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In addition to our usual wagonload, here’s this year’s crop of event exclusive products we’ll be hauling to New York Comic Con, where you’ll find us at booth #3059. Ready your shopping lists and start reaching out to friends (or friends of friends) who might be attending! Here's our spooky video announcement to whet your palate. ++ BPAL: EVE’S BIG APPLE - Perfume Oils ($26) But one pale woman all alone, The daylight kissing her wan hair, Loitered beneath the gas lamps’ flare, With lips of flame and heart of stone. There are a few false origin stories regarding New York’s nickname, “the Big Apple”, including a rumor that the expression was inspired by a 19th century New York madam named Eve. While that tale is false, it sure does tie in well with our brothel-themed offerings! BLACK TWIG APPLE, LABDANUM, OAK BARK, CEDAR, AND BOURBON VANILLA DRIED APPLE, STYRAX, PATCHOULI, AND LEMON PEEL HONEYCRISP APPLE, WHITE PEAR, AND WHITE AMBER GREEN APPLE, SAGE, AND JUNIPER BERRY RED APPLE, PINEAPPLE, AND GREEN TEA RED APPLE, BLACK TEA, FRANKINCENSE, AND VETIVER RED APPLE AND DEAD LEAVES ++ BPAL: THE GENTLEMAN’S DIRECTORY - Perfume Oils ($26) Nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice. The visitor, on passing the doors, finds himself in a spacious room, the fittings of which are of the most costly description, while brilliant gas illuminations, reflected by numerous mirrors, impart a fairy-like aspect to the scene. The company is, of course, mixed. Many of the men resorting to such places seek no doubt the opportunity of indulging their vicious propensities; but the majority of the better class go merely to while away an idle hour. (All grammatical and spelling deviancies within are sic erat scriptum.) A GROUTY OLD DAME No. 10 Neilson place, Mercer street. This is a ladies boarding house apparently of the first class; but, as the landlady can never be seen, it is impossible to tell who is head of the house. The door is guarded by a grouty old dame, whose assumed dignity is so overpowering that most people suppose that she runs the establishment. Sweet labdanum, clove, and piquant Italian bergamot. ENTERPRISING YOUNG LADIES Mrs. Cutler, at 140 W. 27th St., lets her rooms to enterprising young ladies. Honeyed oudh, bourbon vanilla, cinnamon, and leather. LAURA HOWARD … has a parlor house at No. 16 East Thirteenth street. There are six lady boarders; but no interest whatever attaches to this house. Some of its visitors have asserted that it’s inmates are of a snobbish disposition. A superior tea rose chypre. MRS. WILSON No. 123, keeps a first class house, with six lady boarders, handsomely dressed, of pleasing manners, ready wit, and sparkling eyes. It is the finest house on the street, and superbly furnished. Effervescent grapefruit musk with a cluster of jasmine petals and a swish of blood orange and lime. MRS. WRIGHT 61 Elizabeth St. has a very pleasant established house of assignation; quiet and orderly and everything that makes time pass agreeably. A quiet and orderly, agreeable scent: clary sage, blonde tobacco, myrrh, white sandalwood, and mate. NO. 156 EAST TWENTY-SECOND STREET …is a house of assignation kept by Mrs. Wilson. It contains nothing of account. Ambivalently bawdy: red sandalwood, benzoin, and cacao. ++ BPTP: THE GENTLEMAN’S DIRECTORY – HAIR GLOSS ($30) MRS. BARS Agreeable, tidy, and well-kept. She has kind eyes and a merry laugh. A bubble-pop of gaiety: polished teakwood, white musk, sweet benzoin, patchouli, star anise, and wild cherry. MISS NELLIE HARDING …of No. 100 Clinton place, conducts a first class parlor house, with five lady boarders, who are sociable and entertaining. A sparkle of paste diamonds and a rustle of taffeta: white musk and pale moss, a cluster of peonies, white rose petals, and citrine neroli. ++ BPTP: NEIGHBORHOODS – ATMOSPHERE SPRAYS ($25) HELL’S HUNDRED ACRES A post-industrial wasteland. Peeling plaster, faded tobacco, and echoes of warehouse fires. SATAN’S CIRCUS A 19th century euphemism for the area that is now called Chelsea. During that time, there were at least forty-night bawdy house, twenty-two of which were on West 27th Street alone. Moldering wood covered by velvet-flocked wallpaper, a splash of rum, pipe smoke, and cologne. ++ BPTP: EVE’S BIG APPLE HAIR GLOSS ($30) But one pale woman all alone, The daylight kissing her wan hair, Loitered beneath the gas lamps’ flare, With lips of flame and heart of stone. GOLDEN APPLE, GOLDEN SANDALWOOD, AND AMBER RED APPLE, HONEY, AND OUDH APPLE HARD CANDY AND A SQUEEZE OF SUGARED GINGER

One of our favorite new magical supply stores, Kaitlin Coppock's Sphere + Sundry, invited BPAL to collaborate on a special ritual/perfume blend. At last, OCEAN OF DREAMS is now available on their site! Beth's notes are below: "This perfume encapsulates the sensation of descending slowly and languorously into a warm pool of dark water, and holds within it the voices from the nights before night existed, before twilight bisected the day; whispers burbling from our primodial subconscious, sending omens, portents, and symbols on dark wings. This is the stuff of your dreams, the dreams of your ancestral line, the dreams of your future selves, and the flotsam of dreams that buffet around you and buoy you. The bottles were bathed in water steeped with blue lotus petals, clary sage, and rose mallow, and charged under the auspices of Jupiter on Sunday, August 26th from 7:28-8:21PM beneath the full moon in Pisces. This oil has been crafted to be worn as a perfume and to be used in a ritual capacity. Signs and symbols, both subtle and shrieking, drifting like thick-tentacled currents through the black ocean before time: blue lotus absolute, white champa flower Co2 select, French lavender essential oil and buds, armoise mugwort essential oil, styrax essential oil from sapwood and bark tissue, liquidamber orientalis, CO2 extract of butter, marshmallow root, frankincense carterii essential oil and gum, coconut oil, bay leaves, and orris root and butter, all steeped for a full lunation in kewra and oudh attars."

If you haven't revisited the actual short story "The Masque of the Red Death" in a while, compliment your Masque perfume sniffing experience with this video storybook the Lab has made from Tenebrous Kate's label artwork! Yours truly lent voice to the project, and persuaded a musician from a past collaboration to provide some haunting music to accompany the story. Our idea was to create a thing of beauty that people can enjoy long after our limited edition scent collection has vanished from the earth. Here's to keeping this timeless and terrifying story near the front of our collective culture's mind, right where it belongs!

This year we've truly outdone ourselves by exploring strange new depths in diablerie as well as perfumerie. In addition to many classic treats, we've got a spooky Chaos Theory, a timely Poe tale storyboarded in scent (art by Tenebrous Kate!) and a ribald new series of blends inspired by goats in classical art. Trading Post's update is still forthcoming! BEWARE... You may find more thrills here than e'er you bargained for:.. https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/limited-edition/halloween-2018/

It's really happening -- here's a message from Ted: "THIS IS A PRESALE! Black Phoenix Trading Post is pleased to offer a presale for our .925 silver scent lockets. These lockets are exclusive to the Trading Post, and were created by and for Black Phoenix. They cannot be found anywhere else in all of Heaven and Earth. Here’s how the presale will work: we will start taking orders for these four stories lockets, and when sales reach the target of twenty lockets, we will place the order for them with my jeweler. Once we reach our goal of twenty presales for an individual locket, I estimate it will take about 40 days to receive the lockets before I can start shipping. After the goal is reached, I will contact everyone that purchased a presale locket with the estimated time of shipping. If, however, sales of a certain locket style do not reach 20 lockets within 60 days of the start of the presale, you will receive a full refund. 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. Each locket is hand cast .925 sterling silver, and each locket’s bale sports the alchemical symbol for brimstone." Thanks, Teddy! That presale link is here: https://blackphoenixtradingpost.com/category/jewelry/scent-lockets/presale/

One of the incredible things about a new game is that all of us get in on the ground floor. OVERLIGHT, the new release by Renegade Game Studios, is just the equalizer we’ve been waiting for – a “kaleidoscopic fantasy” that is somewhat less combat-based and more about the story. In creators’ words: “Characters will search for personal meaning among a fantastic, sometimes violent, and overwhelming world.” When we heard about the concept for OVERLIGHT, we had two thoughts. First: When can we play? And then immediately afterward: How can we get involved in players’ aesthetic experience? The latter question gave way to the following products, which are finally available on our sites after a strong debut at Gen Con alongside the game itself. You don’t have to count yourself among the Skyborn in order to enjoy them… but if you’ve ever wanted to dig into a fantasy world that runs counter to the traditional identities associated with RPGs, this could be the chance you’ve been waiting for. That’s something you can announce to the world with our SKYBORN perfume, or one of Black Phoenix Trading Post’s seven Shard nail polish colors. Full descriptions below! Perfume: SKYBORN “The Overlight, we called it. and it is by its colored rays that you will know your power, oh Skyborn child” An otherworldly, iridescent shine, casked on-site at the Manifold Elixarium: opalescent lavenderine, sheer white musk, wild bergamot, iris and white amber drifting on a pale cloud of Hearthwood Ash. Nail Polishes: NOVA A soft linear holographic top coat filled with holo microflake and iridescent shifting flake in two different color ways. It can be worn as a topper for any of the other Shards, or alone in 3-4 coats. ZENITH Red-based purple linear holographic filled with holo microflake and sparks of rose. QUILL Royal blue linear holographic filled with holo microflake and sparks of metallic turquoise. BANYAN Kelly green linear holographic filled with holo microflake and sparks of blue and green. HAARK Bright, lemon yellow linear holographic filled with holo microflake and a coppery sheen. VEILE Tiger orange linear holographic filled with holo microflake and a bright gold shimmer. PYRE A stop sign red linear holographic filled with holo microflake and a bit of copper shimmer.

The second flight of Lilith-inspired scents is finally here -- don't worry, she's still just as double-digits as she was a week ago. Here's Ted's scented tribute to his daughter's tenth year: https://blackphoenixtradingpost.com/category/fatherhood-2018/

Dominus vobiscum! We're still all recovering from Too Much Dragon Con, but Tom and Galen still managed to pull together a quick Sunday Service video: Dominus vobiscum! We're still all recovering from Too Much Dragon Con, but Tom and Galen still managed to pull together a quick Sunday Service video.

In addition to our "Fair Maiden Side-Eye" and "Lifestyle Blogger Dragon" exclusives, the Dragon Con crowds have also wiped out our entire supply of the following BPAL products: 13 Hours Agnes Nutter The Crescent Moon Deadly Nightshade Honey Fighter The Forest of the Empress Fuck You, Said the Raven Kumari Kandam La Petite Mort Lightning Love Me Persephone The Red Robes Robe of Pomegranates Satyr Tavern of Hell Vixen Water of Notre Dame If these are on your shopping list, you'll have to rely on our website. We're so grateful to see so many familiar faces, and friends sent with fairy orders. We're here for you, thank you for showing up for us! We'll update this list as the weekend wears on.

Are you going to Atlanta's DRAGON CON or know someone who is? Here's a link to your BPAL event exclusive shopping list: 11 perfumes and 6 hair gloss blends inspired by silly dragons in Medieval art. Prepare yourself for the Dragonsplaining of a lifetime! Our booth is #1417-1419, on the first floor of AmericasMart Building 2. This will be important info to hand to any friends you send our way with a shopping list! (As an added bonus, they get to request stuff like “Ass Yell Back” from us, which is practically worth the price of admission.) Without further ado: ++ DRAGON CON 2018 - PERFUME ($26) ASS YELL BACK He protecc He attacc But most important, he yell at own ass and ass yell back - Jessica Mihaichuk I posted this image while working on tidying up the DragonCon scents, and a comment of Jessica’s made me rethink the whole scent concept. A highly specific manifestation of internal conflict: dragon’s blood resin, black pepper, aged black patchouli, agarwood, and hot geranium. BLARPING DRAGON RUDE. Sweet black patchouli and pink peppercorn right in yer face. DRAGONSPLAINING Well, actually…. Sweet aged patchouli interrupted by a cloud of cedar smoke. DRAGON BELCH A braaaaaap of oakmoss, labdanum, lightly-chewed villager, and smoke. DRAGON DOODLE A scribble of honey-drenched strawberry and white pear. DRAGON EATING BEES HAHA GET IT? Not bees, B’s. Might not be that funny to anyone else, but I haven’t had much sleep, so it’s hilarious to me. Dragon’s blood resin, wildflower honey, and beeswax. FAIR MAIDEN SIDE-EYE Crafted in response to Black Phoenix Trading Post’s Horking Dragon Hair Gloss: saucy gilded amber, ambergris accord, vanilla cream, and peach-tinted skin musk. LIFESTYLE BLOGGER DRAGON Positive vibes only: apricot-squeezed vanilla bean with a squirt of peach, coconut milk, and a floofing of marshmallow. SERF-EATING GRIN Supernaturally smug, draconically self-satisfied: red currant, persimmon, and oudh. STRAWBERRY DRAGON Candied strawberries and pink pepper. OBLIGATORY PEACH PERFUME OIL* Sheer peach musk with white peach pulp, tiare, white tea, and gossamer vanilla. *As required by the Georgia Board of Tourism ++ BPTP DRAGON CON HAIR GLOSS 2018 ($30) DELICATE DRAGON Gilded vanilla orchid, cherry blossom, crystalline pale petals, flecks gold leaf, and drops of daemonorops draco. DRAGON BOUFFANT Fiery cherry sugar whirled into guava cotton candy. HORKING DRAGON Crafted to be paired with Fair Maiden Side-Eye: a bushy plop of patchouli root, sticky molasses-clotted almond, tonka bean husk, tobacco absolute, and bourbon vanilla. KNOTTY DRAGON I had considered calling this “Naughty Dragon”, but y’all might be burnt out on my stupid jokes by now. Get yourself untangled with a soothing blend of lavender, hops flower, ambergris accord, white musk, black currant, and dried blueberry. STRAWBERRY DRAGON Candied strawberries and pink pepper. OBLIGATORY PEACH HAIR GLOSS* Peach marshmallows with a hint of pumpkin puree. *As required by the Georgia Board of Tourism Are you going to Atlanta's Dragon Con, or know someone who is? Here's a link to your BPAL event exclusive shopping list: 11 perfumes and 6 hair gloss blends inspired by silly dragons in Medieval art. Prepare yourself for the Dragonsplaining of a lifetime!

It must be Sunday, because here's this footage of two Lab rats sniffing themselves and talking about butterflies:

Our favorite horror shop (and Magnolia Park stalwart) Dark Delicacies is a constant source of inspiration, and we’re returning the favor by offering two new Lace variations exclusively via their store, for $26 apiece. Without further ado: AMBER & LACE The Golden Hour, casting a glorious light onto all it touches: sweet amber and golden oudh with vanilla cream, white cognac, saffron, and warm golden musk. SHADOW LACE Dusky plum oudh casts a pall over frayed strands of green cognac and tobacco leaf. This tangle of threads is stained with a smear of patchouli and opoponax and intertwined with vanilla cream lace. They’re available online now, and if you want to skin-test them in person, wander over to Dark Delicacies at 3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505.

Hello all -- the rumors are true, we're scrapping the event this Saturday because our air-conditioner repair crew aren't going to be able to make it before then. We promise to come back strong in September! In the meantime, if you’d like to help us defray the cost of this repair, consider a bottle of FUCK THIS HEAT: “Slivers of ice to cool things down, lavender and hops flower to soothe the nerves.” Vermont and Atlanta Lunacy events are GAME ON, so do venture forth and support our sister cities.

Galen and Tom (that's me!) from the Lab's media team have posted a video review of last weekend's Midsummer Scream exclusives. You can watch here: We're hoping to do Sunday Service as a weekly video talking about stuff the Lab has going on/coming up -- we'll see how that fits in with our upcoming convention travel schedule!

Hello all! We launched The Emperor with Genius Loci on Friday, but in keeping with tradition, it's gotta have a proper video launch in its own right. Here he is over on YouTube -- and while you're there, please go ahead and subscribe to the channel. We're going to be posting some scent reviews and occasional fun content there in the future, and you won't wanna miss out. Thanks very much!