Orange Blossom essences oil

How to Use It

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Dress a white candle on a Friday to encourage a partner toward marriage.
• Add a few drops to a bath before a social event to draw friendly attention.
• Anoint a business card or the door of a shop for cheerful customers.

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Anoint an orange candle on a Sunday for confidence and success.
• Wear it for good cheer and an open, welcoming manner.

A Simple Working

• On a Friday, write your name and your partner’s on a piece of paper, crossing each other.
• Anoint the paper with the oil.
• Fold it and place it under a white candle dressed with the same oil.
• Light the candle and speak of the commitment you hope for.
• Let the candle burn out.
• Keep the paper with a few dried orange blossoms in a small bag near your bed.

Pairs Well With

• Dried orange peel, for happiness and luck.
• White candles, for marriage work.
• Rose petals, to add love.
• Citrine, a cheerful stone for success.
• Bay leaves, for success and recognition.

What You Receive

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

Origin & Lore

Orange blossom is the flower of the bitter orange, and its oil is called neroli. Brides wore it for centuries as a sign of fruitfulness and purity, and in hoodoo it is used to bring about marriage and draw happy, generous company. This oil is used for cheer, confidence, success and love that leads to commitment.

When Queen Victoria married in 1840 she wore a wreath of orange blossom, and for the rest of the century almost every bride in Britain and America wanted the same.

The scent of neroli is traditionally named after Anne Marie Orsini, princess of Nerola, who popularised it in seventeenth-century Italy for perfuming gloves and baths. Orange blossom water has long been used in kitchens of the Mediterranean and Middle East, and in American hoodoo orange blossom is used in marriage and proposal work.