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Black Phoenix is ridiculously proud and excited to announce a series of scents based on ParaNorman, the new animated zombie comedy from Laika, the makers of Coraline. BLITHE HOLLOW Dead leaves and cold, moist breezes set at the edge of a forest of maple, pine, cedar, and cypress. NORMAN Hoodie cotton and milk-splashed denim with a hint of pine needles and ectoplasm. COURTNEY A sweet and over-the-top girly teenybopper perfume mixed with a little tanning lotion and a healthy dollop of pink (very, very pink) bubblegum. NEIL Breakfast cereal and jelly beans. SALMA Crisp linen, a smudge of ballpoint pen ink, soap-touched skin, apple shampoo, and effervescent science fair experiment residue. NORMAN'S GRANDMA A soft, ethereal scent suffused with gentle comfort. A remembrance of tea roses, lilacs, and soothing hugs. MR. PRENDERGHAST Sweet cigar smoke, brown wool, Old Furry Touk accord, and a little bit of coffee. BUB A dog's bright, beaming memories of playing in the sun, rolling in the grass, and begging for table scraps. HIPPIE GHOST A faded snapshot of patchouli-stained peasant blouses, soft suede boots, and smoke. THE BOOK Old, yellowed parchment paper, tattered leather bindings. There's a distinct warmth to the scent, though it is ancient and brittle. Purchase ParaNorman scents here. And don't forget that ParaNorman opens today in theaters!

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab’s Lunacy events are your opportunity to meet the lab staff, purchase the latest scents, and get a sneak preview of what’s coming soon. The blends that will be available for purchase include those that went live on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab website up to and including the Harvest Moon update. Our Lunacy events are held on the night of the full moon at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, and are always free. The west coast will call event will be held on Saturday, August 25th from 4 to 7pm at Dark Delicacies. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505 ___ New England Will Call will be back next month If you have any questions, please email us at willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com. Where/When: West Coast Will Call at Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Ave Burbank, CA 91505 Sunday, August 25th, 4:00 to 7:00pm

HARVEST MOON 2012 Harvest Moon is celebrated in almost every culture, and the bounty of the season is marked in a myriad of ways. Harvest Moon touches the Equinox, the festival of Janus, the culmination of Homowo, the “crying of the neck” in Cornwall, and the Women’s Festival of the Moon. This is a day that celebrates abundance and beauty, fertility and progress, and the light of this full moon blesses new undertakings and reunites lost loves. The Harvest Moon, by definition, is the Full Moon that falls closest to the Autumnal Equinox, and thus, it shares some of that Sabbat’s characteristics. This Full Moon was thus named because it rises within half an hour of the sun’s setting, in the Northern Hemisphere, and at this time farmers are able to work longer into the night by the light of this Moon. As the year draws to a close, the Full Moon rises an average of fifty minutes later each night, with the exception of a few nights surrounding the Harvest Moon, which only rises 10-30 minutes later. This moon is also, to the human eye, the fullest and largest of the year’s Moons, hanging gloriously huge, yellow and low in the night sky, and many lunar illusions play tricks on our eyes at this time. The Harvest ushers in many celebrations, including the Equinox and the Festival of Janus, God of Doors. Janus is the Roman Lord of Gateways, beginnings and endings, and transitions. Thus, the Harvest Moon is a time for blessing new ventures, the onset of new and progressive phases in one’s life, and rites of passage into adulthood. This time of year also marks one of the Festivals of Dionysus, Lord of Ecstasy and the Vine. This Harvest lunacy combines the autumnal scents of balsam fir, cedar, sorrel, thyme, juniper berry, clove, saffron, damson plum, chrysanthemum, sage, black cherry, and fennel with dry maple leaves, golden ale, the crushed wine grapes of Dionysus, and Janus’ lingum aloes. Art by Abigail Larson. BLUE MOON 2012 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, for psychic sensitivity… Calea Zacatechichi, yarrow, and mastic for divination through dreams… Frankincense and hyssop for complexity, wisdom and noscere… … with a potent lunar-charged, oneirongenic blend of blue musk, exquisite woods, moonflower, evening stock, Madagascan ylang ylang, Florentine iris, Greek cypress, green tea absolute, palmarosa, cucumber, rose milkweed, Clary sage, lavender, lemon balm, and passion fruit. BLAUER MOND Brian’s interpretation of the Blue Moon. A glimmer of hope emerging from a sea of dreams: sea buckthorn berry, terebinth pine, frankincense, hyssop, white sage, Neptune’s night-blooming jasmine, cucumber, lavender, ambergris accord, and violet leaf. August’s single note offerings: EIGHT-PETALED LOTUS On the day when the lotus bloomed, alas, my mind was straying, and I knew it not. My basket was empty and the flower remained unheeded. Only now and again a sadness fell upon me, and I started up from my dream and felt a sweet trace of a strange fragrance in the south wind. That vague sweetness made my heart ache with longing and it seemed to me that is was the eager breath of the summer seeking for its completion. I knew not then that it was so near, that it was mine, and that this perfect sweetness had blossomed in the depth of my own heart. - Rabindranath Tagore The Sacred Lotus represents spiritual illumination, boundless creative regeneration, the mysteries of the cosmos, infinite consciousness, divine love, and purity of spirit, mind, and body. SIBERIAN MUSK Our vegetal musk blend that emulates the scent of Siberian musk deer gland secretions. The description doesn’t sound sexy, but the scent sure is. This is a vegan, cruelty-free perfume. No animals were harmed, fondled, squeezed, prodded, or in any way violated in the making of this accord. Harvest Moon, Blue Moon, Blauer Mond, Eight-Petaled Lotus and Siberian Musk are $23 each, and available on our Limited Edition page. Also this month… The first two scents from upcoming series based on Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, Butterscotch Balls and Blackbeetles, and Mouse Circus, are now live. Coraline features art from Vera Brosgol, author/artist of the Eisner-winning graphic novel Anya’s Ghost. Only 180 bottles of Butterscotch Balls and Blackbeetles remain, and when they’re gone, they’re gone. BUTTERSCOTCH BALLS AND BLACKBEETLES The other mother sat down on the big sofa. She picked up a shopping bag from beside the sofa and took out a white, rustling, paper bag from inside it. She extended the hand with it to Coraline. “Would you like one?” she asked politely. Expecting it to be a toffee or a butterscotch ball, Coraline looked down. The bag was half filled with large shiny blackbeetles, crawling over each other in their efforts to get out of the bag. “No,” said Coraline. “I don’t want one.” “Suit yourself,” said her other mother. She carefully picked out a particularly large and black beetle, pulled off its legs (which she dropped, neatly, into a big glass ashtray on the small table beside the sofa), and popped the beetle into her mouth. She crunched it happily. “Yum,” she said, and took another. “You’re sick,” said Coraline. “Sick and evil and weird.” “Is that any way to talk to your mother?” her other mother asked, with her mouth full of blackbeetles. Butterscotch candies flecked with dirt, encased in a shiny black shell of myrrh, patchouli, and anise seed. MOUSE CIRCUS In the flat above Coraline’s, under the roof, was a crazy old man with a big mustache. He told Coraline that he was training a mouse circus. He wouldn’t let anyone see it. “One day, little Caroline, when they are all ready, everyone in the whole world will see the wonders of my mouse circus. You ask me why you cannot see it now. Is that what you asked me?” “No,” said Coraline quietly, “I asked you not to call me Caroline. It’s Coraline.” “The reason you cannot see the mouse circus,” said the man upstairs, “is that the mice are not yet ready and rehearsed. Also, they refuse to play the songs I have written for them. All the songs I have written for the mice to play go oompah oompah. But the white mice will only play toodle oodle, like that. I am thinking of trying them on different types of cheese.” A toodle oodle of pink cotton candy noses, vanilla spun sugar fur, scattered kernels of popcorn, and a touch of polished golden wood. And finally, August brings us a series of scents based on Carolyn Hennesy’s Pandora series of young adult books. Carolyn Hennesy’s published series of “Pandora” books follows the adventures of Pandora Atheneus Andromaeche Helena (or “Pandy” for short), a typical, average “tween” semi-immortal girl of Athens, as she and her two best friends, Alcie & Iole, set out to recover the 7 great Evils of the world that Pandy accidentally unleashed from Zeus’ box which was under the protection of her father Prometheus the Titan. If she fails, the world will forever be savaged by the destruction of the freed Evils, and Pandy & her family will be doomed by Zeus to suffer eternal torment! (Whew! You know – the usual Greek thing minus the eye-gouging.) The official site for Carolyn Hennesy’s Pandora. She walked up the steps and out into the middle of the stage, the sack held behind her, and turned to face the crowd. “My name is Pandora Atheneus Andromaeche Helena, daughter of the House…the great House of Prometheus.” She heard a few whispers and a loud hoot. “You all know the story,” she plunged on, “of how my father stole fire from Zeus and brought it down to earth so that mankind could be warm and safe. And you know of my father’s horrible punishment. But there was a second part to his punishment that you do not know about. Something that my father never talks about because it is so terrible that many of you will…faint. And because that’s just my dad.” Several girls stopped whispering. “Zeus gave my father a box containing,” she paused, “all of the misery of the world.” The teachers began staring at her strangely. “Each of the great Olympians put something really bad into the box and they gave it to my dad for safekeeping. If the box is ever opened, plagues of every kind will…will…fly out and torment each of you for the rest of your lives. Your skin will bubble. Your hair will fall out. Wild beasts will eat you in your sleep. It will hail everyday and there will be lots of floods. And, there will be nothing you can do but cry and beseech the gods. Nothing!” In one swift motion she brought the sack out from behind her back, withdrew the box and lifted it high over her head. “And they’re all in here!” IOLE The newcomer. The brains. Pensive and thoughtful. Small and frail, even now Iole sometimes can’t keep up as Pandy and Alcie stride through the market place or the olive orchards or swim in nearby lakes and rivers. But…but…she’s smart as a whip; often using big words when she speaks; not to show off, but only because her mighty mind can’t come up with anything smaller. Will gladly tutor in algebra and calculus! A serious, studious scent: fig, night-blooming jasmine, red sandalwood, bourbon vanilla, oak bark, leather accord, and black amber. ALCIE Sassy. Impetuous. Loyal. Alcestis Artemisia Medusa, with her red hair and brown-green eyes, is prettier than most and is having a much easier time with all the “maiden stuff.” Alcie’s father, a wealthy man, buys all the latest toga clasps, hair irons and ankle bracelets for his daughter, so she’s always rather lovely. However, Alcie is also a distant niece of the great Gorgon Medusa, a creature so hideous that anyone who looked into its eyes would immediately turn to stone. A young hero, Perseus, had cut off Medusa’s head some years earlier, so at least all the relatives didn’t have to worry about Medusa showing up for feast days, but Alcie was still embarrassed by the blot on the family name. Just a hint of gorgon blood: bright nectarine, honey, sandalwood, green musk, sea buckthorn berry, and oakmoss. PANDY Every girl you’d ever want to be or know. Although she doesn’t quite know it…yet. Ever since she had turned thirteen and had officially become a maiden, Pandora Atheneus Andromaeche Helena, only daughter of the titan Prometheus, was bored to tears. Well…not bored exactly…but she couldn’t quite put her finger on what she was feeling. She looked skyward and saw Bellerophon, now a tiny speck, rocketing about on his magnificent winged horse. Gods, how exciting that must be! And there were other heroes, men and women, all over Greece doing wonderful, brave, death-defying things right at that very moment. Her curiosity rose inside her like steam. What would it feel like to have a sword in her hand or fly on the back of a magical animal? How she wished she could have some kind, any kind, of adventure. Fresh white musk, honeycomb, sweet apricot, elemi, orange blossom, and mischievous pink pepper. Art by Abigail Larson. — And over at Black Phoenix Trading Post… There are four new t-shirts! Harvest Moon tee featuring art by by Abigail Larson. Blue Moon tee featuring art by Sarah Coleman. Tentacly Cupcake and Skelly Cupcake by Mariah Huehner. Also on the Blue Moon page is Ted’s take on Blue Moon…Luna Azul: LUNA AZUL Ted’s interpretation of the Blue Moon. This is the scent of star-crossed love, folly, and passionate lunacy: white mango, French lavender, orris root, fig leaf, ylang ylang, mugwort, styrax, oakmoss, camphor, and black opium tar. A new addition to our soap line: MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY SOAP The scent of Irish coffee, dusty tomes and polished oakwood halls. The soap: Spent coffee grounds for gentle exfoliation in a silken, wood-warm lather A silver Last Unicorn pendant featuring art by Renae de Liz. and a line of candles, hand-made by Sara Robey: BLISS CANDLE A shot of pure, self-indulgent euphoria! A scent that is very, very wicked in its own way: the serotonin-slathered scent of pure milk chocolate. DRAGON’S BLOOD Powerful, commanding, blazing with strength. MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY The scent of Irish coffee, dusty tomes and polished oakwood halls. SPANISH RED CARNATION A celebratory scent, spicy and joyful. This is the nation flower of Spain. It symbolizes the suffering of Christ, the passion of lovers, and the laurels of victory. SHUB-NIGGURATH The lust incense of a corrupted Astarte. A blend of ritual herbs and dark resins, shot through with three gingers and aphrodisiacal spices. WHITE RABBIT Strong black tea and milk with white pepper, ginger, honey and vanilla, spilled over the crisp scent of clean linen. And last but not least, check out Etsy shop for some new additions! BPAL orders can be combined with BPAL Etsy orders; add a note to your order and email answers @ blackphoenixalchemylab.com for further information.

Starting this Thursday, July 26, select BPAL scents will be available from BedlamBedlam in Seattle, Washington. BedlamBedlam 613 East Pike Street Seattle WA 98122 http://bedlambedlam.com/

Tuesday, July 24 at Dark Delicacies, actress/author Carolyn Hennesy will be signing her new novel in the young adult series, Pandora Gets Greedy, as well as the other Pandora books, and premiering the accompanying line of BPAL scents! PANDORA Fresh white musk, honeycomb, sweet apricot, elemi, orange blossom, and mischievous pink pepper. IOLE A serious, studious scent: fig, night-blooming jasmine, red sandalwood, bourbon vanilla, oak bark, leather accord, and black amber. ALCIE Just a hint of gorgon blood: bright nectarine, honey, sandalwood, green musk, sea buckthorn berry, and oakmoss. Pandora artwork by Abigail Larson. The scents are $26 each and will be available at the signing, and soon from www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com — Carolyn Hennesy’s published series of “Pandora” books follows the adventures of Pandora Atheneus Andromaeche Helena (or “Pandy” for short), a typical, average “tween” semi-immortal girl of Athens, as she and her two best friends, Alcie & Iole, set out to recover the 7 great Evils of the world that Pandy accidentally unleashed from Zeus’ box which was under the protection of her father Prometheus the Titan. If she fails, the world will forever be savaged by the destruction of the freed Evils, and Pandy & her family will be doomed by Zeus to suffer eternal torment! (Whew! You know – the usual Greek thing minus the eye-gouging.) — Emmy Award-nominated actress Carolyn Hennesy dazzles as the deliciously vicious “Rosalyn Harris” on Alan Ball’s critically acclaimed HBO series TRUE BLOOD. Hennesy joined the cast for the fifth season of the sleek vampires-meet-world saga and has fast become a fan favorite. As Rosalyn, the ageless vamp with a Texas twang, Hennesy is at the top of her game. She tosses one-liners like firecrackers, occasionally enjoys a juicy stake, and gleefully partakes in old-timey interrogation. Prior to TRUE BLOOD, Hennesy was best known for her memorable work as “Barbara Coman” on ABC’s COUGAR TOWN and for an Emmy nominated run as “Diane Miller” on ABC’s GENERAL HOSPITAL. Hennesy’s creative endeavors also include a successful career as a writer. She created the wildly popular “Pandora” (Bloomsbury USA) children’s book series as well as penned the New York Times Bestseller “The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli” (Hyperion). ___ Signing alongside Carolyn Hennesy on Tuesday will be authors Nancy Holder, signing On Fire: A Teen Wolf Novel along with her story in VWars and her story in Chicks in Capes, Debbie Viguie, signing The Thirteenth Sacrifice: A Witch Hunt Novel, and SP Hendrick, signing The Pale Mare’s Fosterling. Where/When: Carolyn Hennesy at Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Ave Burbank, CA 91505 Tuesday, July 24th, 7pm

Due to a component issue, Ozymandias is temporarily on back order. Casanova has been discontinued, effective immediately, also due to a component issue. If you have an outstanding order for either of these scents, our customer service department should have already contacted you. Questions? Contact answers@blackphoenixalchemylab.com

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab’s Lunacy events are your opportunity to meet the lab staff (California only), purchase the latest scents, and get a sneak preview of what’s coming soon. The blends that will be available for purchase include those that went live on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab website up to and including the Singing Moon update. Our Lunacy events are held on the night of the full moon at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, and are always free. The west coast will call event will be held on Thursday, August 2nd from 6 to 9pm at Dark Delicacies. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505 ___ New England Will Call will be held at Healthy Living Market on Sunday, August 12th from 3:00 to 6:00pm, in the Learning Center. Healthy Living Market 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 If you have any questions, please email us at willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com. Where/When: West Coast Will Call at Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Ave Burbank, CA 91505 Thursday, August 2nd, 6:00 to 9:00pm New England Will Call at Healthy Living Market (inside the Learning Center) 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 Sunday, August 12th, 3:00 to 6:00pm

Are you a fan of Thrillbent comics? BPAL created a scent exclusively for a swag bag given out at an exclusive Thrillbent event at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con; a few remaining bags were given to audience members at Saturday’s Spotlight on Mark Waid panel. You won’t be able to buy this scent anywhere, but Thrillbent has graciously given us some swag bags to give away on Twitter. Thrillbent’s Nerd Flu Prevention Kits are the coolest Comic Con giveaway, and contain a 5ml bottle of Nocturnus Somnolence Aid: NOCTURNUS French lavender, spike lavender, and French lavender absolute, Roman chamomile, wild-harvested frankincense, styrax, bourbon vanilla absolute, bourbon geranium, ethically harvested Australian sandalwood, oudh, mugwort, and opium tar. To win, simply follow both @bpal and @thrillbent on twitter, and RT the following statement: I need a @BPAL @Thrillbent Nerd Flu Prevention Kit: Cold Comfort in a Cruel World. #bpal #thrillbent #insufferable #nocturnus We will be giving away 5 kits each day, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 15 bags total. We will DM you if you win. There is no location limit, you can enter from anywhere in the world.

Happy Friday the 13th, all! 13 13 is significant, whether you consider it lucky, unlucky or just plain odd. Many believe it to be unfortunate… …because there were 13 present at the Last Supper. …Loki crashed a party of 12 at Valhalla, which ended in Baldur’s death. …Oinomaos killed 13 of Hippodamia’s suitors before Pelops finally, in his own shady way, defeated the jealous king. …In ancient Rome, Hecate’s witches gathered in groups of 12, the Goddess herself being the 13th in the coven. Concern over the number thirteen echoes back beyond the Christian era. Line 13 was omitted form the Code of Hammurabi. The shivers over Friday the 13th also have some interesting origins: …Christ was allegedly crucified on Friday the 13th. …On Friday, October 13, 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the arrests of Jaques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and sixty of his senior knights. …In British custom, hangings were held on Fridays, and there were 13 steps on the gallows leading to the noose. To combat the superstition, Robert Ingersoll and the Thirteen Club held thirteen-men dinners during the 19th Century. Successful? Hardly. The number still invokes trepidation to this day. A recent whimsical little serial killer study showed that the following murderers all have names that total thirteen letters: Theodore Bundy Jeffrey Dahmer Albert De Salvo John Wayne Gacy And, with a little stretch of the imagination, you can also fit “Jack the Ripper” and “Charles Manson” into that equation. More current-era paranoia: modern schoolchildren stop their memorization of the multiplication tables at 12. There were 13 Plutonium slugs in the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki. Apollo 13 wasn’t exactly the most successful space mission. All of these are things that modern triskaidekaphobes point to when justifying their fears. For some, 13 is an extremely fortuitous and auspicious number… …In Jewish tradition, God has 13 Attributes of Mercy. Also, there were 13 tribes of Israel, 13 principles of Jewish faith, and 13 is considered the age of maturity. …The ancient Egyptians believed that there were 12 stages of spiritual achievement in this lifetime, and a 13th beyond death. …The word for thirteen, in Chinese, sounds much like the word which means “must be alive”?. Thirteen, whether you love it or loathe it, is a pretty cool number all around. …In some theories of relativity, there are 13 dimensions. …It is a prime number, lucky number, star number, Wilson Prime, and Fibonacci number. …There are 13 Archimedean solids. AND… …There were 13 original colonies when the United States were founded. Says a lot about the US, doesn’t it? This 13 was created by Brian Constantine. Voluptuous and somber: a Thirteen created as a reflection on the capricious nature of Tyche – bittersweet cacao and dragon’s blood resin sweetened by honey and vanilla bean, brightened by saffron, and touched by the contemplative depths of oak leaf, solemn opoponax, frankincense, myrrh, black amber, hiba wood, aged patchouli, burgundy pitch, and Balm of Gilead. 13 tee available from Black Phoenix Trading Post.

We will have the single note accords available for sale at tonight’s West Coast Will Call event, 6 to 9pm at Dark Delicacies: ANNURCA APPLE BLOSSOM While this scent is fresh, crisp, refreshing, and redolent of spring mornings, it also possesses an ancient timbre: this is the fragrance of the apple orchards of ancient Herculaneum. SPANISH RED CARNATION A celebratory scent, spicy and joyful. This is the nation flower of Spain. It symbolizes the suffering of Christ, the passion of lovers, and the laurels of victory. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505

The rumor’s are true, BPAL will be attending Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo in September. Comikaze Expo September 15 – 16, 2012 Los Angeles Convention Center http://comikazeexpo.com/

Singing Moon is live at BPAL and BPTP! SINGING MOON The Banshee mournful wails In the midst of the silent, lonely, lonely night, Plaining, she sings the song of death. The song of a host of dread spirits wailing their grief to the moonlit heavens: grey, silken ambergris and cold davana cascading over a landscape of bog rosemary, marsh cinquefoil, sea holly, grey willow, bog asphodel, sundew, lowland meadow grass, and frost-limned peat. Art by Julie Dillon. This month we are welcoming back a long-lost old friend...single note accords! The availability of our single notes is limited: one or two will be offered each lunar cycle, full moon til full moon, for the next twelve months. Single notes are available on our limited edition page. ANNURCA APPLE BLOSSOM While this scent is fresh, crisp, refreshing, and redolent of spring mornings, it also possesses an ancient timbre: this is the fragrance of the apple orchards of ancient Herculaneum. SPANISH RED CARNATION A celebratory scent, spicy and joyful. This is the nation flower of Spain. It symbolizes the suffering of Christ, the passion of lovers, and the laurels of victory. Sadly, while we warmly embrace new friends, we must bid farewell to a few old favorites. Effective immediately, the following general catalog scents have been discontinued: All in the Golden Afternoon Danube Hermia Hymn to Proserpine Moonshine & Mist Also, when the next lunacy rises, the Salon will close its doors. The Salon scents will be available until July 30th, 2012. --- Also, more stuff will be going live at our Etsy shop within the hour. If you would like to combine an Etsy order with a regular BPAL order, please add a note to your Etsy order, and email our customer service department at answers@blackphoenixalchemylab.com

Black Phoenix will be vending at Anime Expo, June 29 – July 2 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. We will be in booth 1329, and we will be bringing ALL of our currently available scents (yes, that includes the Fraggles!) as well as debuting our new Anime Event Exclusives! Anime Exclusives These 4 scents are debuting at Anime Expo 2012, and will be available at any and all Anime Events where we are vending. BOYSTYLE ARISTOCRAT A dapper Victorian bergamot and patchouli cologne that has been softened by orris and spiced with pink peppercorn. DOLLY KEI Antiqued bourbon vanilla and tobacco-tinged yellow sandalwood with copal and amber incense, frankincense, tonka absolute, and myrrh. HIME GYARU Fit for a princess: pink musk, spun sugar, white rose, pink gardenia, black currant, and violet leaf. MORI GIRL Forest tuberose, woodland mosses, wisteria blossoms, hime wood, night-blooming jasmine, and honey dust. Art by Manda Lander. The Anime Event Exclusives are $20 each and there are no per person limits.

BPAL will be returning to New York Comic Con this October. NYCC October 11 – 14, 2012 Javits Center, NYC Booth #567 www.newyorkcomiccon.com

A variant on the absinthe theme. Sugared wormwood, hyssop and melissa with calamus, angelica and Dittany of Crete, blended with a Bohemian perfume of vanilla musk, honey absolute and Moroccan spices. I saw Balthazar and Seamus at last month's will call. I fell in love a little. I was so thrilled when I learned they would eventually be for sale, and even more thrilled when I read the description of Le Fee Verte. I collect Absinthe related memorabillia, and it sounded divine. I knew I just had to own this. Wet - Fresh out of the bottle there is this sharp scent, almost alcholic. I smell a common note with Absinthe, which I think is the wormwood. It starts sweetening up as it hits my skin; it reminds me now of someone pouring their Absinthe over a sugar cube. Dry - Oh but dry this changes completely. The sweetness evaporates and it's all about white musk. Or is that honey musk? Mmm, I see from the description it's vanilla musk and honey absolute, which makes sense to me. It smells like honeyed white musk and balsam. I am not the biggest white musk fan, but this is just amazing. Soft, sweet and lovely, with moderate throw. This reminds me of a sweeter, stronger, more complex Embalming Fluid, but it's so much better than that. On the wickedgoddess scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being best, this rates a 5.

Some cool things are available now on our Etsy site. http://www.etsy.com/shop/alchemylab

The west coast will call event will be held on Tuesday, July 3rd from 6 to 9pm at Dark Delicacies. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505 ___ New England Will Call will be held at Healthy Living Market on Sunday, July 15th from 3:00 to 6:00pm, in the Learning Center. Healthy Living Market 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 — The blends that will be available for purchase include those that went live on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab website up to and including the Smoky Moon update. Forum only scents will not be available at Will Call. We will no longer be accepting preorders at West Coast Will Call, with the exception of orders for Twilight Alchemy Lab oils. We will do our best to accommodate all orders, but sales will be based on availability. At this time, Twilight Alchemy Lab oils will only be available at Dark Delicacies via preorder. Items from Black Phoenix Trading Post will be available at Dark Delicacies, subject to stock on hand. If you have any questions, please email us at willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com. Where/When: West Coast Will Call at Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Ave Burbank, CA 91505 Tuesday, July 3rd, 6:00 to 9:00pm New England Will Call at Healthy Living Market (inside the Learning Center) 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 Sunday, July 15th, 3:00 to 6:00pm There may be a 3rd Will Call location to announce soon… Also, BPAL will be vending at Anime Expo, 6/29-7/2, 2012 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Exclusives will be announced soon.

Attention artists! Want to work for Black Phoenix? We are currently looking to add a few artists to our stable. Email wickedgoddess@blackphoenixalchemylab.com with samples and/or a link to your portfolio if you are interested.

‎Emerald Knights Comics and Games is holding a charity auction for Shriners Hospital, and BPAL and BPTP have donated a complete set of RPG scents! Check out the auction here:http://ekcomicsandgames.com/index.php/emerald/page/product/shriners/shriners_auction_045_black_phoenix_oil_set/

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BPAL will be vending at Anime Expo, 6/29-7/2, 2012 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. More conventions will be announced soon, as plans are finalized.

Smoky Moon is live at BPAL and BPTP! SMOKY MOON 2012 Light-winged Smoke, Icarian bird, Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight, Lark without song, and messenger of dawn Circling above the hamlets as they nest; Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts; By night star-veiling, and by day Darkening the light and blotting out the sun; Go thou my incense upward from this hearth, And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame. Aged champaca, golden amber, guiac wood, dusky patchouli, twilit oudh, and feathery orris, with a touch of grapefruit, davana, and elemi to help lift it to the heavens Art by the illustrious Julie Dillon. Smoky Moon will be available until June 11, 2012. And, it is with great pride that we introduce the second part of our collaboration with the Jim Henson Company, eight scents based on Henson’s Fraggle Rock! The Fraggle Rock Collection GOBO Gobo is the natural leader of the Fraggle Five. He is an explorer, spending his days charting the unexplored (and explored-but-forgotten) regions of Fraggle Rock. Gobo is following, often quite literally, in the footsteps of his Uncle Traveling Matt Fraggle, the greatest living Fraggle explorer. Tangerine, lemon peel, sugared pink grapefruit, and vanilla cream. BOOBER According to Boober Fraggle, there are only two things certain in this world: death and laundry. Boober is terrified by the former and fascinated by the latter. He is also paranoid and superstitious. According to Boober, anything that can go wrong surely will, and when it does, it will inevitably happen to him. A fretfully clean scent: freshly-washed laundry, linden blossom, soap suds, and a sprinkle of vanilla. RED Red Fraggle is a nonstop whirligig of activity. To her fellow Fraggles, Red is often seen as a flash of crimson racing to her next athletic pursuit. She is Fraggle Rock champion in Tug-of-War, Diving while Singing Backwards, the Blindfolded One-Legged Radish Relay, and a number of other traditional Fraggle sports. She is outgoing, enthusiastic, and athletic, but take note – her impetuosity can get her into real trouble. Sporty and energetic: sweet red currant, tangy cranberry, pink musk, and spicy pink pepper. MOKEY Mokey is an artist, poet and philosopher. She seems to be in touch with some sort of higher Fraggle consciousness. Mokey is fascinated by the beauty and intricacy of the world around her, and is always seeking new ways to share this feeling with others. A gentle, contemplative fragrance: lilac blossoms, violet sugar, orris root, stephanotis, and osmanthus. WEMBLEY To Wemble is a Fragglish word that means (roughly) “to be so unable to make up one’s mind that it’s ridiculous.” Wembley is indecision personified. Wembley has an uncanny ability to find merit on both sides of any issue. This talent occasionally casts him in the role of peacemaker. Innocently indecisive: white musk, banana, orange blossom honey, pineapple, and mint. UNCLE TRAVELING MATT The magic is always there, as long as we keep looking for it. Gobo’s Uncle Travelling Matt is the greatest living Fraggle explorer – the Fraggle equivalent of an astronaut. After completing his exploration of Fraggle Rock, he ventured forth into our world, a place the Fraggles call “Outer Space.” Dark chocolate, figgy vanilla, pear, and quince. DOOZERS Totally unlike the Fraggles, Doozers spend their lives working. The greatest joy in a Doozer’s life is to get up, put on a hard hat and take a place on the Doozer work crew. The scent of industrious cooperation: glittering crystals, soft soil, and radish dust. GORG’S GARDEN The Fraggles raid the Gorgs’ garden for the vegetables (particularly the radishes) that they eat. Radishes, freshly-turned soil, and soft herbs.

Good news! We can now let you combine your BPAL Etsy order with a regular BPAL order. Please email answers@blackphoenixalchemylab.com before placing your order, and add a note in your Etsy order that you will be combining it with a BPAL order. http://www.etsy.com/shop/alchemylab

There are less than 50 bottles available of the following Dark Delicacies excusive scents. Once they’re gone, they’re gone! Black Heart Pink Lace Creature Feature Diabolical Offspring Ein Kuss Von Krampus Sue’s Great Old Puppet Show