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The west coast will call event will be held on Saturday, August 13th from 4 to 7pm at Dark Delicacies. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505 ___ Seattle Will Call will be held on Saturday, August 13th from 6 to 9 pm at Knows Perfume. knows perfume 4536 California Ave., SW Seattle, WA 98116 (206) 397-3141 — New England Will Call will be held at Healthy Living Market on Sunday, August 14th from 5 to 8pm, in the Learning Center. Healthy Living Market 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 ___ GA Will Call is still TBD. We will update the information as soon as we receive it. — 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 Berry 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 Saturday August 13th, 4:00 to 7:00pm Seattle Will Call at knows perfume 4536 California Ave SW Seattle, WA 98116 Saturday, August 13th, 6 to 9pm New England Will Call at Healthy Living Market (inside the Learning Center) 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 Sunday, August 14th, 5 to 8pm Georgia Will Call at Whole Foods aka Harry’s Farmers Market (inside Salud) 1180 Upper Hembree Road, Roswell, GA, 30076 TBD

If you are coming to the Last Unicorn signing with Peter Beagle tomorrow, we will start giving out numbers at 1pm.

Dark Delicacies does not carry the Retail Only Salon's.

Eeee!! I'm so excited. How do Cali-native BPALers not LIVE there? I'm going to have to find an activity for the husband to do that day, I think. Is there a big difference between the stock at Le Pink and Dark Del as far as perfumes? I saw that DD carries all the GC (really? ALL??) but does LP sell different things? I probably won't pass up the opportunity to shop for BPAL in two real shops, but just curious. Sorry I just saw this. Dark Delicacies carries everything! Le Pink no longer stocks our products, although they may have a few things left in stock. But even when they were stocking things, they only carried about a half dozen scents.

Hero Initiative at Wizard’s Chicago Comic Con With Guest Star Matt Wagner! WORLD PREMIERE FOUR Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab “Grendel” scents August 3, 2011, (Los Angeles, CA) Hero Initiative, the non-profit organization that provides a financial safety net for comic creators in need, will head to the Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, August 11th thru the 14th, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 North River Road, in Rosemont Illinois. We are proud to announce that special guest and Grendel creator Matt Wagner will be heading up the Hero booth, #1341-1343, all day Saturday and Sunday to be on hand for the WORLD PREMIERE of FOUR Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab “GRENDEL” scents! The scents include: MASTERMIND Based on Hunter Rose, the first of the Grendel legacy, a stylish, best-selling author who leads a double life as a relentless assassin and all-powerful mob overlord. Fragrance notes: An elegant cologne of olibanum, opoponax, leather accord, black amber, bois de jasmine, cade wood, pale balsam, orange blossom, oudh, black plum, bourbon vanilla, and sandalwood. AVENGER Based on Christine Spar, a fashionable and fiery journalist who adopts the Grendel persona to avenge the death of her only child and is consumed by the dark identity. Fragrance notes: Plush vanilla bourbon and rum accord with pink pepper, patchouli, clove, pikaki, golden amber, caraway, tuberose, and jacarandá-da-bahia. EXORCIST Based on Brian Li Sung, Christine’s lover who, in the aftermath of her violent death, becomes haunted and possessed by what he sees as the “entity” of Grendel. Fragrance notes: A refined lilac fougère with frankincense, labdanum, styrax, and dark musk. HARLEQUIN Based on Eppy Thatcher, a futuristic, gothic harlequin, addicted to a heinous hallucinogen with the street name “Grendel,” who leads chaotic attacks against the corrupt Catholic Church. Fragrance notes: Psychotomimetic: pink grapefruit, white honey, orange blossom, saffron, champagne grape, elemi, guaiac, blonde tobacco, and olibanum. Each 5 ml bottle is $26, with proceeds benefitting Hero Initiative. Try ’em all! The Grendel scents will be going live concurrently at the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab site. Matt’s fans can also pick up a copy of the Wagner-covered Hero Comics, regularly $4, now only $2 at the con, and get it signed by Matt himself! And BPAL fans can also pick up on the very few “The Unknown” book/scent combos left. Fewer than 20 combos are left, which consist of a hardcover edition of The Unknown with an original bookplate illustrated by artist Minck Oosterveer and signed by Oosterveer and Mark Waid, AND a 5 ml bottle of Cat Allingham from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. the fragrance features distilled shadows, a bleak desert landscape at midnight: Myroswelia balsam, gaïac wood, obsidian musk, green cumin, patchouli, myrrh, Siamese benzoin, frankincense, champaca, and sand.

On Saturday, August 6th, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, in collaboration with Dark Delicacies, presents a signing and screening of The Last Unicorn with acclaimed author Peter S. Beagle. To commemorate this event, we have created an exclusive perfume that will only be available during the signing. TOUCHED TWICE It was long that the unicorn stood by Prince Lír before she touched him with her horn. For all that her quest had ended joyously, there was weariness in the way she held herself, and a sadness in her beauty that Molly had never seen. It suddenly seemed to her that the unicorn’s sorrow was not for Lír but for the lost girl who could not be brought back; for the Lady Amalthea, who might have lived happily ever after with the prince. The unicorn bowed her head, and her horn glanced across Lír’s chin as clumsily as a first kiss. He sat up blinking, smiling at something long ago. “Father,” he said in a quick, wondering voice. “Father, I had a dream.” Then he saw the unicorn, and he rose to his feet as the blood on his face began to shine and move again. He said, “I was dead.” The unicorn touched him a second time, over the heart, letting her horn rest there for a little space. They were both trembling. Prince Lír put his hands out to her like words. She said, “I remember you. I remember.” As delicate as life, as gentle as death, and as powerful as love: sheer, luminescent vanilla musk with frangipani, red sandalwood, frankincense, champaca flower, coconut, rose absolute, white cyclamen, Himalayan mogra, angelica, and white oud. The scent will be available both at the event itself and online on our website on August 6th, between the hours of 2pm and 6pm PDT. http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/lastunicorn.html Touched Twice will be available for $26. To celebrate the release of the remastered 25th Anniversary DVD of The Last Unicorn and the release of Series III of the Last Unicorn fragrance collaboration with Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, acclaimed author Peter S. Beagle, fantasist and author of many award-winning works including the Last Unicorn, Tamsin, Two Hearts, and A Fine and Private Place, will be signing at the Sunset Screening Room, followed by a Q&A with Peter S. Beagle, and a private screening of The Last Unicorn. The signing is free and open to the public. Books, dvds, and Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab’s Last Unicorn scents will be available for purchase. SUNSET SCREENING ROOM 2212 W Magnolia Boulevard Burbank, CA 91506-1734 Signing: August 6th, 2011 from 2 – 3pm Q&A and Screening: August 6th, 2011 at 3:30pm (SOLD OUT) BLACK PHOENIX ALCHEMY LAB http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com BLACK PHOENIX TRADING POST http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com DARK DELICACIES: THE HOME OF HORROR http://www.darkdel.com/ CONLAN PRESS http://www.conlanpress.com/

Actually if it's got the white prototype label, those are the bottles we send out as Will Call testers, as well as for approval (if it's a scent that needs approval) and occasionally for review purposes. We have also occasionally gifted those bottles to people. They are labeled prototypes because there is always a chance the scent could change, but that's not something that happens often. There have been a few scents, most notably the original versions of the RPG scents, that went out as white label prototypes and did later end up as Trunk Show scents, but that is not the norm. Most of the Trunk Show prototypes have not gotten far enough in the process to be sent out anywhere. If you have a full white label bottle of Libertarian, those scents were imp only gifts, but we did make full 5ml bottles to use as testers, and also gifted those to a few people. That would be exactly the same scent as the Libertarian that was in the imp. Hope that clears up any confusion.

It’s a tag team for free speech when Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab and J. Gonzo team up to benefit the CBLDF with an incredible new Luchadore inspired print & fragrance set celebrating the launch of J. Gonzo’s amazing new series La Mano del Destino! It’s a battle of titans with the First Amendment at stake! In this corner: La Mano del Destino, fighting for your freedom of speech! His opponent, El Nuevo Puritano, bringing the wicked wrath of moral panic and outrageous censorship into the ring! EL NUEVO PURITANO The wicked wrath of moral panic: unmoving, rigid oak, dry leather, tonka, gunpowder tea, and pious olibanum with a core of perverse and furtive vanilla bean, bay leaf, clove bud, and lime. LA MANO DE DESTINO Powerful Sumatran patchouli and enigmatic Brazilian copaiba with pao d’arco, cacao absolute, bourbon vanilla, Ceylon cinnamon, and tobacco. BPAL has created a fragrance for each combatant, available for a donation of $30 each. J. Gonzo’s CBLDF-exclusive print is available for a $20 donation. Sets of all three are available for a $75, and a $100 donation gets you the set with a remarque sketch on your print! J. Gonzo will also be appearing throughout the show to make sketches to benefit the Fund, and to sign copies of La Mano del Destino, the tale of a once-champion Luchadore who, after being betrayed, agrees to a Faustian bargain in order to exact his revenge. Mesoamerican myth and high-flying, Lucha Libre action converge to tell this story of vengeance and destiny. La Mano del Destino #1 will be available for a $5 donation to CBLDF!

Tickets for the Last Unicorn screening and Q&A with Peter S. Beagle on August 6th are now available. If you would like to attend, please send an email to LastUnicorn@blackphoenixalchemylab.com with the following information: Name number of tickets requested (maximum of 2) email address Tickets for the event are limited, so Peter S. Beagle will randomly assign tickets based on emails received between now and 10pm PDT, on Tuesday, July 19th. We will email you on Wednesday, July 20th to confirm your ticket. If you are coming for the screening only, please do not make travel arrangements until your ticket is confirmed. The signing with Peter S. Beagle is open to the public; no ticket required! To celebrate the release of the remastered 25th Anniversary DVD of The Last Unicorn and the release of Series III of the Last Unicorn fragrance collaboration with Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, acclaimed author Peter S. Beagle, fantasist and author of many award-winning works including the Last Unicorn, Tamsin, Two Hearts, and A Fine and Private Place, will be signing at the Sunset Screening Room, followed by a Q&A with Peter S. Beagle, and a private screening of The Last Unicorn. The signing is free and open to the public. Books, dvds, and Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab’s Last Unicorn scents will be available for purchase. Free tickets to the screening and Q&A will be given out by random drawing via email. Information on how to win these tickets will be released soon. SUNSET SCREENING ROOM 2212 W Magnolia Boulevard Burbank, CA 91506-1734 Signing: August 6th, 2011 from 2 – 3pm Q&A and Screening: August 6th, 2011 at 3:30pm Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab has created an exclusive perfume to commemorate the event that will be available during the signing: TOUCHED TWICE. Lake Street Creamery will be on hand from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. Please direct all questions to: lastunicorn@blackphoenixalchemylab.com

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab and Dark Delicacies Present PETER S. BEAGLE Author of THE LAST UNICORN To celebrate the release of the remastered 25th Anniversary DVD of The Last Unicorn and the release of Series III of the Last Unicorn fragrance collaboration with Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, acclaimed author Peter S. Beagle, fantasist and author of many award-winning works including the Last Unicorn, Tamsin, Two Hearts, and A Fine and Private Place, will be signing at the Sunset Screening Room, followed by a Q&A with Peter S. Beagle, and a private screening of The Last Unicorn. The signing is free and open to the public. Books, dvds, and Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab's Last Unicorn scents will be available for purchase. Free tickets to the screening and Q&A will be given out by random drawing via email. Information on how to win these tickets will be released soon. SUNSET SCREENING ROOM 2212 W Magnolia Boulevard Burbank, CA 91506-1734 Signing: August 6th, 2011 from 2 – 3pm Q&A and Screening: August 6th, 2011 at 3:30pm Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab has created an exclusive perfume to commemorate the event that will be available during the signing: TOUCHED TWICE. Please direct all questions to: lastunicorn@blackphoenixalchemylab.com BLACK PHOENIX ALCHEMY LAB http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com BLACK PHOENIX TRADING POST http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com DARK DELICACIES: THE HOME OF HORROR http://www.darkdel.com/ CONLAN PRESS http://www.conlanpress.com/

Berry Moon is live at Alchemy Lab and Trading Post! BERRY MOON In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by their weight again bent down and broke their tender limbs. – Henry David Thoreau A sensuous, deep berry bouquet: blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries with Morello cherries, apricots, and strawberries, swirled in heady red musk and brandy. Berry Moon art by Manda Lander! We are also thrilled to introduce a Salon limited-run miniseries inspired by the works of Gustav Klimt. Happy birthday, Gustav! Proceeds from every sale of Donna Con Ventaglio, Pallas Athene, Hygeia, and Tree of Life benefit RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. Donna Con Ventaglio, Pallas Athene, Hygeia, and Tree of Life will be live until 13 October 2011. DONNA CON VENTAGLIO A white chypre with bergamot, rose otto, ylang ylang, tonka absolute, lotus root, blood orange, white fig, rock rose, mate, and violet leaf. HYGEIA Red musk and red amber, sweet incense, Mysore sandalwood, tobacco absolute, golden musk, orris root, frankincense, and helichrysum. PALLAS ATHENE Antiqued amber, cumin, saffron, frankincense, Atlas cedar, myrrh, mandarin, Ceylon cinnamon bark, and osmanthus. TREE OF LIFE Ash bark, Kashmir wood, tonka bean, clary sage, Spanish moss, cocoa absolute, King mandarin, galangal root, and matcha tea.

GA Will Call will be at Whole Foods Market, aka Harry’s Farmer’s Market, in Roswell, GA, on Sunday, July 31st from 6 to 8 pm, inside Salud (which is inside the store.) Whole Foods Market 1180 Upper Hembree Road, Roswell, GA, 30076. Whole Foods accepts Visa, Master Card, Discover, American Express and cash. They will not be able to accept any preorders. Sadly, The Zorya and three other scents will be discontinued when the lunacy goes dark on July 18th: Utrennyaya Vechernyaya Ephemera The Hesperides La Belle Dame Sans Merci Orders placed up until that time will still be filled. West Coast Will Call at Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Ave Burbank, CA 91505 Friday, July 15th, 7:00 to 10:00pm Seattle Will Call at knows perfume 4536 California Ave SW Seattle, WA 98116 Saturday, July 16th, 6 to 9pm New England Will Call at Healthy Living Market (inside the Learning Center) 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 Sunday, July 17th, 5 to 8pm Georgia Will Call at Whole Foods aka Harry’s Farmers Market (inside Salud) 1180 Upper Hembree Road, Roswell, GA, 30076 Sunday, July 31st, 6 to 8pm

The west coast will call event will be held on Friday, July15th from 7 to 10pm at Dark Delicacies. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505 ___ Seattle Will Call will be held on Saturday, July 16th from 6 to 9 pm at Knows Perfume. knows perfume 4536 California Ave., SW Seattle, WA 98116 (206) 397-3141 — New England Will Call will be held at Healthy Living Market on Sunday, July 17th from 5 to 8pm, in the Learning Center. Healthy Living Market 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 ___ GA Will Call is still TBD. We will update the information as soon as we receive it. — The blends that will be available for purchase include those that went live on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab website up to and including Hungry Ghost 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 Friday, July 15th, 7:00 to 10:00pm Seattle Will Call at knows perfume 4536 California Ave SW Seattle, WA 98116 Saturday, July 16th, 6 to 9pm New England Will Call at Healthy Living Market (inside the Learning Center) 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 Sunday, July 17th, 5 to 8pm Georgia Will Call at Whole Foods aka Harry’s Farmers Market (inside Salud) 1180 Upper Hembree Road, Roswell, GA, 30076 TBD

THALASSA, THE GALAPAGOS MERMAID has gone into early retirement. We may not have enough stock to fill exisiting orders; we will contact you if your order cannot be filled. The rest of Carnaval Diabolique will go dark in about 4 hours.

Dark Delicacies has fewer than 12 bottles left of Christine, Crimson Christmas & Red Lace.

Three interpretations of Black Moon are now live at Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. The Dark Moon is a time of secrets and hidden truths, of veils and binding, justice and revenge. It is sacred to the Crone, and to Gods and Goddesses of magick, death, and mysteries. The Black Moon has many meanings, but in any incarnation, it signifies a swelling of power. To us, it is the Blue Moon’s dark sister. This month, we are sharing three interpretations of the Black Moon’s energy. BLACK MOON 2011: BETH'S CREATION The absence of light: black orchid, motia attar, mugwort, English pear, jonquil, violet leaf, myrrh, opoponax, crystal musk, ylang ylang, and 5-year aged patchouli. SCHWARZER MOND: BRIAN'S CREATION The keeper of secrets: opoponax, Tunisian black amber, night musk, antique patchouli, zdravetz, terebinth, myrrh, and Pimenta racemosa. LUNA NEGRA: TED'S CREATION The solace of shadows: blackberry and blackcurrant with Nepalese amber, kewda attar, and a deep, rich, sweet dark musk. The Black Moon will be live until July 1, 2001.

The United States Postal Service on Friday stopped accepting all mail to Canada on the expectation that the labour dispute between Canada Post and its workers will last at least into next week. Due to this, all Canadian customers need to be advised that any orders that have not been shipped will be held until postal service resumes.

Sad news, Zorya has been discontinued, effective immediately. Existing orders will be filled but we won't be able to accept new orders.

The west coast will call event will be held on Wednesday, June 15th from 7 to 10pm at Dark Delicacies. Dark Delicacies will be offering their exclusive scents (excepting Tatter Lace) at $17.50 (cash only) during June’s Full Moon Event. Actor/Writer Mark Ryan (Transformers/The Prestige) will be signing The Wildwood Tarot: Wherein Wisdom Resides (deck & book $19.95) ”" Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505 ___ Seattle Will Call will be held on Wednesday, June 15th from 7:30 to 10:30 pm at Knows Perfume. knows perfume 4536 California Ave., SW Seattle, WA 98116 (206) 397-3141 — New England Will Call will be held at Healthy Living Market on Sunday, June 19th from 5 to 8pm, in the Learning Center. Healthy Living Market 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 ___ And last but not least, GA Will Call will be at Whole Foods Market, aka Harry’s Farmer’s Market, in Roswell, GA, on Sunday, June 26th from 6 to 8 pm, inside Salud (which is inside the store.) Whole Foods Market 1180 Upper Hembree Road, Roswell, GA, 30076. Whole Foods accepts Visa, Master Card, Discover, American Express and cash. They will not be able to accept any preorders. — 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 Moon of Horses 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 Wednesday, June 15th, 7:00 to 10:00pm Seattle Will Call at knows perfume 4536 California Ave SW Seattle, WA 98116 Wednesday, June 15th, 7:30 to 10:30pm New England Will Call at Healthy Living Market (inside the Learning Center) 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 Sunday, June 19th, 5 to 8pm Georgia Will Call at Whole Foods aka Harry’s Farmers Market (inside Salud) 1180 Upper Hembree Road, Roswell, GA, 30076 Sunday, June 26th, 5 to 8pm

A new Dark Delicacies / Black Phoenix scent will soon be live on the Dark Delicacies web site! It is also available at their brick and mortar shop in Burbank, CA! TATTERED LACE An allegory of Victorian melancholy and madness: tea-stained bourbon vanilla, with white cognac, coconut bark, Oman frankincense, and woodmoss over opium tar-stained silk. Tattered Lace is available exclusively through Dark Delicacies. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, CA 91505 888-DARKDEL http://www.darkdel.com

Due to overwhelming response, there are no more free BPAL bottles available from Dark Delicacies. Thank you everyone, we love you!

The west coast will call event will be held on Tuesday, May 17th from 7 to 10pm at Dark Delicacies. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505 ___ Seattle Will Call will be held on Tuesday, May 17th from 7:30 to 10:30 pm at Knows Perfume. knows perfume 4536 California Ave., SW Seattle, WA 98116 (206) 397-3141 — New England Will Call will be held at Healthy Living Market on Sunday, May 22nd from 5 to 8pm, in the Learning Center. Healthy Living Market 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 ___ And last but not least, GA Will Call will be at Whole Foods Market, aka Harry’s Farmer’s Market, in Roswell, GA, on Sunday, May 29th from 5 to 8 pm, inside Salud (which is inside the store.) Whole Foods Market 1180 Upper Hembree Road, Roswell, GA, 30076. Whole Foods accepts Visa, Master Card, Discover, American Express and cash. They will not be able to accept any preorders. — 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 Weeping Branches 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, May 17th, 7:00 to 10:00pm Seattle Will Call at knows perfume 4536 California Ave SW Seattle, WA 98116 Tuesday, May 17th, 7:30 to 10:30pm New England Will Call at Healthy Living Market (inside the Learning Center) 222 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403 Sunday, May 22nd, 5 to 8pm Georgia Will Call at Whole Foods aka Harry’s Farmers Market (inside Salud) 1180 Upper Hembree Road, Roswell, GA, 30076 Sunday, May 29th, 5 to 8pm

Trading Posts Whispering Branches Moon shirts have arrived in house, but the t-shirts are a dark charcoal gray, a bit darker than we were expecting. While we are bringing all of a general catalog scents to Bats Day, as well as our Gaiman’s, Last Unicorns, etc. There were a few scents that could not be made due to a component issue, such as Rogue, Cleric and Halfling. Carnaval Diabolique, Salons, and general catalog imps were left behind, due to space constraints.

First the good news, we are pleased to announce that we have been able to make one more batch of VILF and we will be bringing it with us to Bats Day! Now, for the less than good news. Today, we have said good-bye to Serpents with Glittering Eyes and Forking Tongues, due to component issues. Bats Day Black Market May 7, 2010 2 to 9pm DoubleTree Guest Suites Anaheim 2085 South Harbor Blvd Anaheim CA, 92802 Free Admission http://www.batsday.net/

The Bats Day 2011 exclusives once again portray a handful of goth subculture tropes! Voila – CABARET.GOTH Inspired by European perfumes in the 1920’s: gardenia, amber, mandarin, orange flower, and sweet spices. DEATHROCK Hairspray, cigarette smoke, hair dye over wisps of olibanum, styrax, and benzoin. FETISH.GOTH Skin musk, slick black leather and wet latex with dark myrrh, patchouli, opoponax, STEAM.GOTH Oil-spattered brass, engine grease, and a warm splash of Victorian aftershave. VAMP.GOTH Rose-infused opium tar and leather. $20 per 5ml bottle. The label artwork for the BPAL Bats Day exclusives were doodled by our beloved Alicia Dabney! And from Black Phoenix Trading Post... The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crisped and sere- The leaves they were withering and sere; It was night in the lonesome October Of my most immemorial year; It was hard by the dim lake of Auber, In the misty mid region of Weir- It was down by the dank tarn of Auber, In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir. Here once, through an alley Titanic, Of cypress, I roamed with my Soul- Of cypress, with Psyche, my Soul. There were days when my heart was volcanic As the scoriac rivers that roll- As the lavas that restlessly roll Their sulphurous currents down Yaanek In the ultimate climes of the pole- That groan as they roll down Mount Yaanek In the realms of the boreal pole. Our talk had been serious and sober, But our thoughts they were palsied and sere- Our memories were treacherous and sere- For we knew not the month was October, And we marked not the night of the year- (Ah, night of all nights in the year!) We noted not the dim lake of Auber- (Though once we had journeyed down here), Remembered not the dank tarn of Auber, Nor the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir. And now, as the night was senescent, And star-dials pointed to morn- As the star-dials hinted of morn- At the end of our path a liquescent And nebulous lustre was born, Out of which a miraculous crescent Arose with a duplicate horn- Astarte's bediamonded crescent Distinct with its duplicate horn. And I said- "She is warmer than Dian: She rolls through an ether of sighs- She revels in a region of sighs: She has seen that the tears are not dry on These cheeks, where the worm never dies, And has come past the stars of the Lion, To point us the path to the skies- To the Lethean peace of the skies- Come up, in despite of the Lion, To shine on us with her bright eyes- Come up through the lair of the Lion, With love in her luminous eyes." But Psyche, uplifting her finger, Said- "Sadly this star I mistrust- Her pallor I strangely mistrust:- Oh, hasten!- oh, let us not linger! Oh, fly!- let us fly!- for we must." In terror she spoke, letting sink her Wings until they trailed in the dust- In agony sobbed, letting sink her Plumes till they trailed in the dust- Till they sorrowfully trailed in the dust. I replied- "This is nothing but dreaming: Let us on by this tremulous light! Let us bathe in this crystalline light! Its Sybilic splendor is beaming With Hope and in Beauty to-night:- See!- it flickers up the sky through the night! Ah, we safely may trust to its gleaming, And be sure it will lead us aright- We safely may trust to a gleaming That cannot but guide us aright, Since it flickers up to Heaven through the night." Thus I pacified Psyche and kissed her, And tempted her out of her gloom- And conquered her scruples and gloom; And we passed to the end of the vista, But were stopped by the door of a tomb- By the door of a legended tomb; And I said- "What is written, sweet sister, On the door of this legended tomb?" She replied- "Ulalume- Ulalume- 'Tis the vault of thy lost Ulalume!" Then my heart it grew ashen and sober As the leaves that were crisped and sere- As the leaves that were withering and sere- And I cried- "It was surely October On this very night of last year That I journeyed- I journeyed down here- That I brought a dread burden down here- On this night of all nights in the year, Ah, what demon has tempted me here? Well I know, now, this dim lake of Auber- This misty mid region of Weir- Well I know, now, this dank tarn of Auber, This ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir." DANK TARN OF AUBER BATH OIL A gloomy, morose soak. Bog bean, oakmoss, bog myrtle, water hyssop, calla lily, water snowflake, bulrush, and marsh marigold swirling in dark, still water. $25 per 4oz bath oil. GHOUL-HAUNTED WOODLAND OF WEIR ATMOSPHERE SPRAY Misty darkness and soul-chilling dread: Terebinth pine, black spruce, and black oak surrounded by creeping mosses, drooping vines, and wilting blossoms. $25 per 4oz atmosphere spray. Bats Day Black Market May 7, 2010 2 to 9pm DoubleTree Guest Suites Anaheim 2085 South Harbor Blvd Anaheim CA, 92802 Free Admission http://www.batsday.net/