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Commence with the frantic refreshing, since the Dragon Con updates just keep rolling in! This weekend we’re bringing new perfume blends inspired by two memorable SANDMAN quotes, featuring these gorgeous works of art by @davidmackkabuki on the labels, which are also available as prints from Neverwear. Since David will be at the convention also, we figured, why not just all fan out together? More details on these coming soon!

Deep red roses stained by tobacco. I have this on one arm and IMPORTUNE ME NO MORE on the other -- it's reeking of roses in here tonight and I couldn't be happier. This is really exactly as it says in the description, no sneaky tricks. That doesn't make it any easier to describe, though. In terms of really rose-y pefumes, the tobacco seems to deepen the note even further, it's almost bottomless. In IMPORTUNE the roses actually have somewhere to hide eventually, behind those other flowers. Swathed in rich tobacco, the roses in LA PIERREUSE aren't going anywhere -- as they dry a bit, however, I do find that those deeper areas in the note end up just beyond my reach, and from a distance probably just reads as a freshly picked rose riding on a breeze of shisha. That's fine, I don't mind reapplying here and there to stay in that sublimely dark, close place with it. So yeah, as a rose guy, I'm keeping a bottle of this on the shelf.

Attention all con-goers (con-trarians? con-gregationists?): We've got a limited supply of these fab orange totes that we're going to include with any purchase of $150 or more at our booth next weekend. Just a teeny-tiny extra thank you to those who help make this trip possible for us, year after year. (If you're doing a group pickup order, please be prepared to let us know how many of the people you're picking up for will qualify -- we'd hate to miss anyone just because we didn't ask a lot of nosy questions!) Here's an image: https://imgur.com/a/lkpriGd

Here's the roundup of everything just released for this month's Lunacy! A special aside to those who will be attending our event at the Lab this Saturday, from 7-10pm: an in-person purchase of ANY of these Lunacy items, or of Drew Rausch's new ESCAPE FROM THE AUTUMN CARNIVAL blend, will grant you access to a live, one-on-one encounter with The Halloween Cowboy, who will be visiting us that evening. Spooky! ++ A LITTLE LUNACY STURGEON MOON 2019 - PERFUME OIL STURGEON MOON 2019 - TEE SHIRT A month of bounty, when the fish are plentiful and the corn grows high. This is the scent of breezes passing over the Great Lakes, mingling gently with traditional lunar herbs. Sandy shores and sweet fresh water, lichen, green algae, and whitestem pondweed, with benzoin, moonlit musk, cucumber, lettuce, violet poppy, and agave. Label/Tee Shirt design by Dan Santat: https://www.dantat.com/ ++ DUETS CACAO & CLOVE Dirty raw chocolate. CARDAMOM & COCONUT Like a poofy, spicy cloud. DANDELION & DIRT A real urban oasis. GINGER & LEMON PEEL Hot and bright. PATCHOULI & TOBACCO Gritty, smoky, sensual. ++ REVENANT RHYTHM A tousled, sexy mix of patchouli, vanilla, and hemp. Available as a hair gloss or perfume oil! We have a very, very limited quantity of the components, and when it’s gone, it’s gone for good. ++ LEO SOCKS If you think these are the best socks we've released so far... then you're probably a Leo! Created in the USA by the wonderful people at Sock Dreams for Black Phoenix, these socks are exclusive to Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. They’re made from 80% cotton, 15% nylon and 5% elastic! ++ LEO LOCKET The Zodiac lockets have returned! Exquisite, elegant, and exclusive to Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. These are heavy lockets, thick with silver, and are perfect for use as a perfume oil conduit. Dab your favorite Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab concoction onto muslin, velvet or cotton, and place the swatch inside the locket. Your body will warm the silver, and the locket will exude pure, unadulterated scent. The Zodiac lockets are hand cast 925 sterling silver that has been partially gold washed using a method popularized in the 19th century, and each is adorned with at least one stone corresponding to the sign the locket represents. Each locket’s bale sports one of the BPAL logos: the alchemical symbol for brimstone. Portions of the face of the lockets have been deliberately tarnished. They measure approximately 1.25″ in diameter. These lockets are heavy. They are not fragile, filigreed pieces; they are durable, extremely weighty with silver, and are suitable for your most adventurous airship excursions. These lockets are exclusive to Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, and were created by and for Black Phoenix. They cannot be found anywhere else in all of Heaven and Earth. Each piece is hand cast. Our lockets come with a 24″ nickel-plated iron chain. The Zodiac lockets were designed by Alicia Dabney of Elements and Artifacts.

The moment so many of you have been waiting for: below is everything brand new that we're bringing to Dragon Con! A phalanx of dragon & peach scents, including a Planned Parenthood fundraiser so you can join us in thumbing our collective noses at Brian Kemp. We're also teasing several new products we'll be adding to our store when we get back! ++ NEW RPG SCENTS Not only are we introducing the following NEW character class perfumes, artist Julie Dillon has helped us update the labels for the entire collection: from now on there will be male, female, and non-binary label options to choose from upon purchase, to pair with whatever character you happen to be playing. These will be available at Dragon Con for the first time! https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/general-catalog-perfume-oils/rpg-series/classes/ ARTIFICER Gleaming metal, gear oil, sparking wires, shattered glass, and a blue flicker of arcane power. ASSASSIN Supple black leather, poison-tipped daggers, and a garrote soaked in pitch. BERZERKER Thick furs, strips of leather, and a blood-stained axe with crushed poplar bud and juniper. MONK Sandalwood incense, ti leaf, and honeyed saffron. PSIONICIST A blast of mental energy: electric white mint, eucalyptus leaf, white frankincense, and blue-white musk. SORCERER A golden, sparking surge of raw, wild magic: waves of amber, frankincense, red cacao, blood orange, and lavender touched by demonic incense and dragon’s blood. We're also debuting a few more products, which will be added to our site at some point TBD upon our return to the Lab: ++ SCRUBS ($17) STRAWBERRIES AND CHAMPAGNE SUGAR-DUSTED CHOCOLATE CARDAMOM TRUFFLE ++ TOTE BAGS ($18) Two different designs! ++ WAX MELTS ($12) TKO CHERRY MARSHMALLOW RED VELVET TRUFFLE And now for the event exclusive products: ++ DRAGONCON 2019: DRAGONS ($26) APOCALYPTIC DRAGONBARF Voluminous splorts of vanilla mint with coconut butter and lemongrass with a hint of blueberry and tangerine. CUTIE DRAGON Lemon cupcakes with honey and buttercream frosting. DRAGON SNEEZE Blood orange and red musk with green tea and squirts of effervescent white ginger. DRAGON SNUGS Honey, beeswax, pink peppercorn, and honeybush tea. DRAGON SQUAD Red amber, frankincense, tonka bean, Madagascar vanilla, Somalian myrrh, and cacao. IMPERIOUS THREE-HEADED DRAGON IN A JAUNTY BLUE COAT Dried blackberries and blueberries with licorice root, jasmine sambac, black amber, and black musk. ++ DRAGONCON 2019 DRAGON HAIR GLOSS ($30) DRAGON SNACK Sweet aged patchouli, bourbon vanilla, Mysore sandalwood, hay, wild grass, beeswax, and treemoss. VIGOROUS DRAGON HUG Burnt marshmallows, sweet almond, coconut milk, caramelized benzoin, and smoked vanilla. ++ PEACHSTRAVAGANZA PERFUMES ($26) PEACH BRANDY RED PEACH, SWEET OUDH, HONEY, AND SAFFRON PINK PEACH, GRAPEFRUIT, YUZU, AND PINK MUSK WHITE PEACH, RED MUSK, VETIVER, AND BLACK OUDH MARSHMALLOW PEACHES AND ORANGE BLOSSOM SUGAR ++ PEACHSTRAVAGANZA HAIR GLOSS ($26) PEACH AND FRANGIPANI PEACH, VANILLA POD, AND FRANKINCENSE PEACH TEA, WHITE MUSK, AND LYCHEE ++ PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDRAISER ($26) PEACH CHYPRE When Gov. Brian Kemp signed the misleadingly named “Fetal Heartbeat” bill in May 2019, many asked if we intended to join the stampede of businesses withdrawing from Georgia’s economy. As much as we’re sickened by this bill (and similar measures in other states), we also knew how important it would be to honor our commitment to the Dragon*Con community, which serves as a joyous reunion for artists from all over the world, and to our own devoted BPAL community, who would be unduly punished if we decided to sit out. Even so, it’s important for us to acknowledge the blow that was struck against reproductive freedom for the people of Georgia this year, and the dangerous precedent it sets if allowed to stand. This event exclusive perfume blend serves as a fundraiser benefiting Planned Parenthood, which currently has four health centers operating in the state. https://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/ga ++ ACLU FUNDRAISER ($26) IMPEACHMENT A beam of hope for a happier, safer, kinder future for us all: peach and honeyed amber with frankincense, honeyed rose, white oud, apricot, and sweet musk. Proceeds benefit the ACLU.

Did you miss out on the exclusives we created especially for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's party last month? Well, with our blessing, they've decided to release the leftovers for sale on their site today, as in 11am Pacific time -- which is basically RIGHT NOW! Find the perfumes on their main page here: http://cbldf.org/

Mark your calendars for Saturday the 17th, when we’re flinging open our doors for a special LATE NITE Lunacy event (7-10pm) so you can beat the heat while sniffing and partying with the undead. The theme is Vampire Beach Party, so slather yourself in moonscreen and be sure to stay “hydrated.” And do note that time change: our Saturday events are usually 4-7pm, and if anyone shows up early they're going to be SAD about the state of things. This event will also serve as the official web launch of our scent collab with @drewrausch, ESCAPE FROM THE AUTUMN CARNIVAL. Who knows, the Halloween Cowboy himself may even make an appearance! More updates to come... 🦇

One and all! Thank you for your purchases of LOLA LEE LOO, and for your inquiries about additional ways to support Lola's medical needs. Jacquelynn has set up a GoFundMe in response to those requests: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lola-lee-loo. We've also added it to the product page to make it very easy to find! We sincerely appreciate your kind words and support in caring for our BPAL family (both human and canine) during this difficult time.

Who will be joining us this weekend at the epic horror & haunting convention that is MIDSUMMER SCREAM? This convention serves as the tipping point in our summer that tilts us straight toward Halloween. When you look at the list of exhibitors and attractions, you'll see why! Tickets and info here: https://midsummerscream.org In lieu of event exclusives, this time we're launching a handful of new collaborations with our dear friends (and fellow exhibitors): 7 Hells: the Retro Horror Art of Bill Rude, and Drew Rausch. The perfumes will be available at their respective booths as well as ours! $26 apiece. ++ BILL RUDE'S 7 HELLS Inspired by Bill Rude’s Horrors of the Exotic map, "7 Hells Guide to the 7 Seas." PIRATES! Gunpowder and salt-crusted leather, casks of scorched spices, sweet rum, and a clink of golden amber. SHIPWRECK GRAVEYARD Seaweed-wrapped planks of red oak, white pine, and cedar coated in thick algae, a tangle of hemp rope, cast iron cannons thick with rust, all enveloped in a ghostly gasp of white musk, bergamot, ambrette, and jasmine sambac. https://www.7hells.com/ ++ DREW RAUSCH ESCAPE FROM THE AUTUMN CARNIVAL The scent of a burning Jack o' Lantern up on a hill. The fog in a spider web coated hall of mirrors. The ghosts have jumped the track and The Halloween Cowboy is all around. Follow him to a special place - an Autumn Carnival. You'll never want to leave. Boot leather, flaming pumpkins, hay bales, and smoke. https://drewrausch.com/

Hello, Shakespeare lovers! The Independent Shakespeare Co.'s new production of PERICLES debuted this weekend, and as promised, we are celebrating with a set of four new fragrances inspired by characters from the play, proceeds from which will benefit the company. Huzzah! The show will run for the next month in Griffith Park -- for free! You'll find the descriptions below. Don't forget, the TWELFTH NIGHT scents are also still available! https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-tag/pericles/ PERICLES "Whereby I see that Time’s the king of men, He’s both their parent, and he is their grave, And gives them what he will, not what they crave." A clang of rusted armor, a dark, metallic oudh, leather, and a splash of sea water. MARINA "When I was born: Never was waves nor wind more violent." A waving wet haze of blue and green: blackberry wine and soft oudh, cashmere woods, iris pallida, sea salt, and turquoise musk. BAWD "Pray you, without any more virginal fencing, will You use him kindly? He will line your apron with Gold." Raucous red velvet musk, sweet patchouli, billowing peony, bourbon vanilla, and a cascade of red rose petals. DIANA "My temple stands in Ephesus: hie thee thither, And do upon mine altar sacrifice. There, when my maiden priests are met together, before the people all, Reveal how thou at sea didst lose thy wife: To mourn thy crosses, with thy daughter’s, call And give them repetition to the life. Or perform my bidding, or thou livest in woe; Do it, and happy; by my silver bow!" Artemis, standing in her golden chariot… driving off with her fast-trotting deer over the hills and far away to some rich-scented sacrifice: leather, gleaming golden amber, red amaranth, cypress, asphodel accord, a gleam of silver, and soft brown musk.

It's been a rough summer for pups. Lola is the beloved companion of the Lab's general manager, Jacquelynn, and is facing blindness and other urgent health complications related to diabetes; anyone who's gone through a similar struggle can attest to how quickly the expenses add up. We want to support Jacquelynn and Lola in their hardship, and created the following perfume blend in Lola's honor so the wider BPAL community would be enticed to pitch in. The full account of what's going on with Lola is included in the product page: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/shop/limited-edition/lola-lee-loo-perfume-oil/ "Toasted vanilla cream, smoky white fig, rice flower, and a drop of clove and patchouli." Many thanks!

Our Lunacy update is here! You'll find everything listed here: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/a-little-lunacy-limited-edition/ BUCK MOON 2019 This Full Moon marks the time of the year when the new antlers of buck deer emerge from their foreheads, coated in soft velvet. This is a time of vigor, thunder, balmy nights, glorious sunlight and hot winds. Buck Moon is an animalistic, deep scent: an amplification of one’s natural musk coupled with forest herbs, pine pitch, cedar berries, dew-kissed juniper, deer fur, a hint of clear, warm evening air and a crystalline spark of lunar oil. Perfume and tee shirt art design by Dan Santat! ++ DUETS LEMONGRASS AND TONKA NAG CHAMPA AND NEROLI LAVENDER AND PATCHOULI POMEGRANATE AND VETIVER STRAWBERRY AND ROSEBUD

As is our custom, we'll be vending at CBLDF's opening night gala at San Diego Comic Con. Wooo! This year's exclusive scents pay tribute to the party's theme, "British Invasion." It's officially time to start hunting for someone to pick up bottles on your behalf! The perfumes are $26 apiece. The party is open to the public and starts at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, at the Westgate Hotel $20+ dollar donation at the door requested; Free for CBLDF Members. More info here: http://cbldf.org/2019/07/youre-invited-to-san-diegos-top-party/ BRITISH INVASION An olfactory phenomenon: a vintage musk, black suede, Tuscan leather, and aftershave with sandalwood, white cedar, and Italian bergamot. HIGH-PITCHED SHRIEK Furious, frantic, fainting fandom: sugar blossom, lemon peel, candied strawberry juice, and marshmallow root squirted through a sheer white musk. [Alliteration makes me laugh.] SCREAMERS The unbridled ecstasy of a shrieking, glorious fandom bacchanal: pulsing blood orange, neroli, white sugar, and almond blossom.

Someday our perfumes inspired by THE LAST UNICORN will ride again! In the meantime, we're releasing all our remaining stock via the Lab's Etsy store. https://www.etsy.com/shop/alchemylab

This is a first for us -- a pup fundraiser to help out our friends at DD, whose dog Harlow has had a terrible medical emergency requiring surgery. To that end, we present HARLOW'S LACE: "A gentle, soft blend of sugar-spun vanilla, honey absolute, warm puppy musk, ambrette seed, sweet labdanum, tabacco absolute, and white cognac." https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1456/Harlow's_Lace.html Feel better soon, Harlow!

Hi everyone! In the spirit of the Fourth, we've released two new collections we hope will rekindle the spirits of those who are feeling frustrated with the state of things. The first is a new RAICES fundraiser called CURSED IS ANYONE WHO WITHHOLDS JUSTICE FROM THE FOREIGNER, elaborating (rather aggressively) on our previous Bible-quoting collection: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/activism/deliver-them-from-the-hands-of-the-wicked/cursed-is-anyone-who-withholds-justice-from-the-foreigner/ The second is a partnership with the producers of LA's annual Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival, which serves as a gateway to families and communities who might never otherwise get to enjoy the bard's work. We'll be releasing small collections that keep apace with their ongoing productions. Currently they're doing TWELFTH NIGHT, so here you go: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/collaborations/independent-shakespeare-company/ We hope that everyone has a safe holiday and is able to take refuge from some of the ugliness surrounding this particular year's celebrations. Wishing you strength, courage, and a cool place to rest through the long summer months!

Have you visited Dark Delicacies in their new location yet? Come meet us there on Sunday when BPAL has a TRUNK SHOW from 4-6pm at the new store on Hollywood Way! We’ll be unloading some “lost” treasures, unreleased prototypes, and old faves dug out of crates — full product list below. Spread the word, and save some pennies for Dark Delicacies as well, they’ve got many new tricks and treats to entice you with. 🎃 FORMULA GGSG3: Gravedigger Bay rum, black leather, tobacco absolute, patchouli, bourbon vanilla, and soil. FORMULA JTEN1: Doom Wild plum, opium tar, honey, and vetiver. FORMULA JTP1: Poison Ear grey, metal, and cyanide accord. FORMULA SGMSP1: Bones Three sandalwoods, orris root, and benzoin. FORMULA GSH34: Popcorn Really buttery popcorn. Super buttery. FORMULA GSH36: Candy Sour gummies, lollipops, and coconut. FORMULA GSH21: Sweet Blob in Flower Patch Strawberry cheesecake ice cream, chocolate milk, bluebonnets, and dandelions. FORMULA UOS1520: Overconfident Hipster White gardenias, ylang ylang, pikake, lily of the valley, and peonies. FORMULA FFSZ1: First Mate Egyptian musk, coconut, white ginger, and tea leaf. FORMULA FFSIS4: Brothel Champaca blossom, sweet incense, black tea, sandalwood, and myrrh. FORMULA FFSS8: Spaceship Chrome and leather, a whiff of diesel, the whoosh of an oxygen generator, and a little bit of rusted metal. FORMULA FFSM4: Captain Brown leather, white cedar, bourbon vanilla, and sassafras. FORMULA FFSS1: Surgeon Aftershave and a drop of laudanum. FORMULA FFSK7: Strawberries and Motor Oil Fresh picked strawberries, strawberry juice, cream, tea roses, and a drop of motor oil. FORMULA FFSMM2: Booze Thick smoky stout with notes of chocolate, coffee, and apple. FORMULA FFSST5: Hospital Antiseptic, starched linen, and needles. FORMULA SGCM7: Vampire Roots and upturned earth, yew berry, night-blooming jasmine, and dark musk. FORMULA SGHAN3: Birthday Cake A really sugary, super frosted birthday cake. FORMULA SGSG4: Candy Witch Chocolate fudge cake with pumpkin icing. - - - Early Prototypes of BPAL scents: CHESHIRE CAT v1 DORMOUSE v3 MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY v2 DOC BUZZARD v1 SNOW WHITE v1 SQUIRTING CUCUMBER v4 ADAM v1 DOC CONSTANTINE v7 Unreleased BPAL: 404: NOT FOUND v1 406: NOT ACCEPTABLE v1 502: BAD GATEWAY v1

We are boogieing through the bad astrological conditions as best we can, but Sphere + Sundry's here to help in a big way with this ceremonial toolkit capitalizing on Venus in Taurus. Our dear Elizabeth has contributed an oil blend, full description below! https://sphereandsundry.com/offerings/bright-goddess-of-the-skies/ BRIGHT GODDESS OF THE SKIES Once more, O Venus! hear my prayer, And ease my mind of anxious care; Again vouchsafe to be my guest, And calm this tempest in my breast! To thee, bright queen, my vows aspire; O grant me all my heart’s desire! – Hymn to Venus, Sappho [Translated by Francis Fawkes] The scent feels like a cascade of pale, crystalline roses; it is a silken bedsheet clinging like the langurous drape of a half-open dressing robe. It is the crashing wave of rapture, it is the scent of passionate words breathlessly gasped between entwined bodies. It is the ecstasy of the moment of release from the pain of heartache. It is a bouquet of swelling joy that beauty inspires, and it contains the essence of the blossoming of self-love that enables you to truly love others. Utilize this oil to develop your appreciation of your own beauty, to open yourself up to the beauty of others, when creating art or when you wish to enhance your appreciation of the arts, for opening your heart and unblocking your receptivity to love, to aid healing romance-rooted emotional trauma, and to bind lovers together. This is a perfume of love, of mending hearts, of union, and of the expression of love and union through the arts; this is a hymn to Venus. Honey absolute (Apis melliferra), vanilla absolute and CO2 extract of vanilla (Vanilla planifolia), Bulgarian white rose otto (Rosa x alba), Bulgarian rose absolute (Rosa x damascena), white champa flower (Michelia alba), Motia attar, jasmine sambac absolute (Jasminum sambac) Sumatran benzoin (Styrax benzoin), ylang ylang essential oil (Cananga odorata var. genuine) solvent-extracted cassie absolute (Acacia farnesiana), rose-infused vegetal musk, 24k gold, pink and red rose petals.

Hello friends, and happy Solstice! Beth asked me to remind everyone that our friends at BloodMilk and Haute Macabre are presiding over this incredible event in Philly today: The Solstice Divination Fair http://hautemacabre.com/2019/06/haute-macabre-at-the-solstice-divination-fair/ Pass it along! We will definitely be there in spirit.

Attention, fellow Non-Compliants: your official BITCH PLANET perfume release has landed! https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/bitch-planet/ These ten original perfume blends created in collaboration with Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro will appeal to fans of their brilliant comic as well as anyone society deems unwelcome. Proceeds from this collection benefit the Brink Literary Project’s Frames Prison Program, which helps increase literacy rates and reduce recidivism among incarcerated persons. Learn more here: https://www.brinklit.org/education/prison/ And here's our video announcement:

Hello, everyone! Big morning: we've got your STRAWBERRY MOON Lunacy scent + tee shirt, a new flight of DUETS, and a Twilight Alchemy Lab release on our Etsy shop with four oils designed to help you withstand all the grody astrologies the universe has conspired to fling at us. May the full moon rapturously shine upon you!

This is another one I've been wearing for months and am just SO HAPPY to read reviews from people who appreciate it. Game Over goes really metallic on me, and gets even moreso as it dries, but I've always really liked that in a way that surprises me. This isn't the type of scent I would consider in my wheelhouse, but I catch myself wearing it a lot when we're vending and when I'm going out all dressed up.

Not really a review, but I love this scent so much, and seeing the reviews from OTHER people who love it make me so happy. The humor of the IDEA of the scent was such an initial draw, I loved the concept of desecrating the mystique of absinthe with something so warm and cheerful and MAINSTREAM. The joke's on me -- it's the best of all these worlds, just like Halloween itself! And it makes me think about the traditions that go along with absinthe and with preparing and seasoning pies in the fall, and how these relatively simple herbs and spices manage to connect us to the past and evoke certain feelings, even when packaged semi-ironically. So now I wear this all the time, and unlike certain fall scents which don't really work in the summer heat, this one is light and cool enough because of the absinthe component that I get to enjoy Halloween literally whenever I want.

Greetings, fiends! We hate to take away the nice things, but we gotta make room for NEW nice things. Below is a list of everything that's coming down THIS THURSDAY, also compiled here in case you wanna help us spread the word. 💀 LUPERCALIA 2019 💀 HEXENNACHT 💀 LILITH’S WINTER TRAVELOGUE 💀 VERNAL EQUINOX FULL MOON 💀 DUETS

BAM! We just released a mini-update running the gamut from perfumes to jewelry to apparel. I've condensed everything here for easier browsing. But I'll go ahead and include the scent descriptions below! FLOWER MOON (As before, Dan Santat's label art is also available as a tee shirt!) The apex of the year’s fertility, the reawakening of the sexuality of the Earth and her inhabitants. This full moon celebrates both the fecundity of the creatures and flora of this world and the vibrancy, rejuvenation and life-affirming energy of Spring. Flower Moon embodies the unrestrained bliss, energy and color of the season: wisteria, frangipani, tuberose, ylang ylang, double sugar narcissus, white sage, and a mix of California wildflowers – all gleaming gold with a thick sheen of honey. ++ DUETS Introducing Duets: simple two-note perfumes. I had been looking for ways to unwind this past winter, so I created these two-note combinations as part of my relaxation process. It felt in many ways like humming a tuneless lullaby to myself, and much like a scented meditation. The result is a small series of gently entwined scents, an olfactory pas de deux. These perfumes are ideal for layering, or can be worn alone. Duets will be appearing and disappearing here and there with the Lunacies throughout 2019. Illustrations by Harry Clarke. 👯 BLACK PEPPER AND SANDALWOOD 👯 PALO SANTO AND FRANKINCENSE 👯 PATCHOULI AND VETIVER 👯 PINK AMBER AND PEONY