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Love Potion by Perfume by Nature, Perfumer Ambrosia Jones

Monica: I am a big fan of Perfume by Nature Perfumes. Avalon was an award winner for Perfume Pharmer’s Scent Awards 2011. LOVE Potion is a wonderfully delicious perfume ~ this time I asked Perfumer Ambrosia Jones for the “story behind the bottle” and some information on the aromatherapy benefits of the all natural plant and flower oils used to make this perfume a REAL Love Potion!

Ambrosia Jones, Perfumer, Perfume by Nature: My perfume “Love Potion” started out as a custom order for a lonely friend. She wanted a scent that would “attract some Love into her Life!” It sounded like an interesting project, so I started reading through the collections of ancient Egyptian perfume and the medieval European potion recipes I had collected over the years…and boy, was there a lot of “Love Potions”! Seems it’s been a favorite subject matter for perfumers and herbalists for centuries…Anyway, I took the most enticing sounding recipes, and started comparing the ingredients with those listed in modern Aromatherapy and Herb manuals as having aphrodisiac qualities.
Some of them seemed to be mainly aimed at being ingested, and didn’t really appeal to me as a perfumer, but there were a great many that did.
And they were all oils that from an Aromatherapy point of view either make you feel good, that get the juices flowing or have a direct reputation as aphrodisiacs.

What “Love Potion” ended up being is a Perfume of the Spicy Oriental Class.

It differs from many mainstream “Love” themed perfumes, in that it isn’t sweet, not a pretty girly floral, or even a heavy floral musk. Most of these seem to be based around the idea of a scented portrayal of the idea of “Love” as a girl kinda thing, or in a sensual enticing musk based scent that woman would wear to entice men.

My idea was a bit different. I wanted to create a perfume that actually made the WEARER feel sexy! Because, after all, it is our own joy, sensuality and sheer love of life that really makes us attractive to others!
It’s neither sweet, nor cloying, with deep musk notes that are lifted with warm spices and the fruity tang of the blood orange.
It’s still musky and has a deep sensual floral note to it, but the spices give it a whole different direction and make you wake up and take a second look at the person wearing it. It gives the wearer a happy saucy grin, and a spring in their step too!

And the main ones I ended up incorporating into the “Love Potion” perfume are the following:

Jasmine: This lovely oil has been used for centureis and is probably one of the best known aphrodisiacs in the perfume world. Interestingly, modern science has uncovered that it’s deep musky notes are chemically similar to those found in the real deer musk. On an aromatherapy level, it is soothing, exciting, grounding and uplifitng all in one..it seems to have a direct effect on our hormones too and is used a lot in menopause remedies because of this….
The jasmine I use in “Love Potion” is a particularly musky indian Sambac variety that to me just oozes sex….

Patchouli: Is a particularly interesting oil from an aphrodesiac perspective. It’s deep earthy scent is incredibly soothing and is used in aromatherapy for exactly this effect. It is wonderful for depression and anxiety, and is used in magical traditions for potions involved in the element of earth. It gives a sense of “groundedness” and security… From a perfumers perspective, it has a great deep earthy sexy scent that carries other notes incredibly well, and lends great depth to the perfume. It seems to amplify and hold the jasmine, giving it wings to spread it exciting musky floralness…..

Frankincense: Oh you most magical of ingredients…nothing conjures mystery like this resin…reminscent of churches and temples, it immediately transports us to hidden and mysterious places. Like Jasmine, it is a hormone boosting remedy in Aromatherapy, as well as being hypnotic and very effective in any kind of meditation blend. I use a particularly deep Egyptian frankincense that just makes me swoon….

Vetiver: well, if patchouli is earthy and soothing, vetiver to me is like patchouli on steroids. It’s one of my favourite oils, and to me personifies musk, rut and sex at it’s basest level. It is used in aromatherapy to counteract anxiety and again to boost flagging hormones, and is used known in African Voudoun as “War Oil” because it gives you courage!

Cardamon: sweet, exciting coriander…this one turns up in so many different aphrodisiac remedies, both edible and scented….Here we are stepping into the realm of stimulants, It stimulates the appetite, gets the juices flowing, enhances digestive functions. It is also antispasmodic and carminative. SO it’s a lovely gentle stimulant for the body and the juices in general

Coriander: is another stimulant of the juices. …. corainder is carminative, an appetite stimulant and stimulates the spleen and liver, it stimulates the nervous system too! A bit wilder and sharper than coriander, it adds more spice to the blend so to speak

Blood Orange: All citruses are stimulants. They make you happy, give you energy and generally wake you up in the nicest kind of way. I chose Blood Orange for my Love Potion because it is incredibly warming as a scent, and not sweet or clying. In the blend , it adds warmth and life, as well as giving a nice edge to the jasmine floral and deep earthy muskiness of the patchouli and vetiver…it also adds as fruitiness to the dryness of the herbs. Plus its deep red colour is just toooo delicious!

This is one of the letters I’ve got back from customers about “Love Potion”:

Hi

I bought some Love potion at the Mind Body Spirit festival in sydney the other week, and I just wanted to say that after wearing it almost every day since then, I have never had so many people telling me how good I looked, that I glowed, and other comments! I also feel like I have a “cheeky smile” on my face most of the time which is unusal for me.

I also received a sample of the death by chocolate fragrance, which I also totally love! That will be the next perfume I buy!

Thanks so much for convincing me to buy the Love potion – It was a great decision!!

Kind Regards

Lisa

http://www.perfumebynature.com.au/love_potion.htm

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