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New Scent Locket Pre-Order ☠️

We are thrilled to inform you that once again, our MORIUNTUR and BOOK OF THE DEAD scent locket designs will be available for pre-order on Thursday, September 24th. 

 There isn't an exact time scheduled for this new round of pre-orders, but if you follow us on Twitter or Instagram, we promise to post again tomorrow before the products are set to go live. (Or is it "undead"?) First come, first served! ☠️☠️☠️ 

 The lockets: 

 ☠️ MORIUNTUR https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/shop/jewelry/lockets/moriuntur-locket/ 

 ☠️ BOOK OF THE DEAD https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/shop/jewelry/lockets/book-of-the-dead-locket/ 

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Hello, in case you’ve been hovering over the silver Tetractys necklace, I am bound by duty to inform you that Azamel will be raising the price in a week or so, due to recent jumps in the cost of silver. So, last call at this price! Here’s the link.

It’s a nice, weighty chunk of silver, and thanks to the inverted triangle design it lays down cleverly just so, without flipping or moving around. Please reach out to Azamel if you require a longer chain.

Thus concludes my sales pitch! I’ll be laboring over all of the monthly Patreon readings during the long weekend. Stay cool, frenz. ✨🔻✨

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Don’t forget to take off your phone-shaped blindfold at some point today! 

Posting from within a golden cloud of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab + Twilight Alchemy Lab’s DOOMSCROLL BLOCKER oil — which is part of how I’ve gotten anything done today at all.

“A soothing, uplifting oil constructed under the auspices of Helios in order to help counteract the toxic affects of nonstop doomscrolling.

This oil contains sweet orange, French lavender, bergamot, lemon, neroli, and holy basil.”

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Last Call for FRUIT MOON Tees!

Just a warning from the chiefs, those badass FRUIT MOON tees will be coming down in the next couple of days.

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Just one of SIX new Ménage À Trois perfume blends — simple, three-note scents — that rolled out with last week’s Lunacy products. 

🍋🤍🍊 🥉 LAVENDER, WHITE CLOVE, AND AMBRETTE SEED

🥉 TOMATO LEAF, BLACK PEPPER, AND HAY ABSOLUTE

🥉 BLACK FIG, OAK BARK, AND BROWN SUGAR

🥉 LEMON PEEL, MARSHMALLOW, AND ORANGE BLOSSOM

🥉 SKIN MUSK, CREAM, AND HONEY DUST

🥉 TAHITIAN VANILLA, MYSORE SANDALWOOD, AND BERGAMOT

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BPAL’s August Mini-Update: Lunacy and LOTS MOAR

We did not intend to release a bonkers August mini-release, but... look what happened anyway! Recapping below:

🎢 The PLEASE SCREAM INSIDE YOUR SNAKE OIL perfume blend is our new happy place, by way of our old happy place.

✨ From Twilight Alchemy Lab, an oil crafted to help ease that darkest of impulses: DOOMSCROLL BLOCKER.

👁  Two new perfumes  inspired by Neil Gaiman quotes, featuring David Mack's SANDMAN art: THE THINGS WE DO MAKE ECHOES, and WHAT YOU WANT AND BEING HAPPY ARE TWO QUITE DIFFERENT THINGS.

🌄 A new collection of scents entitled WHO CAN FIGHT AGAINST DESPAIR, inspired by the  haunting times between night and day.

🍌 FRUIT MOON is this month’s Lunacy, featuring a bananalicious label design by Dan Santat that’s also available as a tee.

👚 Speaking of tees! We’ve also got a new PLAGUE DOCTOR design, a BPAL logo tee, and a version of the PLEASE SCREAM design by Drew Rausch. You can now also buy stickers of the same design! 🥉 SIX new Ménage à Trois perfume blends to pick through.

LAVENDER, WHITE CLOVE, AND AMBRETTE SEED

TOMATO LEAF, BLACK PEPPER, AND HAY ABSOLUTE

BLACK FIG, OAK BARK, AND BROWN SUGAR

LEMON PEEL, MARSHMALLOW, AND ORANGE BLOSSOM

SKIN MUSK, CREAM, AND HONEY DUST

TAHITIAN VANILLA, MYSORE SANDALWOOD, AND BERGAMOT

♒️ PISCES socks! AQUARIUS socks! Socks on socks on socks.

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No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thy friend’s Or of thine own were: Any man’s death diminishes me, Because I am involved in mankind, And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.

– John Donne

We at BPAL are enormously concerned about the oncoming wave of pandemic-induced evictions as countless Americans grapple with diminishing prospects and no meaningful economic relief in sight.

Among the resources that will be hardest hit are your local food banks. This is a great time to find out what donations they’re accepting and begin bolstering their supplies! In many instances, cash donations make the greatest impact. Or you can just help spread the word about their needs — sometimes that’s all the help we can muster.

We created this NO MAN IS AN ISLAND perfume blend this spring as a fundraiser for our Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, but you can also donate directly via their website: https://www.lafoodbank.org/

“Warm, dark patchouli, hazelnut cream, coffee bean, cassis, tonka bean, purple sage, and bourbon vanilla.”

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TETRACTYS Jewelry by Azamel + Arcanalogue

If you’ve been following, you know how excited I am to release this jewelry collaboration with Azamel. The prototypes have stayed close to my heart and cards throughout the pandemic, and now anyone can feel that. Here, have a TETRACTYS🔻

My tarot practice changed dramatically when I began leaning into the various forms of numerology that gave the minor arcana cards their meanings. I’m a pictures and stories person! But the numbers also tell a story, and that story is embedded in our bodies, in our reality, and thus in our search for meaning in the cards.

I’ll be writing a LOT about this in coming weeks! For now I am just thrilled to share these beautiful pieces made to my exact specifications in sterling silver and Urizenic brass (the latter comes on an oxidized black silver chain). With each purchase we’ll be sending along some materials and suggestions for ritual use.

Here’s the store link again. The journey has been so long! And if these are not to your taste, please explore Azamel’s other fine creations, it feels incredible knowing that one’s tools of devotion were crafted by faithful, knowledgeable hands.

http://azamel.com

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Dab a bit of our GOBLIN perfume blend behind each ear, and you’ll be instantly inspired to alter street signs, shake fruit from your neighbor’s trees, and hide your roommate’s car keys. 

Black coconut, gnarly patchouli, and sweet benzoin.

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‘First Pride’ Sticker Fundraiser

Heads up, everyone! I helped with the design this rad LGBTQ Pride sticker, which has been released in limited quantity as a fundraiser for the following organizations:

https://snap4freedom.org

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

We’re down to the last few dozen, so consider this your last call! 

Many thanks for helping out. xoxoxo

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Anubis- [Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab] - A General Catalogue scent found in the category: Excolo. 

Notes: His scent is a blend of holy myrrh, storax, balsam, and embalming herbs. This bottle was purchased by myself in February of 2019. 

I wasn’t sure why I decided to review this particular blend, as all I did was open up the first container of BPAL bottles I grabbed and this one just became “the one.” But then I went back and read the blurb that is posted with its notes and realised it might be my subconscious reacting to the passed few months here on Earth. If somehow this blog post has survived into a future where you, dear reader, are not aware of what is happening in 2020, lucky you. But as it is still the mind numbing present for me I’ll fill you in: Its headline being the Covid-19 Pandemic. This year, so far, seems to be churning out one bad joke after the next. What with, Australia having been on fire, World War 3 nearly being a thing, Covid-19, Murder Hornets invading western North America, Meth Gators, and the recent emergence of large cannibalistic rats that are very angry humans aren’t eating at restaurants. Oh, and this is all before June {and to be fair, that’s not even all of it}. But, I digress, this is not why you are here. How does this all fit in to my perfume review? Well, here is the blurb:

“He Who Counts the Hearts, Jackal Ruler of the Bows, He Who Is In the Place of Embalming. Jackal-headed guardian, protector and psychopomp of Egypt’s dead, he guides souls to the underworld and holds steady the scales upon which the deceased’s heart is weighed against Ma’at’s Feather of Truth. He is the creator and master of funereal rites, He Who Opens the Mouth of the Dead, and is the sentinel that watches over the sanctity of tombs and the virtue and privacy of his charges.“

So…Death. And the one charged with caring for the Dead.

It also just so happens that this blend was one of the very first in BPAL’s vast range that I ever tried back in 2005 or so. I still have the imp’s ear 1ml vial that was gifted to me by a dear friend. The label is yellow an the name is well faded. but the essence is still apparent and oh-so-beautiful after all these years. I can’t wait for this bottle to be 15 years old.

In the bottle: A creamy scent heavy-laden with incense. When I say “creamy” I don’t mean gourmand, but more like when book pages are ancient and begin to break down and resemble vanilla’s scent. Or a caramelised resin which has gone ooey-gooey and is dripping down the walls in a temple which is only lit by a few torches. The fire flickers and shadows dance on the walls.

On my skin: Old wet scrolls and herbs, the drippy incense has lit and is burning bright. Its smoke fills the stone corridors and I can smell it envelop me. Maybe it’s not scrolls, but muslin or old dry linen that has long enshrouded the form of an ancient pharaoh perhaps. This might not be a temple….

As it dries: It’s like the herbs are encrusted in the incense. Perhaps adorning a wooden vessel left in the catacomb for its owner’s journey and safe passage. The herbs are not calling out from a modern kitchen, but from baskets in a hot market. The sweet incense smoke drapes around me like billowing silk leading me up and out of the dark tomb into the light of a setting sun sinking down into the sand….Now, where did I park my camel?

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For those living EVERY DAY like it's Gemini season! 👯

The face of our sterling silver GEMINI scent locket is vented so that tendrils of your favorite fragrance will uncoil around you, wherever you go. Ideal for perfume lovers with skin sensitivities or body chemistry woes! 

Our lockets are thick with silver, and hand cast exclusively for BPAL. View the entire collection here.

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JUDGEMENT Newsletter: Please Subscribe!

I know a lot of you are already giving me your five dollarses (and I needs them, precious) but hear me out! 

I’ve teamed up with a friend on a newsletter project called JUDGEMENT, for which we’ll be creating primo original content in exchange for a small monthly subscription fee. And some occasional freebies, but the basic idea is to make sure we can still afford to create the stuff we love to make, regardless of who’s accepting pitches at the moment.

This announcement is accompanied by a couple of stylish tee shirt designs, so you can support the project without reading ANYTHING. That’s mine up above!

Please feel welcome to sign up for the free option if you’d like to bookmark this for further consideration. The content of the newsletter will not be tarot-themed per se, although it’s sure to wind up in there sometimes. 

Thanks, as ever, for your kind support. 📯

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New HEXENNACHT & WALPURGISNACHT Perfumes 🧹

It's time to ride! 🧹 The infamous HEXENNACHT (Witches' Night) of antiquity summons kindred spirits out of the shadows to take the biggest, juiciest bite out of springtime every year on April 30th. We've marked the occasion with a recurrence of our limited edition perfume blend.

"German fir and forest herbs, incense and bonfire smoke, broom straw, and the wet, glimmering scent of skin warmed by dance."

But she didn't come alone! Accompanying this year's HEXENNACHT release is a small collection of nine brand new perfumes drawing from the same traditions, honoring the power of the oppressed to overthrow their oppressors through wit and guile: DIE ERSTE WALPURGISNACHT

Remember, high-fliers: keep those broomsticks at least 6 feet apart!

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What does SADO PSYCHIATRIST Smell Like?

Our friends Disasterina and Ave Rose are ruling over a midnight movie underworld in their new Amazon Prime series SADO PSYCHIATRIST, and we’re always so excited to see what happens next! 

The show is exactly what it sounds like! The evil genius of Dr. Sado (played by Disasterina) cannot be constrained to morality or professional protocols, and anyone who crosses her path risks becoming part of her experimentation in the fields of pain, fear, and humiliation!

While we’ve already created a signature scent for Disasterina, the sensory overload of the show has got us wondering what other scents Dr. Sado might keep in her boudoir... and having looked back through these various perfumes and sprays, can we just say WOW, we must be real sickos ourselves. Can anyone recommend a doctor? 🧐 🧐 🧐

💥 PERVERSION Perfume Oil

It’s not just the diagnosis, it’s also the cure!

“Smoky rum and black tobacco with a whisper of steamy leather with a splash of crystalline chardonnay, layered over a sensual, sweet, and deceptively magnetic base of tonka.“

💥 WANDA Perfume Oil

Know your history! We stand on the shoulders of giantesses.

“A Patron Goddess of all Dominatrixes, Wanda is the breathtakingly beautiful sable-wrapped marble queen of Sacher-Masoch’s fantasies. Her scent is a deep red merlot with a faint hint of leather, sexual musk and body heat over crushed roses, violets and myrtle.”

💥 BRIGHT RED DILDO Perfume & Hair Gloss

This one’s for external use only.

“Red leather and honey.“

💥 THE TORTURE QUEEN

She knows what she wants, and she gets it!

“White amber, vanilla musk, white tea, ambergris, gardenia, and chrome.“

💥 IMPLACABLE BEAUTIFUL TYRANT Hair Gloss

Is it possible to say more with just two adjectives and a noun? 

“Golden amber, frankincense, white ginger, and oudh.“

💥 AMBER AND STEEL HOOKS Hair Gloss

Perfect for the mistress who likes to keep ‘em in suspense. (Get it??)

“With a touch of oak bark and bourbon vanilla.“

💥 LICH’S LABORATORY Home & Linen Spray

Those of us who live the Lab life know the impossibility of keeping work and pleasure completely separate. This spray sets the stage for experimentation of all kinds, no matter where you are!

“Hissing vials of acid, swirls of thick incense, creeping mosses, flecks of grave loam, and noxious potions clutter the blackened stone biers of an abandoned burial vault.“

💥 SWAMP SKANK Perfume Oil

Naturally, we had to include the brackish blend we created in collaboration with Disasterina — Dr. Sado herself! Apply strategically to the areas near your tidepools, and enjoy the view as your subjects go literally mad with desire.    

“Slithering tentacles of kelp and seaweed absolute, draped over a shard of salt-crusted driftwood.“

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“When man feels himself helplessly in chaos, in a void, he must seek to control it. It is precisely this insecurity which creates man’s alienation from eternity and provokes the loss of meaningful connection with the divine." 

— Roger Easson, notes on William Blake’s The Book of Urizen

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Thank You From LA Food Bank

Tough as things may be, we were still able to make a donation to the Los Angeles Food Bank THIS WEEK thanks to your purchases of this emergency fundraiser perfume blend:

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND "Warm, dark patchouli, hazelnut cream, coffee bean, cassis, tonka bean, purple sage, and bourbon vanilla."

Part of our Spring 2020 collection!

"No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thy friend’s Or of thine own were: Any man’s death diminishes me, Because I am involved in mankind, And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee."

– John Donne