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 Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab’s Uncommon Scents Author: Linda Immediato Source: LA Weekly Title: DARK SHADOWS What does a lothario or a femme fatale smell like? Would you say gluttony smells thick, sugared and bloated with sweetness — maybe a blend of dark chocolate, vanilla, butter cream and hops with pralines, hazelnut, toffee and caramel? What about places? Do you imagine that Dublin smells of misty forests, damp alder leaves and the gentlest touch of white rose? Beth Moriarty does. At the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab that she runs with her partner, Brian Constantine, Moriarty sets out to solve scent puzzles triggered by memories of emotions, desires, the mood of a specific place or even literary characters. Moriarty’s curiosity and insatiable need to find answers to her many scent riddles have led to more than 300 Black Phoenix perfume-oil blends, inspired, she says, by magickal (more mystical than magic), pagan, mythological, Renaissance, medieval and Victorian formulas. When Moriarty was 12, she met the master perfumer and master Freemason Hiram Derby, who had learned his trade in the 1940s, in part from New Orleans’ Madame Marie Guischard, a perfumer and voodooienne. Moriarty completed a six-year apprenticeship with Derby and a year with Madame Guischard. She studied Afro-Caribbean root work, perfumery, natural magick, homeopathy, aromatherapy and conceptual theories of hermetic alchemy, all of which she uses to create her historic, artistic and possibly magical fragrances. Perfumery was maligned during the early days of Christianity because it was associated with pagan cultures that used it for homeopathic remedies and spells, but by the 16th century, perfumery had reached art-form status in Italy. | |
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| BPAL Trunk Show | Feb 16th. at 8:45:43 pm EST |
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Wendy (Simi Valley, California) - Email Me - Web I attended a recent 'Trunk Show" at Dark Delicasies in Burbank, California with my Coven sisters. It was a great opportunity to check out the scents before buying. The names of the scents practically sell them, but since the appeal of a scent is in the nose of the beholder, its best to smell first. Between us, We bought such gems as 'CottonMouth', 'Wicked', 'Ouija', 'Mouses Long Sad Tale', and 'I Died for Beauty'. These scents are unique and special. Forest House Coven LOVES Black Phoenix!!! |
| Great Perfume | Feb 15th. at 6:36:00 am EST |
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Harmony (Saint Petersburg, Florida) - Email Me I adore BPAL (Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab) . They produce unusual scents, are quite inexpensive, perfume-wise, and the names are almost the best part. My personal favorites are Miskatonic University (Irish coffee, dusty tomes and polished oakwood halls) , Pumpkin Queen (Regal Egyptian Amber, red ginger, orange peel, mandarin, cardamom, fig leaf and warm pumpkin) , White Rabbit (Strong black tea and milk with white pepper, ginger, honey and vanilla, spilled over the crisp scent of clean linen) , and Skadi (Frost-rimed winter berries, crisp pine needle, and a slush of bright snowy notes) . Their Twilight Alchemy Lab (associated business) produces consecrated oils for magical workings, and I can attest to their efficacy. |
| Hail BPAL. | Feb 14th. at 7:01:00 pm EST |
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Rev. Amy Blackthorn, HPs (Newark, Delaware) - Email Me Many people smoke, drink alcohol, or are addicted to starbucks..... I'm addicted to Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab's Perfumes. Their scent search engine is great. Just put in your favorite scent, (mine is ANYTHING Dragon's Blood) and presto, it brings up all the perfumes with Dragon's blood in them. ( all18 of the Dragon's Blood scents are to die for. ) |
| Faboo Scents | Feb 14th. at 5:40:28 pm EST |
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Shade (San Jose, California) - Email Me Several women in my coven purchased Black Phoenix's scents and they really are delicious. Snake Oil and Gluttony were especially loved by everyone who tried them on. |
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