Frangipani essences oil

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Anoint a white or pink candle as an offering to spirits of place.
• Dab on the skin for beauty and allure.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Dress a candle on an ancestor altar with fresh flowers and water.
• Add to a love bath with white flowers.

A Simple Working

• Set out a glass of fresh water and a few flowers.
• Anoint a white candle with the oil.
• Light it and speak to the spirits of the place where you live.
• Offer them the scent and the flowers.
• Sit with the candle a while and listen.
• Let the candle burn out and return the flowers to the earth when they fade.

Pairs Well With

• Fresh flowers as offerings.
• White candles for spirits.
• Coconut, another island offering.
• Rose petals for love.
• Sea salt for cleansing.

What You Receive

Frangipani perfume oil, in a 1/2 oz bottle, blended in cosmetic-grade oils.

Origin & Lore

Frangipani is the common name for Plumeria, a flowering tree native to the Americas that spread across the tropics and became tied to temples, graveyards and leis. This oil carries its heavy floral scent for love, beauty and offerings to spirits.

In Malay and Indonesian folklore, the sudden scent of frangipani at night was said to warn that a pontianak, a vengeful female spirit, was close by.

Plumeria was named after the French botanist Charles Plumier, while frangipani is said to come from a Marquis Frangipani of Rome, whose sixteenth-century perfume for gloves had a similar scent. In Hawaii plumeria flowers are strung into leis, and in parts of Asia the trees are planted near temples and cemeteries.