I was discussing bringing out some of my older Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Fragrances for Fall 2021 and I realized a bottle of Annabel Lee that I had stashed away is quite rare. Who knew" Annabel Lee was introduced with A Demon in my View Collection that ran for several months on the Lab’s website back in 2005. The collection was a tribute to the late, great Edgar Allan Poe and obviously, no collection would be complete without a fragrance called Annabel Lee right"
Someone is selling a bottle of Annabel Lee on eBay for $150. What"! My head about exploded when I saw this. I’d personally never sell my bottle as I do cherish it but wow, talk about greed.
Since the start of Spooky Season is upon us (FIGHT ME! It’s September 1st! Let the Halloween festivities begin!) my thoughts came to Annabel Lee and I scanned my laptop and brought up a picture of her bottle that I had stashed away. I closed my eyes and I thought of how she smelled and this article came to be at 4:50 AM as I listened to the gentle breathing of my boyfriend at rest, as a cloud engulfed our hotel room and surrounded us with an eerie fog so far above the city of Seattle, as images of spooky things entered my head….!
Annabel Lee does in fact hold a special place in my fragrance collection. Ah, Annabel Lee! We can spend many hours studying Poe’s fetish of death and beautiful women. The loss of his mother, adoptive mother, and wife are all tragic events that ma...