Carnaval Diabolique

Summer is such a sensual time, the senses alive to the luxurious tastes and scents and feelings of the ripening season. One of my favorite sensual delights, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab perfume oils, is wrapping up their long-running Carnaval Diabolique collection next month. Yes, the Carnaval is leaving town, alas! But you still have time to explore its dark mysteries (and there are one or two more Acts that haven't been revealed yet, too). I warn you, when I say "dark" I mean it -- this is a diabolical carnival indeed, so if you are disturbed by the goth and the creepy, you may not want to click on the thumbnails of the art! Personally, I like a bit of creepy now and then, in small doses, but what I mostly love are the perfumes themselves. Some of my favorites in this collection include Madame Moriarty: Misfortune Teller (red musk, vanilla bean, pomegranate, patchouli leaf and wild plum); King Cobra (the Lab's own signature Snake Oil perfume with added orris, frankincense and copal); Priala, the Human Phoenix (three deep, dark myrrhs, smoke, and cinnamon); L'Heure Verte (spilled absinthe, scorched sugar cubes, opium smoke, lilac blossoms, and rose water); and Eisheth Zenunim (honey, ambergris, neroli, white peach, patchouli, and cocoa absolute). Just reading the descriptions of the hundreds of BPAL perfumes is a sensual feast, but trust me, smelling and wearing them is even better. Treat yourself to a little something that feeds your senses!