How Far that Little Candle Throws His Beams! So Shines a Good Deed in a Weary World.
Today we celebrate the Bard and we donate and help him to thrive and be remembered (if you want that is). We also support small businesses around here which is why I’ll direct you to my favorite little place on the Interwebz. A place where fine potions are made to make you smell pretty. A place that cares about what is happening in our world. A place fondly known to me as the Lab. I am no affiliated with the Lab, I am just a fan of their fragrances, their art and I like to support their causes because they align with my own views. I realize my opinion of the organizations that Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs aren’t something everyone agrees with. A few years ago when I supported their fragrances for Transgender Rights in the Military I did lose a few readers because that view was not something that everyone agreed with but I happen to an an ally and I’m always fighting the good fight. As I said, my views do align with the ones of the lab. I’d recommend you past this post by if you aren’t a supporter of BPAL and the organizations they support because it’s not my intention to insult, hurt, or make anyone angry because I support a cause you might not. I hate having to disclose these things like this but I just though I’d add it in here!
“How Far that Little Candle Throws His Beams! So Shines a Good Deed in a Weary World”-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice.
Remember, the smallest good deed creates the biggest ripples in our world!
Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab has created two fragrances to support ISCLA�s interactive, online adaptation of Macbeth which will be an experiential event that invites you into a world where nothing is but what is not, in which five mysterious maps guide your journey through a theatrical landscape.
The Lab created two blends that will enhance the viewer�s experience and forging a connection between personal memory and the moments captured on-screen during the adaptation of Macbeth tha will debut for Fall 2021.. (and of course, be worn as personal fragrances!). The details on incorporating these scents into experience will be released soon but for now both are available on Black Alchemy Phoenix Lab’s website.
The most important part of the launch is that the proceeds from these scents benefits Independent Shakespeare Co. which is company responsible for the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival located in LA. My boyfriend and I have supported ISCLA for a long time and should you wish to support them you can do so on their website or you can purchase these scents. Or not at all! It’s entirely up to you 🙂 I’m not pushing anyone to donate anything! I just happen to be a very big fan of fragrance, Shakespeare, and obviously the Lab (as I know some of you are as well).
The two fragrances are:
Tis Strange Perfume Oil
�Macbeth ruled during a time when the old gods were not yet forgotten. Almost no one could read and their memories and stories reached back into the deepest shadows.
When the imagination stretches backwards as well as forwards it creates a sort of slide, or ladder. Like the children�s game! Time is much thicker. There is a substance about it that allows beings to gain purchase.�
Scent Notes: Both bog and castle, moor and battlefield, chivalry and nightmare: scarred leather armor, moss-covered stone, shadows upon shadows, and billows of black incense.
The Last Syllable Perfume Oil
INT.- THE STUDY � NIGHT.
The artist is at work at her desk. In front of her is a wall,
pinned with papers, photos, maps, lists. To her left is a
window. It is dark.
In front of her, her desk is piled high, with an assemblage
of papers, odd pieces of string, a mirror, a doll. A singed
straw figure. A 1970�s tape recorder. A destroyed cassette
tape. And more.
The artist picks up a magnifying glass from the pile. She
leans to examine the objects in detail.
We shift to a close up that moves through the objects, and
everything feels new under such examination. It is as though
we are in the landscape of her imagination.
Scent Notes: Photos pinned to cool plaster walls, discarded papers, a web of strings, a mirror, a doll, singed straw, scattered books, and unfurled magnetic tape.
Both fragrances are available now at Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab.