Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Holiday Update, Part 1
2003 November 17
The site update is finished, and has been finished for about 48 hours now. However, we are having difficulty uploading the update to the server. Such a surprise, considering how reliable our web host has been lately.
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In the meantime, here is all the information from our Shiny & New department, LJ cut out of courtesy, cross-posted like mad. Somehow the trouble with the upload is dampening my excitement over the update. Grr.
We will post as soon as the update is properly incepted.
Yule is fast approaching, and even your ghoulish hosts at the Lab are infected with holiday cheer. With every purchase that exceeds $100, we will include a 1/8oz cork-topped bottle of Spooky: a maddeningly festive blend of warm, buttery rum, cocoa, coconut, vanilla and a jolt of peppermint. It’s a sweet, decadent, slightly silly scent, reminicent of rum-laced holiday cookies.
Hey, we don’t have to be spooky all the time, do we?
We went a little overboard with the Limited Edition holiday scents this month — yet another symptom of holiday madness. Three were inspired by traditional scents, and two were inspired both by the scents of the season and one of Grimm’s fairy tales. We have created one hundred 5ml bottles and seventy-five 10ml bottles of the following Yule perfumes:
- Gingerbread Poppet — Warm, cozy gingerbread spiced with nutmeg, clove and cinnamon.
- Midwinter’s Eve — A melancholy, deep scent, poignant and brimming with nostalgia. The perfume of sugared plums over a breeze of winter flowers.
- Rose Red — The perfected winter rose, dew covered and freshly cut.
- Snow White — A chilly, bright perfume: flurries of virgin snow, crisp winter wind and the faintest breath of night-blooming flowers.
- Yuletide — The juice of ripe, bursting, blood red holly berries.
More changes, alterations, and whatnot:
The perfume categories Limited Edition, Illyria, and Venerable Cities have been added, and our sample section, Imp’s Ears, has been added to the menu bar.
The following scents have been added to the Lab’s repertoire as of November 16th, 2003:
- Blood Rose — Sensual, robust, and silken: voluptuous red rose bursting with lascivious red wine and sultry dragon’s blood resin.
- Carnivále — Bright, intoxicating, hectic notes masking a twisted, corrupted core: sweet wild berry, spicy carnation and heliotrope layered over deep amber and musk
- Hecate — Magnificent three-faced Goddess of Magic, the Dark Moon and the Crossroads. She is the Mother of Witches, and the midnight baying of hounds is her paean. Her compassion is evidenced in her role as Psychopomp for Persephone, and her wrath manifests as Medea’s revenge. Bitter almond, myrrh and dark musk.
- Queen Mab — Warrior, Trickster and Goddess of Magic and Poets, she is one of the Tuatha De Danaan and the Queen of the Faeries. A very complex scent, both shadowy and fierce: black orchid, sandalwood, night-blooming jasmine, osmanthus, Somalian rose, and Chinese musk.
- Séance — Dry, mellow rosewood, crushed rose leaf and the slightest touch of warm hazel.
- Tempest — A crisp ozone-tinged breeze. The scent of the first gentle rain before the storm.
- Velvet — Envelop yourself in the soft, sensual embrace of gentle sandalwood warmed by cocoa vanilla and a veil of deep myrrh.
- Voodoo — A midnight scent, evoking images of flickering golden firelight reflecting off the sheen of glistening skin and the jerking shadows of bodies suffused with spiritual ecstasy. A deep, powerful, resonant blend of myrrh, patchouli, vetiver, lime, vanilla, pine, almond and clove.
- Zombi — Dried roses, rose leaf, Spanish moss, oakmoss and deep brown earth.
- Ingénue — A tawdry Hollywood tragedy, the essence of innocence lost amongst casting couch cushions. Wild clover and gentle melon interlaced with violet leaf, water lilies, smooth wooden notes, and blushing rose.
- Spellbound — Perfectly enchanting! An irresistibly sexual, utterly rapturous blend of three roses, radiant amber, and sensual red musk.
- Vicomte de Valmont — I promised her my eternal love, and I actually thought that for a couple of hours. Rake, scoundrel, demon in a frock coat. Devilishly seductive, ultimately tragic; a villain undone and redeemed by love. Based on an 18th century gentlemen’s cologne: ambergris, white musk, white sandalwood, Spanish Moss, orange blossom, three mints, jasmine, rose geranium and a spike of rosemary.
- Catherine — Named for the ambitious, vengeful poisoner Catherine deMedici, who used perfumes to perform her dark deeds. Orange blossom, rosemary and rose.
- Hellcat — A soft, sensual, luxuriant blend with a wicked bite: hazelnut, buttercream, honey mead, rum and sweet almond.
- Imp — Devilishly playful: white peach, amber, golden musk and patchouli.
- Kumiho — Nine-tailed fox demon of Korean lore who transforms into the visage of an irresistible beauty in order to seduce men and lead them to their doom. A sharp, biting blend of crisp white tea and ginger.
- Loviatar — The Finnish Goddess of Agony, Torment and the joy found in inflicting pain on others. The Mistress of Torture, she has transformed in the modern era into the patron Goddess of Dominatrixes. Slick, hot leather, black amber, red musk and myrrh.
- Phantom Queen — An epithet of the Morrigan, crow-winged Celtic goddess of war, strife and fertility. Adoration of this Goddess is expressed both through the ecstasy of battle lust and the ecstasy of sexual regeneration. Black orchid, apple blossom, meadowsweet, and rue over Irish moss, hawthorn and red clover.
- Unseelie — The wicked, malicious dark side of the Court of Faerie, ruled by Titania’s corrupted twin sister, the Queen of Air and Darkness. The Court rides the nighttime winds, and woe to any mortal that crosses its path. A misty, otherworldly scent laced with ethereal florals, crushed herbs and soft, dew-covered grasses.
- Cordelia — The essence of faith, love and devotion: lilac, lemon, green tea, wisteria, osmanthus, white cedar, and Chinese musk.
- Desdemona — Innocent, soft and pure: sweet pea, carnation and water lily.
- Goneril — White geranium, calla lily, cedarwood and black orchid. A gentle floral bouquet masks a sinister and black-hearted core.
- Jester — Huckleberry and red currant with the incisive bite of neroli.
- Katharina — A strong, willful blend with a soft, utterly lovely soul: white musk with a trickle of bright, sharp apricot and orange blossom.
- Oberon — Orchid, white musk, and bergamot wafting over juniper berries, with a gentle touch of soft, earthy patchouli.
- Ophelia — Wistful and vulnerable: lotus, water blossom ivy, stargazer lily and white rose.
- Puck — Oakmoss, sweet sage, juniper berry, civet and a drop of grape.
- Tamora — Amber, heliotrope, golden sandalwood, peach blossom and vanilla bean.
- Three Witches — Warm cinnamon, husky clove and white pepper.
- Viola — Gentle tea rose, lilac, Calla Lily, and Somalian Rose layered over golden Peruvian amber, Spanish moss, red sandalwood, rosewood, and myrrh, with the lightest touch of Mandarin.
- Old Athens — A reformulation and modernization of a true Classical Greek perfume, myrrhine: voluptuous myrrh, golden honey, red wine, and sweet flowers.
- Old Glasgow — The rich scent of wild blackberry breezing over gentle rosy heather.
- Haitian Lover — A highly sexual, passionately primal love oil for men.
- Lobban — A potent purification blend.
- Love Me — A commanding, dominant oil that increases sexual magnetism, creates an intense and irresistible air of attraction, and amplifies potency.
- Swallow’s Blood — This formula is used to attract good fortune, peace of mind, safety and speed to travelers.
- Three Jacks — A slick gambling perfume. Brings good fortune when playing any card game.
- Water of Notre Dame — Brings peace to the spirit, a sense of calm and fulfillment, and attracts the aid of beneficial spirits.
- Wolf’s Heart — Grants courage under extreme conditions, helps overcome fear of death, and strengthens the fortitude of artists and businessmen, enabling them to further their goals.
The following oils are still in their developmental stage, and will be available in 2004:
- Envy — Green herbs, mint, lime and lavender.
- Greed — Patchouli, heliotrope, copal and oakmoss.
- Gluttony — Dark chocolate, vanilla, buttercream, hops with praline nut and caramel.
- Lust — Red musk, patchouli, ylang ylang and myrrh.
- Pride — Moroccan rose and narcissus.
- Sloth — Vetiver slithering through black myrrh.
- Wrath — Dragon’s blood spiced with black pepper, clove, and cinnamon.
- Azazel — One of the Chiefs of the 200 Fallen Angels of Enoch and Satan’s Standard Bearer. Azazel was cast out of Heaven when he refused to kowtow to Man: “Why should a Son of Fire fall down before a son of clay?” Why, indeed. Black Mountain sage, bay, lemongrass and citron with a spike of lavender.
- Carnal — Bold, bright mandarin paired with the sweet, sensual earthiness of fig.
- Desire — The overwhelming agony of passion crystallized into a singularly dark and magnetic blend: bittersweet neroli, black patchouli and black musk, gilded by apple, bergamot, blood red rose, teak, and vanilla.
- Eternal —
- Fascination — A captivating, sensual blend — irresistible glamour meets snarling sexuality: hedonic red musk charged with hibiscus, blood orange, Indonesian red patchouli and a slap of hot ginger.
- Formula 54 — Visions of smeared candy red lipstick, torn fishnet and searching, sunken eyes. The scent of an all-nighter: cognac, tobacco flower, dark musk, black rose and clove.
- Gaslight — White musk, lime, lilac and citron.
- Harlot — Somalian rose and cinnamon.
- High Noon — Vanilla, balsam and sassafras layered over American cedar.
- Lightning — The electric tang of ozone, marine notes, and a drop of sharp rain.
- Old Morocco — The intoxicating perfume of exotic incenses wafting on warm desert breezes. Arabian spices wind through a blend of warm musk, carnation, red sandalwood and cassia.
- Scherezade — Saffron and Middle Eastern spices swirled through sensual red musk.
- Titiana — Tulip, peony, Bois du Rose and crushed rose leaves.
- Xiuhtecuhtli — Created to honor the venerated Aztec God of light within darkness, warmth in coldness, and life in death. Red patchouli, plumeria, and sweet orange.
In addition…
Deimos
Depraved
Dragon’s Eye
Dragon’s Heart
Empyreal Mist
Enyo
Gossamer
Heat
Lear
Lucentio
Nephilim
O
Penthus
Perversion
Phobos
Queen Gertrude
Regan
Saser-Masoch
Skin
Titus
Whip
Those perfumes will be available in the Imbolc and Vernal Equinox updates.
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