amU1 That evening a new scent will be debuted, available at the event for $34: LIGHT AS A FEATHER, STIFF AS A BOARD This is the breathless euphoria of being lifted by unseen hands, friendship blurring into invocation, play into wild belief. The body is still, heartbeats thrum and murmur, the spirit floats. Something listens. This is a fragrance of surrendering gravity and trusting the darkness. It opens like a breath held too long, cool and smoky, trembling with anticipation. Pale, translucent florals drift upward, buoyant and unreal, while incense draws you back just enough to feel the disorienting pull between here and elsewhere. The base settles into dry wood and shadowed resins, like the floor beneath your back, solid, unyielding, waiting.

Hi ho, we're finally live with a Beaver Moon + Wolf Moon double Lunacy, plus some stowaways and stragglers! Since all this might be hard to keep track of, here's one link that contains everything just launched: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/december-2025/? This includes our three new Junji Ito Collection scents, a series of NYE Creepers, a bonus ACLU fundraiser oil, and expansions of Skull Maskerade and The Erl-King. Whew!

Hello one and all! I've been asked to relay this news from the warehouse: we don't have an official "order by this date to receive your package in time for Christmas!" cutoff. Everything is just too loosey-goosey at the moment, for reasons both foreseeable and un-. So how about this instead: if your order is time-sensitive because it contains Christmas gifts, please make a note of it in the comments section of the order, and/or email Ted (answers@blackphoenixalchemylab.com) to let him know. We're gonna be on the lookout for these orders so we can prioritize them in the queue and give them the best shot of reaching you ahead of the holiday. Thank you so much for including us in your holiday gift-giving! We are definitely feeling the love this year, and doing our best to spread it around.

We've created a gorgeous new perfume oil to accompany the launch of Century Guild's latest Alphonse Mucha fine art poster print: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/centuryguild/monaco-rare-vintage-1897-mucha-art-nouveau-poster?ref=creator_tab MONACO The whistle cries. Cheek pressed to the cool glass, breath fogging faintly as orchards and riverbanks blur past in watercolor hues. The air fills with rose crème and warm pastries from the dining car. Night falls. The train glides along the darkened coast, and lights shimmer in the distance like earthbound stars. Burnt sugar amber, polished French oakwood, cacao fleur, blushing peony, and cashmere musk. Only available via CG's KS as part of the poster rewards tier!

Greetings, astromages! BPAL/TAL has contributed a set of three oils to the latest launch from Sphere + Sundry, drawing upon aspects and influences of Jupiter in Cancer. These can be found (along with an array of incredible products by other contributors) exclusively in the S+S shop: https://sphereandsundry.com/product-category/series/exalted-jupiter-in-cancer/ XENIOS The Welcomer. An expansive, joyous, festive oil that honors the sacred act of opening one’s doors. An oil that guards travelers, blesses hosts, and keeps peace between amicable strangers. Utilize to enhance festivities, invite easy conversation, and smooth frayed bonds, and encourages goodwill, open hands, and gentle hearts. This oil rewards those who offer warmth, bread, and a place at the fire to those in need. HERKEIOS The Bulwark: protector of the home, the hearth, and the family. An oil for warding, anchoring, and sanctifying homes that need fortification and for protecting families (found or blood) who deserve to rest without fear. Use to seal a space, bless a doorway, or shield your household. Wear or utilize in ritual when you need to feel rooted, watched over, and unshakably safe. May your hearth stay lit, your walls stay strong, and your loved ones remain fiercely, quietly protected. EPIKARPIOS The Guardian of Fruits. Under the wide, magnanimous crown of Jupiter, fruits thicken on the branch and ambitions grow fat with promise. Epikarpios is the old name whispered to the orchards, the title given to the god who watches every seed, every plan, every hidden hope and coaxes them toward sweetness. Utilize in ritual to enhance personal growth that unfurls like hearty vines, financial growth that roots deep and rises strong, and success that ripens heavy in the hand, and to enforce your sovereign right to thrive with your hard-won harvest.