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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

Just in time for DragCon, we're unveiling TWO new scent collaborations with stand-out queens! We'll have these at the booth, but they're also already on the site. BLACK HAÜS Perfume Oil, with Victoria Elizabeth Black ($28) https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/shop/collaborations/victoria-elizabeth-black/black-haus-perfume-oil/ Shades drift through a crumbling manor. Fragrant winds chill the lifeless rooms. A skittering in the darkness. Overgrown ivy creeping through a neglected lavender patch, a whiff of long-forgotten cologne, indigo oudh, mahogany, and teakwood, ti leaf, ectoplasmic musk, and aged leather. MIDWEST MORNING AFTER Wig Spray, with Jaymes Mansfield ($28) https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/shop/collaborations/jaymes-mansfields-magical-wig-sprays/midwest-morning-after-wig-spray/ Everything you just did was totally normal, and your family’s not going to find out. Cover up a thousand nighttime sins with the veneer of perfect innocence: virginal cream soda, with extra cream. And here's our BLACK HAUS video promo! Many thanks to L'Ordre de l'Infiniment Nada for letting us use an excerpt from their haunting new album.

We've expanded our perfume collaboration with Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, just in time for the new TV adaptation by Amazon Prime and BBC Two! Your favorite characters and moments from the 1990 novel enshrined in sublimely wearable scents: https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/…/neil-gaiman/good-omens/ Proceeds go to charities selected by the authors: http://cbldf.org https://www.orangutan.org.uk/ Label artwork by Julie Dillon! And here's the Lab's official video announcement:

Hello! Last year, Lilith welcoming everyone to DragCon was the Lab's VERY FIRST YouTube video. Kind of staggering to realize how much happens in a year! Anyway, now it's tradition, so here's this year's chat with Lilith about all things drag. She has grown so much, it's astonishing! Thanks for helping us get the word out about this year's DragCon exclusives -- which I included in the caption under the vid, if you missed them. See you at the Con!

We look forward to RuPaul’s DragCon ALL DAMNED YEAR, and the best part is that it’s practically in our own backyard. It’s an honor to be part an event where so many of our passions converge, particularly in times when so many are still struggling for the visibility and equality they deserve. And is this already the FIFTH DragCon? How can that be, when we’re all just as dewy and glamorous as ever? (Many thanks to those who know us well enough to filter heavily.) Without further ado, here are the exclusive products we’ll be selling ONLY AT THE CON, May 24-26. If you can’t attend, there’s still time to connect with someone who’s going! Label art can be previewed here. Oh, and our NYC friends The Nobodies will be working at the booth once again. Come say hello! They’ll help ensure that no wig goes unspritzed. ++ DRAGCON 2019 PERFUME OILS ($26) Art by Kate Leth VILLAIN EDIT Okay, fine, you DID say those things… but they were taken completely out of context! Here’s a blend to help you ease into your new status as a femme fatale: Black leather, pomegranate, saffron, pink pepper, and tobacco. KAI KAI Will they or won’t they? Or did they already?? How thrilling to live in a world where femme-phobic stereotypes are being challenged and it’s no longer taboo for queens to hook up with each other. The scent of two drag queens in love: Red musk and cotton candy. ++ DRAGCON 2019 WIG SPRAYS ($26) Art by Eric Thurnbeck BRUNETTE WIG SPRAY Sweet oudh, fossilized amber, tonka bean, coffee, and tobacco absolute. PLATINUM WIG SPRAY White musk, silvered white tea leaf, Italian bergamot, and bourbon vanilla. WIG REVEAL WIG SPRAY A panoply of layered hues: champagne with a twist of white ginger, peach, raspberry pulp, and orange flower absolute.

It's that time of year again, fellow witches! HEXENNACHT 2019 The Night of the Witches. In the Teutonic calendar, April 30, not October 31, was the night that the witches congregated to celebrate their Work through ecstatic dance, wild music and revelry. The witches fêted with spirits, fairies, and a bevy of otherworldy creatures atop Brockenberg peak in the Harz region of Germany, where they lit an enormous bonfire and cavorted naked until midnight… at which point they donned their robes, boarded their brooms, flying rams and sacred goats, scooped up their cat familiars, and sped off into the night. In later days, it was believed that on this night the witches conjured the devil, who would then select one of them for his bride. This perfume is the scent of the witches’ revel: German fir and forest herbs, incense and bonfire smoke, broom straw, and the wet, glimmering scent of skin warmed by dance.

It's official, we've broken into the beard oil biz! Thanks to everyone who volunteered their face fur for testing, we've gotten such extraordinary feedback and we can't wait to gather customer reviews. https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/body-beauty/beard-oil/ Coming soon, to a beard near you!