Bewitching Brews
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary vial.
$7.50 – $32.00
Named in honor of the most notorious female pirate to ever set sail. Wicked, cruel, beautiful, intelligent, resourceful and dangerous: a true role model. A blend of Indonesian red patchouli, red sandalwood, and frankincense. A million thanks to Juliana Williamson-Page for inspiration!
Bewitching Brews
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary vial.
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A brace of loaded pistols
He carried night and day;
He never robbed a poor man
Upon the king’s highway;
But what he’d taken from the rich,
Like Turpin and Black Bess,
He always did divide it
With the widow in distress.
Stand and deliver! Vetiver with gardenia, blood red rose, night-blooming jasmine, a dash of cinnamon and a faint hint of leather
I grieve and dare not show my discontent,
I love and yet am forced to seem to hate,
I do, yet dare not say I ever meant,
I seem stark mute but inwardly do prate.
I am and not, I freeze and yet am burned,
Since from myself another self I turned.
My care is like my shadow in the sun,
Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it,
Stands and lies by me, doth what I have done.
His too familiar care doth make me rue it.
No means I find to rid him from my breast,
Till by the end of things it be supprest.
Some gentler passion slide into my mind,
For I am soft and made of melting snow;
Or be more cruel, love, and so be kind.
Let me or float or sink, be high or low.
Or let me live with some more sweet content,
Or die and so forget what love ere meant.
Inspired by the tragic, ill-fated love of Queen Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester. This is our modernization of a 17th-century perfume blend favored by British aristocracy: rosemary, orange flower, grape spirit, five rose variants, lemon peel, and mint.
One can even set up quite ridiculous cases. A cat is penned up in a steel chamber, along with the following diabolical device (which must be secured against direct interference by the cat): in a Geiger counter there is a tiny bit of radioactive substance, so small that perhaps in the course of one hour one of the atoms decays, but also, with equal probability, perhaps none; if it happens, the counter tube discharges and through a relay releases a hammer which shatters a small flask of hydrocyanic acid. If one has left this entire system to itself for an hour, one would say that the cat still lives if meanwhile no atom has decayed. The first atomic decay would have poisoned it. The Psi function for the entire system would express this by having in it the living and the dead cat (pardon the expression) mixed or smeared out in equal parts. It is typical of these cases that an indeterminacy originally restricted to the atomic domain becomes transformed into macroscopic indeterminacy, which can then be resolved by direct observation. That prevents us from so naively accepting as valid a “blurred model” for representing reality. In itself it would not embody anything unclear or contradictory. There is a difference between a shaky or out-of-focus photograph and a snapshot of clouds and fog banks.
A paradoxical scent experiment! – tangerine, sugared lime, pink grapefruit, oakmoss, lavender, zdravetz, and chocolate peppermint.
No cats were mistreated during the formulation of this paradox, or in the process of creating this perfume.
Lush, creamy vanilla and the honey of the sweetest kiss smeared with the vital throb of husky clove, swollen red cherries, but darkened with the vampiric sensuality of vetiver, soporific poppy and blood red wine, and a skin-light pulse of feral musk.
andthelawwon –
I ordered this as an imp. I’ve amassed maybe 25 or so imps, and I’ve found a lot of scents that I love, but this was the first time I smelled my own personality in a tiny bottle. Red, resinous, and ruthless. This scent all but screams “If you had fought like a man, you would not have died like a dog”. This smells like my personality but, like, more.
CarolineCarnivorous –
Wet it’s overpowering incensey. As it dries down it becomes warmer and more pleasant. It smells kinda exotic and sweet on me. It mellows down at a good pace, and as I’m writing this it might have lasted me 12 hours already.
fionnulaocahill –
Deliciously smoky with creamy undertones. Patchouli is a forerunner whereas frankincense is secondary. When I first smelled it, I thought there might have been tobacco, but I think its the patchouli playing off of the sandalwood. Sweet and smoky.
gaia.earth24 –
– [ ] Not as incense-y as I was expecting straight out of the bottle. Definite patchouli. First whiffs is a tamed town Malediction (my fav BPAL scent). Dark and wild. Warms up a little on my skin and really gets deep and complicated. I really love it. Partner didn’t enjoy it on me at all. Would be nice to pair up with a lighter fragrance. After I put it on I couldn’t smell it. Not sure if my nose just got used to it or it faded away. Probably wouldn’t buy a bigger bottle since I already have Malediction.
thecoffeeslayer –
Note: My nose doesn’t register Sandalwood. It’s a genetic quirk. So, take my review with the appropriate grain of salt.
In the bottle: A little bit of sweet, moist earth. incense (unlit) and faint wood smoke
Wet: much the same as in the imp, but the earth is no longer sweet.
Dry: faint incense (my roomie says it’s strong incense, thus meaning it’s very sandalwoody) & something “green”
Aftermath: Ok, this scent confuses the heck out of me. My allergies aren’t set of by the incense. The sandalwood “blank spot” leaves all the secondary notes to play. I know I’m missing a lot of the scent. That said, it isn’t bad.
Gloame –
Herbal, confusing, and self-assured. I like this a lot, but maybe it smells too similar to another blend I have. I want to say Tombstone, weirdly.
Where I’d wear this: To keep cool (and cool-headed) in Arizona
Jadeah –
Daring and wild woman, proudly standing on the board of her pirate ship and laughing…her long black locks wavering withthe wind. Adventurous, but sensual and hot scent. A scent of a woman who loves the life, the pleasures it gives and which is not afraid of anything.
Chelsea –
I’m so very torn with this scent. I was super excited and was the first one I put in my cart. I LOVE the smell but I don’t know if I like it on my skin. If it were an incense I would probably burn it in my house all the time but its very powerful and more of a sandalwood scent on me. It lightens up a smidge as time goes by making it more pleasant to my nose. I do think everyone should give this ago at some point though.
Mandillynn –
I thought I had a favorite… but then Anne Bonny sailed into my life! I’m a huge patchouli and frankincense, so I figured I couldn’t lose. I absolutely ADORE this fragrance!
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The Lab’s frankincense note seems to love me – this is a wonderful resin and wood blend, with patchouli acting as a light grace note. Bold yet sensual, a truly outstanding blend!
taloscar –
Hands down my favorite scent, it’s my signature. I wear this, with the Amber & Patchouli hair gloss from the Trading Post and they compliment each other so well. It’s earthy and lasts all day. I haven’t used any other base perfume in years. Highly recommend it.
LostLoveOfTheAges –
Honestly I am really surprised that no one has reviewed this Oil. As soon as I ordered it I was SOLD! I loved the combination of this product the smell on my skin really works and after buying an imp of this I am definitely buying a full bottle. This is my favorite by far … then again I haven’t really tried many others but I will. I still name this as my number one favorite perfume oil. I recommend this one to every person who likes the smell of incense.