The Red Moon is rising over Black Phoenix!

RED MOON 2013
August is a month of reflection. It is the month of rest before the harvest, and it holds for us a time between toils, a brief period of relaxation before we take up the burden of our work again. It is the Time of the Phoenix, a season of celebrating health, vitality, warmth and joy, but it is also the time at which the Corn God dies for the sake of the land, his blood soaking the earth to ensure a bountiful harvest in the fall.

The Full Red Moon of August was named thus by some Native American tribes because as the moon rises, it dons a reddish veil, visible through the hot, sweltering summer evening haze. Our blend for this Moon mixes traditional lunar oils with the warmth of amber, tolu balsam, and heliotrope, the russet haze of dragon’s blood resin, bittersweet red currant, and crushed orange peel, and a swirl of summertime herbs: chamomile, cilantro, rue, elder flower, yellow yarrow, and marigold.

The Red Moon tee is available now at Black Phoenix Trading Post!
Artwork by our much-beloved friend, Tanya Bjork!

In the Single Note Garden, another crop of patchouli is being harvested –

EAST AFRICAN BLACK PATCHOULI
Smokier and woodier than her Red cousin, East African Black Patchouli is rich, passionate, and earthy, possessing a unique, distinctive elegance.

And the second set of scents inspired by Neil Gaiman’s Coraline are live! Thank you so much, Neil! We love you!

~and~

…are distorted versions of their “real” perfumes: sticky sweet, cobwebby, and grotesque.

And over at the Post…

++ THE SLIPPING INTO MADNESS CTHULHU PLAQUE
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu lw’nafh freff’gtdh ‘fhalma hupadgh N’ghft Osoph’guax Crax’axxaha Shag-Ron wgah’nagl fhtagn z’zxo.

Translation:
In his palace at R’lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits for the Mother Born of the Black Phoenix to finish the goddamn Carnaval Diabolique update.

This plaque, an homage to Great Cthulhu’s artisanal fragrance obsession, was sculpted by Jake Johnson-Alhazred, great-great-great-great-great grandson of Abdul Alhazred and Arkham High School’s favorite art teacher, and crafted by hand by blind, mute cultists in a subterranean workshop located miles beneath the frozen wastes of Nunavut.

The scent, Slipping Into Madness, was created by Elizabeth Barrial to be partnered with this plaque in an effort to placate the Sleeping God. His bottles of Madame Moriarty and Midnight on the Midway are empty, y’see.

SLIPPING INTO MADNESS
A slow, murky sojourn into bedlam: slick, black Arabian musk, aged red patchouli, tobacco absolute, wild salvia, and a sliver of screeching, high-pitched zdravetz.

(Ok, fine. Our Cthulhu plaque was /actually/ designed by Jake Johnson exclusively for Black Phoenix Trading Post, and manufactured – by hand in Canada! – by our friends at GreatBeard!)

Dread Cthulhu’s plaque has a spot that fits one BPAL bottle in his writhing tentacles.

(Please note: the plaque doesn’t really writhe. I don’t want anyone to be disappointed in the lack of actual, literal writhing. This plaque isn’t actually alive, and it isn’t the least bit animated. Unless you’re hallucinating, in which case all bets are off.)

The deets:
The plaques are 9 inches tall x 6 3/4″ wide, and weigh a solid 2lbs.

They are composed of cold cast bronze. This includes a finished cold cast bronze plaque, with an antique black patina, and 2 coats of crystal clear acrylic coat for protection. The entire plaque isn’t bronze: the exterior of it is real bronze powder and it is back filled with resin in an effort to lighten the piece.

Each plaque is slightly different, as each and every one was hand-crafted by real human beings! Conceived of, designed, sculpted, and produced in North America!

++ GOBLIN SACK STATUE
Oh, those hardworking Black Phoenix Trading Post goblins. Without them, the Post would be complete and absolute chaos. Thanks to their noble efforts, orders are packed efficiently, shelves are dusted, the dungeon is tidy, coffee is made, our goats are milked, the liquor cabinet is emptied, and incoming phone calls are ignored.

They’re kinda like the shoemaker’s elves, except not at all.

This statue was sculpted from polymer clay by Jake Johnson exclusively for Black Phoenix Trading Post, and is manufactured in Canada by our friends at GreatBeard!

Each goblin statue can fit one BPAL bottle under his arm and another in its wee lil’ sack for a total of two – count ‘em, TWO – bottles!

A bottle of Goblin Sack will be makin’ its way to you with each statue! –

GOBLIN SACK
Vanilla-laced leather with 3-year aged patchouli and a warm sack o’hazelnuts.

The Deets:
The goblin statues are 6 1/4″ tall x 4 inches wide, and weigh 5oz. They are composed of poured resin.

Each statue is slightly different, as each and every one was hand-crafted by real human beings! Conceived of, designed, sculpted, hand-painted, and produced in North America!

These little fellas come in three colors…
Burlap Sack Brown
Hella Dark Burgundy Wine
Arterial Spray Red

All are patina’d black.

Our friends at GreatBeard will be happy to customize your goblin in any color you desire for an additional fee. Please contact Teddy, Goblin Taskmaster, at [email protected] if this tickles your fancy.

The Goblin Statue and Goblin Sack come as a set and cannot be separated. You wouldn’t separate a goblin from his sack, wouldja?