RARE OPPORTUNITY! HISTORIC ESTATE WITH ORIGINAL FEATURES AND LONG-TERM OCCUPANTS!

Magnificent ancestral residence of considerable antiquity, boasting twenty distinctive points of interest, extensive grounds, exquisite period detailing, and a fascinating history that the current owners are reluctant to discuss.

Interior appointments include a grand Imperial staircase, richly paneled library, formal parlour, nursery, wine cellar, spacious attic, and private observatory. Original mahogany woodwork throughout. Additional amenities include a self-playing piano, fully operational dumbwaiter, antique gramophone, and an extensive collection of family portraits that must remain with the property. Mature landscaping features an established hedge maze with several undocumented exits.

Some deferred maintenance. Occasional disturbances after dark. Prospective buyers should be aware that certain rooms may be occupied, the mirrors are unreliable, and the property has experienced an unusually high turnover of domestic staff. Previous owners retain certain rights of residence in perpetuity.

Property sold as-is, with all fixtures, hauntings, and outstanding curses conveyed at closing. 

Motivated seller. Priced well below market value for reasons the seller is not legally obligated to disclose. Serious inquiries only. 

It's that time of year again, when otherwise sensible people spend their weekends trespassing in cornfields, decorating their homes with representations of human remains, and willingly paying strangers to frighten them. Naturally, we've been looking forward to it all year.

This Halloween, we're throwing open the doors of a particularly ill-tempered haunted house, where the gramophone plays to an empty room, the wallpaper conceals something best left undisturbed, and the family portraits have developed some deeply objectionable habits. Elsewhere, Prince Prospero is hosting a lavish masquerade with a rather unfortunate guest list, the cathedrals are filling with strange sacraments, and the local werewolves have once again failed to budget for replacement clothing.

We've also been indulging in the usual seasonal excesses: graveyard dirt, autumn bonfires, sinister confections, questionable pumpkin experiments, and enough Halloween candy to alarm your dentist. Our new hometown of Philadelphia has inspired an especially regrettable act of culinary perfumery involving pumpkin spice and cheesesteaks. We offer no apologies.

There are old favorites returning from the grave, new perfumes of dubious provenance, and a whole assortment of grooming products and claw polishes for making yourself presentable to the living, the dead, and anyone whose status remains uncertain.

Come in, come in. Mind the staircase, don't look too closely at the wedding portrait, and whatever you do, don't accept anything the dumbwaiter brings up.

Happy Halloween, you beautiful creeps.

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is an independent gothic perfumery founded in Los Angeles in 2002 and now handcrafting artisanal fragrances from our home in Philadelphia, where we blend every indie perfume oil by hand in small batches, drawing on literature, mythology, folklore, horror, the occult, and the dark romance of vampires and Victorian mourning to create scents for goths, dreamers, and anyone who wants their perfume to tell a story. 

Alongside our alcohol-free perfume oils, which are made to be worn close to the skin and unfold slowly over hours, we make scented lotions, hair glosses, beard oils, room sprays, and atmosphere sprays, along with ritual and condition oils, “Claw” Nail Polish, limited-edition seasonal releases for Halloween, Yule, and Lupercalia, and licensed collections inspired by film, television, and literature. Gamers will find a whole world of fantasy perfume and RPG-inspired scents designed to enhance tabletop and TTRPG sessions, from the tavern and the dungeon to the wizard’s tower, and our sister brand, Twilight Alchemy Lab, carries the same handmade niche spirit into its own corner of the dark. 

Discovery sets are available to sample our atmospheric and nostalgic perfume oils so that you can find your signature scent. All of our products are cruelty-free and never tested on animals.