Violet oil

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Wear a drop to draw quiet, affectionate attention.
• Dress a lavender or pink candle for love and desire.
• Anoint a dream pillow for dreams of a lover.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Anoint love mojo bags and petitions, especially those meant to stir desire.
• Add to a love-drawing bath with fresh flowers.

A Simple Working

• Take a violet or pink chime candle.
• Dress it with Violet oil from base to wick.
• Anoint your wrists and the back of your neck with a drop.
• Light the candle and think of the kind of love you want to draw.
• Write a single line describing it on a slip of paper and lay it in front of the candle.
• When it burns out, keep the paper in a book you love.

Pairs Well With

• Rose, for a richer and fuller love working.
• Lavender, a gentle companion for peace and affection.
• Amethyst, for dreamy, spiritual love.
• Pink candles, for affection.

What You Receive

Violet oil, available in 2 dram, 1 oz and 16 oz bottles.

Origin & Lore

Violet oil is named for the sweet violet, Viola odorata, a small woodland flower prized since ancient Greece for its scent. Greek myth tied violets to Aphrodite and to the death of Attis, from whose blood violets sprang, and later lore made them a flower of modest, faithful love.

Pindar called Athens “violet-crowned”, and the flower was a symbol of the city.

Napoleon was nicknamed Corporal Violet by his supporters, who wore violets as a secret sign of loyalty during his exile on Elba, promising he would return with the flowers in spring. Josephine wore violets at their wedding, and Napoleon is said to have taken violets from her grave.