Pink Rose Petals (Rosa gallica)

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Added to bath sachets for self-love, beauty and gentle attraction.
• Placed in love jars and sachets to draw affection, friendship and kindness.
• Scattered in the home to bring peace and soft feeling after an argument.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Used in love and reconciliation baths and in sweetening jars to warm a relationship.
• Added to peaceful home and come-to-me formulas.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Burned in Venus incense and used to dress Venusian talismans.

A Simple Working

• On a Friday, light a pink candle in the bathroom.
• Tie a handful of pink rose petals and a spoonful of lavender in a muslin bag.
• Steep it in your bath water.
• Soak while speaking kindly of yourself, out loud.
• Before getting out, scoop water over your head seven times.
• Air dry and let the candle burn down.

Pairs Well With

• Lavender: softens and calms love baths.
• Rose quartz: the stone of gentle love, kept with the petals.
• Orange peel: adds sweetness and warmth to love jars.
• A pink chime candle: the colour of affection and self-love.

What You Receive

Dried pink rose petals, available in 1 oz, 2 oz and 1 lb.

Origin & Lore

Rosa gallica is one of the oldest cultivated roses in Europe, grown by monks and apothecaries for its scented petals. Dried petals went into rose water, conserves, potpourri and perfumes, and were scattered at weddings and feasts.

The word rosary comes from the Latin rosarium, a rose garden, and the prayer beads were once likened to a garland of roses offered to the Virgin.

Rosa gallica was grown around Provins in France for centuries for its scented petals, which kept their fragrance when dried. Roses were sacred to Aphrodite, and in Roman myth to Venus.