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Giving a head start to all the BPAL folks by popping it live a day early. Enjoy! https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/shop/collaborations/junji-ito-collection/tomie-perfume-oil/

Not only did we do it... we did it in MID-SEPTEMBER! BPAL is officially here to haunt up your house with the following perfumes and Trading Post products: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/halloween-2023/ 🎃 HALLOWEEN MAIN CATEGORY - Some returning friends, some brand new acquaintances! 🎃 DUSK IN AUTUMN - Five perfumes breathing scented life into Sara Teasdale's timeless poem 🎃 HUMAN ANIMALS - An fragrant wander through historical accounts of lycanthropy, shapeshifting, and demonology 🎃 MONSTER MILK - You might think twice before dunking anything in these colloidal expressions! These creamy scents are perfect for layering with gourmands -- including the Monster Gingerbread Cookies we released a few Yules back! 🎃 NIGHTMARE NOVELLAS - As olfactory inspiration or prompts for spooky stories, one can scarcely do better than this series of mysterious illustrations by Drew Rausch 🎃 PUMPKIN PATCH HAPPY HOUR - An epic pub crawl through a passel of pumpkin-spiced spirits 🎃 HELOISE & ABELARD'S SPOOKY DUETS - We were dared by last year's puppet pals to release these as-is 🎃 We finally got our rear in gear: Halloween Hair Gloss, Linen & Atmosphere Sprays, and Bath Oil are on the menu again this year!

We're in the home stretch! Here's something while we busy ourselves with finishing up this major launch.

Just sent this out over email, and I'm a-postin' it here as well! The crew is bringing some fun surprises to the convention -- some will also be available online and some will not. All the info is included below! ++ CONVENTION SURVIVAL KIT OILS Some of the most common requests we field during convention appearances, especially from BPAL newcomers, relate to aromatherapy — a field of knowledge which informs our scent creation process, and may inform how folks react to certain fragrances, even when therapy (aroma- or otherwise) is not specifically the intent. This year we’re arriving at Dragon Con with a dedicated series of aromatherapy oils blended in anticipation of these queries, available only for the duration of the event (both in person and online!) and in extremely limited quantities. Let the great recomposure begin! These products are $32 apiece. Disclaimer: BPAL's aromatherapy blends are purely for your personal enjoyment. Our recommendations are not medical advice, and these products are not intended as medical treatment or as a replacement for medical treatment. For external use only. If you have questions about how particular components may affect those with specific illnesses or interact with certain medications, please seek the advice of a medical doctor. BLACKOUT BLINDS A convention-inspired goodnight blend crafted to help you get the sleep you need in order to be refreshed for the next day on the floor: lavender, palmarosa, sandalwood RECOVERY ROOM Take the edge off when dealing with crowds and other con stressors: patchouli, blue tansy, tangerine, lavender, and ylang ylang. UNCLENCH For a helping hand in headache relief, particularly tension headaches: eucalyptus, peppermint, and lemon. UNWIND Geared to help you decompress and recharge yourself between events or before heading out to any nighttime activities: ylang ylang, geranium, and helichrysum. HALLOWEENIE PREVIEW?! Our massive Halloween 2023 fragrance collection won't be available online until sometime after we're all safely home from Dragon Con... but we've decided to reward event attendees with a taste of what's to come! The following two *brand new* series of scents, plus a handful of returning 'Weenie faves, can be purchased in person at our booth for $29 per bottle. ++ HALLOWEEN 2023 Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows' Eve. Everything seemed cut from soft black velvet or gold or orange velvet. Smoke panted up out of a thousand chimneys like the plumes of funeral parades. - Ray Bradbury BONFIRE TOFFEE Our spin on a traditional Guy Fawkes Night treat: treacle toffee soaked in rich, dark bourbon. DIA DE LOS MUERTOS A joyous celebration of La Catarina, La Flaca, La Muerte… Glorious, Beautiful Death. In Mexico, death is not something to be feared or hated; She is embraced, loved, and adored. La Muerte is fêted, as the celebrant “…chases after it, mocks it, courts it, hugs it, sleeps with it; it is his favorite plaything and his most lasting love.” This is a Mexican paean to La Huesuda: dry, crackling leaves, the incense smoke of altars honoring Death and the Dead, funeral bouquets, the candies, chocolates, foods and tobacco of the ofrenda, amaranth, sweet cactus blossom and desert cereus. 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. – William Cullen Bryant Dry, cold autumn wind. A rustle of red leaves, a touch of smoke and sap in the air. PUMPKIN SPICE EVERYTHING Literally everything! Pumpkin spice it all with this traditional brew of cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, and clove. PUMPKIN LATTE Espresso, pumpkin syrup, smoky vanilla bean, milk, raw sugar, and a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg. 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. SUGAR SKULL Vibrant with the joy and sweetness of life in death! A blend of five sugars, lightly dusted with candied fruits. ++ MONSTER MILK For Yule 2021 we dreamed up GHOST MILK* as the perfect beverage to dunk your Monster Gingerbread Cookies into. But since then we’ve found ourselves wondering: presuming they could be ethically derived, what other Monster Milks might one find at a supernatural supermarket? And what unholy combinations might be created by layering them with different Monster Cookies or other BPAL goodies? The mind reels, the stomach tilts… but the imagination simply will not be deterred. (These spooky, creamy fragrances are 100% vegan, and no monsters were harmed in their creation!) *GHOST MILK will not be available at Dragon Con, though it will be returning to join the others when the series is released online. INVISIBLE MAN MILK Sheer musk and an exhale of evaporated milk. MUMMY MILK Condensed milk wrapped in coconut shavings and tea-stained linen with a hint of bitumen, myrrh, and embalming resins. VAMPIRE MILK A creamy coagulation of clove bud and goat's milk. WITCH MILK Honey-infused goat milk, incense smoke, yew boughs, black pepper, mandrake root, ambrette seed, red currant, kitchen herbs, and fly agaric accord. WOLF MILK Crunchy leaves, well-worn black leather, cardamom pod, moonlit yellow bergamot, woodmoss, molasses, and buttermilk. ZOMBIE MILK Grave-dry rice milk, black moss, hemp fibers, bone-white sandalwood and orris root, and bog osmanthus. ++ DUSK IN AUTUMN The moon is like a scimitar, A little silver scimitar, A-drifting down the sky. And near beside it is a star, A timid twinkling golden star, That watches likes an eye. And thro’ the nursery window-pane The witches have a fire again, Just like the ones we make,— And now I know they’re having tea, I wish they’d give a cup to me, With witches’ currant cake. - Sara Teasdale Illustrations by Jenny Harbour for My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales A LITTLE SILVER SCIMITAR Foamy orris and ambergris accord pierced by a sliver of white fir needle, moonflower, and cypress. A TIMID TWINKLING GOLDEN STAR Tuberose and sweet amber. THE WITCHES HAVE A FIRE AGAIN Smoldering spiced oak boughs and pine pitch crackling with golden sap. WITCHES' TEA Blackberry thorn tea. WITCHES' CURRANT CAKE Red currant and rosewater gooseberry cake with a sugar-dusted gingerbread crumble topping.

NOTE: This post has been edited to reflect an error on my part! The Felis Silvestris collection is NOT coming down with the rest of these. I repeat, the kitties aren't leaving us. We giveth and we taketh! The day after Dragon Con, when we're takething away all of the event perfumes, we will also taketh the following: Limited Edition categories: 🙀 THE SINGULARITY II 🙀 BLACK PHOENIX DOOB LAB Lunacy Stuffs: PINK MOON AN ORCHARD IN SPRING AND THE FAIRIES RAN AWAY WITH THEIR CLOTHES GIOCO DEL VOLANO LA PLUIE D'OR LÉON LE BOIS SACRÉ CHER AUX ARTS ET AUX MUSES THE PARCA AND THE ANGEL OF DEATH THE QUEEN AND THE PAGE THE WITCHES GO TO MARKET 🥉 LEMON PEEL, GARDENIA, AND CARNATION 🥉 MUGUET, TEA ROSE, AND YLANG YLANG 🥉 OSMANTHUS, BENZOIN, AND BOURBON VANILLA 🥉 MANDARIN, BLACK VANILLA, AND PATCHOULI 🥉GHOST LILY, WHITE SANDALWOOD, AND AMBERGRIS ACCORD So, you've got till around Tuesday? Brian will be tired from work and doing this ASAP once the event is over.

Our latest scent collaboration with Haute Macabre has launched! Available exclusively in the HM Apothecary. MOLDAVITE "Royal Hojari frankincense, 7-year aged raw patchouli, oakmoss, Yemeni myrrh, green fig, omubiri resin, blackberry syrup, and a sprig of crushed mint."

We are, in fact, vending at Dragon Con this year! And once again, our "event exclusive" perfumes will, in fact, be available online for the duration of the convention! We'll launch these on our site early Friday morning (9/1), and they'll remain available online through the following Monday (9/4). We will be including convention booth swag in these orders while supplies last, but keep in mind we have a VERY LIMITED amount of swag this year, and it's first come, first served. ++ PEACH PIT PERFUME - $29 Apiece BOURBONED PEACH AND APPLE COBBLER DRIED PEACH INCENSE PINK PEACH BUBBLEGUM PEACH & KUMQUAT SUGARED PEACHES AND BLACKBERRY WINE LEMON PEEL, WHITE PEACH, AND WHITE MUSK IMPORTED CALIFORNIA PEACH Climate change is real. This is the scent of Bonita peaches, matilija poppy, citrus rind, hummingbird sage, chaparral currant, and California lilac. Proceeds from the sale of this scent benefit Evergreen Collaborative, a US policy advocacy group comprised of policymakers and scientists who have dedicated themselves to advancing environmental justice through improved climate policy. Utilizing both their expertise and networks, Evergreen Collective has effectively lobbied for significant climate legislation, successfully advocating for many parts of the Inflation Reduction Act including $369 billion in climate provisions. ++ PEACH PIT HAIR GLOSS - $31 Apiece PEACH BELLINI JILLIONS OF PEACHES ++ PEACH PIT ATMO SPRAY - $28 Apiece PEACH ORCHARD ++ HERE BE DRAGONS DRAGON BELL Z I can care less what you think I need no permission, did I mention Don't pay my dragon any attention If you liked it then you shoulda put a bell on it: dragon’s blood and frankincense resins, sugared violets, blackberry pulp, and blackcurrant. (I'm so sorry.) DRAGON WITH A PENIS HAT Is that a penis on your dragon.... or are you just happy to see me? Dragon’s blood and champaca thrusting into a blorp of red musk and bourbon vanilla.

Even though we'd only launched the ROSE MOON/THUNDER MOON Lunacy last week, we decided to go ahead and launch our BLUE MOON(s) in time for the actual calendar event -- thus keeping us incredibly on track with our intended schedule. Here are those four new scents! BLUE MOON The spirit of the full moon is capricious, intense and passionate, yet still distant, aloof and cold. Luna herself governs glamours, bewitchments and dream-work, innocent wonder, transient pleasure and delight, the Moment, impulse, mystery and veils. The Blue Moon is one of her rarest manifestations, and this scent is formulated to encapsulate her most complex and profound nature: Mugwort and bay, for psychic sensitivity... Juniper, for divination through dreams... Lavender and almond oil for clarity and relaxation... Orchid and purple sage for complexity, wisdom and noscere... ...with a potent lunar-charged blend of exquisite woods, moonflower, Madagascan ylang ylang, Florentine iris, starry bergamot, elemi, green tea absolute, palmarosa, cucumber, Clary sage, lettuce leaf, melilot trefoils, and wood aloes. BLAUER MOND Brian's interpretation. A whisper under the moonlight: blue musk, and indigo amber, myrrh, moonlit oudh, opoponax, terebinth, and tobacco leaf. LUNA AZUL Ted’s interpretation. The ephemeral romance, the fleeting affair: frankincense and blackcurrant, caramelized black amber, and motia attar. BLUE COTTON CANDY MOON Lilith may be a teenager now, but her love of sweet scents has not dimmed at all. Blue cotton candy, crystalline white flowers, and moonlit white musk.

Our contribution to this Saturday's event is the exclusive scent COMETS: “Glittering shards of icy white plum, crystallized pink peppercorn, Oman frankincense, and silvered amber arc through a midnight haze of Sumatran patchouli, velvet oakmoss, and hothouse orchids.” 💫 Sharing what Blood Milk and Sphinx & Snakeskin shared on Instagram below: We are excited to announce The Northern Lights Fair, our next event here in our home studio, on July 29th from 1-5 pm. We will be joined by 3 Northern small businesses who are making the journey down to Philly to share their offerings with everyone, as well as one other local artist...As always, we'll have a large selection of our current line, as well as special jewels and a small treasure chest of one of a kind offerings. While this event is free to attend, we have a suggested door donation to the Attic Youth Center. If you’re unable to bring any cash to donate, we hope you’ll donate directly to them. LGBTQ folks, especially youth, have been having a particularly turbulent time. Pride month may be “officially” over but its spirit forever lives on within our doors. Joining us: @graveyardwanders @shoplastrites @midnite_tremors @seaofdoom Please note this will be the last fair of the year in this particular incarnation. The rest of the year we’ll be traveling, giving over the curating reigns for an exciting event in October, as well as dreaming up more intimate experiences over the remaining months of 2023. Thank you to all of the artists, craftspeople & small businesses who have taken the risk by stepping out of either their respective cities, making a financial investment in offerings for these events, or taking the risk by just being outside and amongst people again in what are still uncertain and strange times. Providing a place for artists without a monetary exchange, sharing space with each other in a spirit of vulnerability and delight, has always been my intention with Sphinx & Snakeskin and I do believe we more often than not came as close as one can these days in those pursuits. We look forward to being together, being with you, in this last event of its kind this year. We hope to see you 🖤 🗝️

Hi all, we are officially caught up on Lunacy thanks to this delightful PINK MOON / THUNDER MOON launch. Here's hoping we can stay that way!* https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/june-july-2023/ *lolllllllll

We're working on the latest Lunacy launch as we speak, should be landing soon. It's important to note that at the end of next week, we'll be chopping Lupercalia 2023 and the whole pile of Spring Lunacy scents listed below. The list: DEATH MOON BEAR MOON WATER RABBIT AT DUSK (BOSTON COMMON AT TWILIGHT) MALINCONIA MORNING SUNLIGHT ON THE SNOW, ERAGNY-SUR-EPTE PENDEL SIRENE MEDIEVALE WINTER LANDSCAPE, RIME YUKIKEISETSU BLOSSOMS COLD SPRING, THE ALIEN FALLING STARS MYSTERIOUS GARDEN REJANE NEROLI, GREEN YUZU, AND MANDARIN ORANGE COFFEE BEAN, JASMINE SAMBAC, AND VANILLA WHITE SANDALWOOD, PURPLE ORCHID, AND TUBEROSE LILY OF THE VALLEY, ROSE OTTO, AND BLACK MUSK SWEET AMBER, PRALINE, AND PATCHOULI PURSLANE, DANDELIONS, AND PETRICHOR ALMOND BLOSSOMS, PATCHOULI, AND SEA SALT GREEN APPLE, WHITE CEDAR, AND BERGAMOT WHITE PEAR, PINK MUSK, AND CUCUMBER OAKMOSS, WHITE SAGE, AND WOODLAND FERN

Since the event is this Saturday, I'm running around shouting it from the rooftops! Here is the exclusive scent we're contributing to the The Clothing Fair presented by bloodmilk on Saturday: SPHINX SKIN “A gleaming black leather cocoon engulfed in a garnet-tinged haze of dragon’s blood smoke, black vegetal musk, fossilized amber, 3-year aged patchouli root, and smoldering incense.” Please note: this oil contains Daemonorops draco resinoid. Please roll the bottle in your palms or shake gently before use.

This is a kind of dual-purpose post — previewing the four new fundraiser scents we're adding to TRIUMPH IN MY SONG ahead of Juneteenth, and also reminding folks to look through the Yule, NYE, and Winter Lunacy scents that are gonna be vanishing after next week. 🖤 https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/triumph-in-my-song/ Coming down next Friday: ++ YULE 2022 ++ NEW YEAR'S CREEPERS & ODDMENTS Plus the following Lunacy products: SOUR MOON QUIET MOON A WINTER'S EVENING ANGEL WITH FLAMING SWORD DRUIDS CUTTING MISTLETOE ON THE SIXTH DAY OF THE MOON THE GIANT MONASTERY IN THE WINTER NIGHT PREMONITION THE SHEPHERD'S DREAM SKOGINTERIOR THE WOLF MAN'S DREAM THE ACTION DIE TODESSTUNDE IN THE MAZE OF BRANCHES, THE PALE FIGURE APPEARED SNOWY EVENING ZIMA V LESE FETE FERN, ENGLISH IVY, AND OAKMOSS TEA LEAVES, VANILLA BEAN, AND INCENSE SMOKE BLACK PEPPER, WHITE SAGE, AND TEA ROSE CARAMEL, TEAKWOOD, AND VETIVER TUBEROSE, WILD TOBACCO FLOWER, AND RED CLOVER COFFEE BEAN, OAK BARK, AND PATCHOULI SANDALWOOD, LIME, AND TAHITIAN GINGER MOROCCAN JASMINE, GARDENIA, AND MALLOW

I'm here in Cruel Tease mode to give you the lowdown on our upcoming LGBTQ+ Pride Month series, which will be a fundraiser for Drag Story Hour. This will launch sometime early in June, I know not exactly when! The reason I want to inform the community in advance is that these are a COMPLETE REFORMULATION of event exclusive scents we created in 2018. They are not 1:1, this is not a restock. They might be... similar? Some will be more different than others. We've made the labels very different from the 2018 scents, so there's little risk of mixing them up in the wild. It just seemed like such a timely concept to revive, and an important cause to raise funds for. We'll be very grateful for help with spreading the word once the series is launched! ++ PRIDE MONSTERS DRAG IS FOR EVERYONE Just like any art form, drag asks questions that have no right answer. This scent is compatible with almost every body type, and has been crafted to either be worn alone or as a base upon which you can layer other scents. This iteration of DIFE retains its collective wearability, but with an added sweetness to help soften the impact of these brutal times: sheer frankincense, bourbon vanilla skin musk, and sugar. DRAG ON A SLIME She’s the reason the venue now has rules like “No liquids onstage, unless you bring your own tarp.” This one pops: bubble gum and translucent white musk, sugar syrup, pink lime, and milky mango juice. THE GROOM A shock in a jock: the perfect drag king cologne. Black leather, lightning-lit white musk, a splash of schmancy Victorian fougere, and a snap of ozone. THE LIBRARY IS HAUNTED With this one, every conversation turns into a reading challenge. A dolorous mélange of myrrh, crypt moss, soil, faded funereal incense, pallid balsam, decaying parchment, and cracked leather. LYCANTHROPE FOR YOUR LIFE Hey look, it’s that TikTok queen who only performs live once in a full moon. Cardamom-infused whiskey, fig cream, honey, and marshmallow fluff. SERVING GILL A swimsuit with no padding: the perfect gender-amphibious look. Aquamarine musk snarled in kelp, pine pitch, seafoam, Italian bergamot, and orchid. SLAY The consummate host: they can fill oceans of time on the mic and still leave the crowd hypnotized. Black leather, polished black patchouli and blood-red vegetal musk, bakhoor oudh, tobacco absolute, sacred frankincense, fossilized amber resin, and bittersweet cacao.

Our beloved DORIAN is back in stock after a drought of several years! Currently available in 5ml, 1/32oz, and Hair Gloss options. Note that the price has been increased, a la the SNAKE OIL restock, due to the higher cost of components and the endless labor involved in getting this back out there. Thank you so much for enduring such a long wait! May it be received joyously, arriving just in time!