Vanilla oil (Espiritu blend)

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Wear a drop at the pulse points as a gentle attraction scent.
• Dress a pink candle to soften someone who is angry with you.
• Add to a ritual bath after a tense week to soothe and sweeten your mood.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Dress a honey jar or sugar jar to sweeten someone toward you.
• Anoint love mojo bags and petitions.
• Add a drop to a peace floor wash for a calmer home.

A Simple Working

• Take a pink chime candle, a small jar of honey and a square of parchment.
• Write the name of the person you want to sweeten toward you.
• Anoint the paper with Vanilla oil, fold it toward you and push it into the honey.
• Dress the candle from base to wick and set it on the lid of the jar.
• Light it and speak sweetly of the relationship you want.
• Repeat with a fresh candle once a week while you work on the situation.

Pairs Well With

• Honey, the classic hoodoo sweetener.
• Cinnamon, for warmth and speed in love.
• Rose petals, for affection.
• Pink candles, for sweet, kind love.

What You Receive

Vanilla oil, an Espiritu blend, available in 2 dram, 1 oz and 16 oz bottles.

Origin & Lore

Vanilla oil is named for vanilla, the cured pod of a Mexican orchid first cultivated by the Totonac people of the Gulf Coast and later prized by the Aztecs. In magick its warm sweetness is used for love, attraction, comfort and sweetening a person’s attitude toward you.

Totonac legend in Veracruz says the first vanilla vine grew from the blood of a princess and her lover, killed for running away together.

The Aztecs flavoured their cacao drink with vanilla, called tlilxochitl, black flower, and Spanish conquerors carried both back to Europe. Vanilla was grown almost only in Mexico for three centuries because its flowers need a specific pollinator.