This year will feature 2025 Arcanum Experiments (in 5 ml and a limited number of 1 oz bottles), a limited selection of past monthly alchemies and Experiments remaining from past years, a selection of archival vintage discontinued and rare scents, and a few micro batch re-blends.
In celebration of our 16th Birthday (coming up in September!), for 72 hours we will be offering a 16% discount on ALL Arcanum Experiments (including the new 2025 Experiments!), Discontinued and Vintage perfumes, Past Alchemies, and a number of individual re-releases such as Black Iris, Elegant Coquette, La Belle Epoque, Madam Pearl, Miel de Sauvage et Tabac, Stag Moon and others!.
Most of our sale is happening at alkemiaperfumes.com however a limited selection will be on our Etsy site including: 2025 Arcanum Experiments, some past monthly alchemies, re-release microbatches, mystery bottles, and a smaller assortment of discounted sale items.
Many of our sale perfumes have ingredients that are no longer available. We want to share the olfactory joy and keep things fair, so we reserve the right to limit quantities sold.
Pre-planning Tips for Shopping Alkemia's July Sale
This is a once-a-year event, and things move fast (like really fast) so here are some tips to help you plan and prioritize your choices:
Tips For Alkemia Perfume Collectors
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- Limited quantity vintage perfumes and older monthly alchemies move quickly and some are extremely limited in quantity. If you are a collector of vintage and rare items, the Past Alchemies and Vintage Gems listings should be your first stops.
- Every year we do a few re-releases from our perfume archives. These will be found in the Discontinued and Vintage Perfumes Listing, Special Gems, and Sale/Last Chance Perfume Section. New this year, a select few of our most requested re-releases will be available in larger 1oz bottles. Because we prebottle our re-releases, samples are not available. Re-release archive blends are not available in build-your-own or customizable sample sets. If you are seeking to restock an old favorite or are interested in trying something from our archives, consider perusing our re-blends.
Tips For Perfume Bargain Hunters
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- Consider shopping during the first 72 hours of our sale when we will be offering some special additional discounts.
- Consider combining a group order with friends to get higher tiers of gifts with purchase.
- Overstock and discontinued perfumes are catalog perfumes that we are clearing out to make extra room on our shelves. This is a rare opportunity to get a great deal on some favorite perfumes or to try something new. Inventory is limited so if you're budget-minded the Discontinued and Discontinued/Overstock Sprays listings should be your first stops followed by a visit to the Sale/Last Chance Section of our catalog. Quantities vary for our discontinued/last chance perfumes, but most are available on both our regular and Etsy sites.
Tips for For Perfume Newbies, Collectors, and Connoisseurs of Curious Things
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- Arcanum Experiments are perfuming experiments and happenstance musing from our workroom. We list the major notes in the descriptions but Arcanum Experiments can have dozens of ingredients. None of these formulas are written down, making each Experiment unique and unrepeatable. We still have some 2024 Experiments available, and these will be offered at super-low, blowout sale pricing. If you love to collect unusual and limited edition perfumes and are on a tight budget, consider heading over to the 2025 and Prior Years Experiments listings on either our regular or our Etsy sites.
- Mystery bottles are another fun and inexpensive way to try something different. Mystery bottles are either current or discontinued catalog perfumes. Some may even be special reserves. Because we don't know what's in the bottles, we cannot guarantee that you won't get two of the same scent if you order more than one, so plan accordingly. We also can't guarantee that we'll know what it is if you fall in love with it. These make fun gifts for either yourself or for friends.
Important Things To Know
- First come, first served: To keep things fair, we process orders according to when they are received. Please note that because of this, if you order priority shipping, you will not automatically jump to the front of the packing queue.
- Items are not held in your shopping cart: We encourage you to complete your checkout quickly to ensure that you get any particularly coveted items. If multiple people have a limited item in their cart, the website will allocate it to whomever checks out first.
- Oversold items: If an item is oversold or becomes unavailable (this sometimes happens if two or more people are trying to purchase the same item at once) we will issue any refunds when we process your order. We apologize ahead of time for any inconvenience this might cause.
- Shipping: Due to our increased volume of July Sale orders, we are unable to combine shipping on multiple orders or take special requests for samples.
- Changes to orders: It’s extremely difficult to change an order after it’s been placed, and in many cases, it might not be possible. Our packing team truly appreciates your patience and understanding about this.
- Response to messages can be delayed: We thank you in advance for your patience, as our focus on order fulfillment leading up to and during the sale can make us a little slower to respond to messages.
- Shipping times are a little slower: Know that our packing team is working hard for you, but the volume of July Sale orders increases our turnaround time significantly. We will be sure to get your orders out to you as soon as it is humanly possible.
- EU and UK International Ordering: As a reminder, our prices do not include VAT. If you are ordering from an EU country or the UK and your order is under $200 USD, we recommend placing your VAT-inclusive order on our Etsy site. If your order is greater than $200 USD, you may order through our regular site and VAT will be added by your country’s customs prior to delivery. The tariffs situation seems to be continually changing and some customers may experience tariff fees. Like many other small businesses, we find this situation very distressing but there's not a lot we can do about it.
- Canadian International Ordering: If you are ordering from Canada and your order is $200 or less, we recommend purchasing our Canadian Prepaid Customs listing along with your order. This will save you extra customs fees and expedite the delivery of your order. Alas, we cannot guarantee that orders will not have tariff fees.
Art:
- Vintage C. Ryan postcard c. 1911
- Vintage C. Ryan postcard c. 1911
- "I am Kexy, friend of fairies" by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite,1922