Vanilla oil

How to Use It

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Sweetening: add a few drops to a honey or sugar jar to soften a lover, a boss or a family member towards you.
• Reconciliation: dress a pink or red candle with vanilla and set it on the lid of a sweetening jar.
• Attraction: wear it on the pulse points to be found warm and desirable.

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Lust: blend with cinnamon on a red candle for warm passion.
• Happy home: a drop on a light bulb or in an oil burner to keep the house cosy and harmonious.

A Simple Working

• Write the name of the person you want to sweeten on a small square of paper.
• Put three drops of vanilla oil on the paper and fold it towards you.
• Place it in a small jar and cover it with sugar or honey.
• Close the jar and say plainly how you want them to feel towards you.
• Dress a pink chime candle with vanilla and burn it on the lid.
• Repeat with a fresh candle every few days until things soften.

Pairs Well With

• Honey: for a sweetening jar.
• A pink chime candle: for gentle love and reconciliation.
• Cinnamon: to add warmth and speed.
• Tonka bean oil: a sister scent for love and wishes.

What You Receive

Vanilla oil in 2 dram, 1 oz and 16 oz (1 lb) sizes.

Origin & Lore

Vanilla is the fermented and dried seed pod of the orchid Vanilla planifolia, native to Mexico and Central America. The Totonac people of Veracruz grew it, and the Aztecs used it to flavour chocolate drinks. Spanish traders brought it to Europe, where it became one of the best-loved flavours and scents in the world.

Every vanilla pod on earth comes from an orchid flower that opens for a single day.

A Totonac legend tells of a princess and her lover who fled together and were killed, and from their blood grew the first vanilla vine and the shrub that shelters it. The Aztecs called vanilla tlilxochitl, ‘black flower’, for the dark finished pod. Cunningham assigns vanilla to Venus and Water and lists it for love, lust and mental powers.