Review of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Perfume Oils
If that appeals to you, you're certain to be enchanted by their site, which has detailed fragrance descriptions and appealing design. For instance, the line titled Mad Tea Party includes oils named after Alice and The Cheshire Cat. There is a great deal of care put into designing the fragrances and matching them to their name-sakes.
It is a good idea to find out which notes you like and look for fragrances that contain those notes. I am more inclined to select a name I like, such as Snake Oil, and then not like it as much as I thought I would. There are a lot of oils I wanted to like because of their names, but in practice they didn't do it for me. For instance, the (now discontinued) oil named after my horoscope sign wasn't a winner for me. Once I put some more thought into it, I discovered that I love amber, and was able to find a fragrance with that note and a fun title. Bastet is a lovely warm golden scent that is "me", and it refers to cats, which also makes it fit who I am.
You can order sample sizes - called "imps". There are also BPALforums where you can buy, sell, and trade your imps.
After trying about 20-30 different oils, I came away wishing I liked this product more. I did find another that I love, which, interestingly, was described in reviews as being similar to a department store perfume. I spent some time on the BPAL message boards and did a few swaps, and found everyone to be about the friendliest I've ever dealt with online. If only I liked the product! The wait time is a dealbreaker for me, but it's not like it came as a surprise. It is clearly stated on their site what the wait time is. Even though I only fell in love with one fragrance, it was just plain fun to read about the scents and try them out. It was fun to see what freebies I got and try them out. I tried really hard to like what I sampled from, but I admit I was underwhelmed.
If I had the opportunity to try everything, I'm sure I'd find a few favorites. But I just don't have the time or inclination to wade through scent descriptions and place an order, wait for it, not like it, place another order, and so on.
That being said, it is definitely worth checking out Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. Though I didn't find anything I fell madly in love with, their product is fun and the thought put into their product makes it like nothing else you'll ever find.
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4 Comments
Post a CommentAnyway, as I was saying, the best thing about BPAL is that if you end up with a scent you're not as fond of, you can trade it with someone who may love it on their forums, and possibly exchange it for one that you do truly want.
Escential is fairly ordinary, and I can get those scents anywhere, including my local metaphysical/occult shops and Whole Foods. It's where I've been buying stuff like that for 20 years, and I don't need to do it online.
If you are more advanced in your knowledge of aromatherapy, perfumes, and oils, I suggest reading the opening/top product descriptions at BPAL, which will often give you a clue as to whether or not you'll like the line. From there, you can read individual descriptions, and most people used to buying essential oils should be able to pick out blends that make sense for them. For instance, I've purchased close to 30 imps, and out of them, only 3 were of scents I didn't like as much, and one of those was a scent chosen for me -- for free -- by the person running the company.
From there, I purchased larger bottles of a number of the imps, and they're as lovely as ever.
The best thing about this company isn't even the different types of products, opportunities to choose m
disagree with www.escential.net being better quality. They may smell better to you, but are not better quality. Black Phoenix uses pure fragrance oils with NO filler oils, alcohol, preservatives or fixatives. You can't get higher quality than that!
While the www.escential.net website seems to offer a greater variety of *type* or products their scents seem very generic and largely uncreative and the actual number of scents offered is tiny in comparasion.
While www.escential.net may be a good place for a novice to start, they certainly aren't better quality, nor do they have "better blends".
I have to both agree. I too, was very enchanted with their fanciful descriptions, and was sometimes disappointed. However, I did find a few that I liked, but not enough to make any large purchases. The "Imps" are fun to collect and try out, but I also had trouble finding scents that really worked for me. Another good site (that did work for me), is www.escential.net. They're cheaper, better quality, and have better blends, too. Their scents are organized by type (woodsy, floral,etc) which makes it much better for the novice.