Love Potion Recipes
February 27, 2012
The recording from Kris Wrede's class Aromatica Erotica: How To Make A Love Potion is now available. Register & Listen Here. Here are the love potion recipes from Kris' class so you can re-create the romantic mystery in your own life. The key is to honor the sacred nature of perfume and to breathe it in.....literally and figuratively every day. Remember the root word “per-fumem” and think of it when you create a magical offering to the universe. Love Potion Recipes All recipes are for 1 ounce/30 ml of jojoba or organic perfumer’s alcohol and are approximately a 20% solution of essential oils to base, which makes them a typical eau de parfum to parfum strength. The recipes can be cut in half or 1/4 for more delicate versions. Nectar...delicious nectar of the Gods, reminiscent of delirious concoctions prepared by priest perfumers for millennium. Orange 55 drops Mandarin 41 drops Cardamom 11 drops Ginger 8 drops Jasmine Absolute 7 drops Sandalwood 19 drops Vanilla Absolute 13 drops White Ginger Lily 8 drops Patchouli 4 drops Enamorada…sinfully, deliriously deliciously in love Bergamot 10 drops Orange 48 drops Neroli (or neroli~petitgrain co-distillation) 32 drops Rose Otto 7 drops Jasmine Absolute 10 drops Vanilla Absolute 15 drops Labdanum or Jatamansi/Spikenard 16 drops Sandalwood 45 drops Vetiver 13 drops Soie…smooth as silk, deep, dark and spicy. Redolent of the spice routes and exotic far away places. Melissa 15 drops Ylang Ylang Superior Extra 36 drops Rose Geranium 30 drops Rose Absolute 13 drops Ginger 11 drops Zdravetz 10 drops Cinnamon 5 drops Verdant…deep lush forest, mingled with high citrus and verdant green paths, with an intense mysterious smokiness Orange 20 drops Mandarin 16 drops Neroli-petitgrain 18 drops Grapefruit 11 drops Fir 8 drops Jasmine 12 drops Saffron attar 10 drops Tagetes/marigold 4 drops Vanilla Absolute 31 drops Blue Lotus 8 drops Sandalwood 40 drops Cardamom 11 drops Vetiver 8 drops