Bewitching Brews
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary vial.
$6.25 – $25.00
The World Ash. Nine woods, nine leaves, and three herbs each for Ratatosk and Vidofnir, with three final herbs to placate Nidhogg.
Bewitching Brews
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary vial.
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Say that the men of the old black tower,
Though they but feed as the goatherd feeds,
Their money spent, their wine gone sour,
Lack nothing that a soldier needs,
That all are oath-bound men:
Those banners come not in.
There in the tomb stand the dead upright,
But winds come up from the shore:
They shake when the winds roar,
Old bones upon the mountain shake.
Those banners come to bribe or threaten,
Or whisper that a man’s a fool
Who, when his own right king’s forgotten,
Cares what king sets up his rule.
If he died long ago
Why do you dread us so?
There in the tomb drops the faint moonlight,
But wind comes up from the shore:
They shake when the winds roar,
Old bones upon the mountain shake.
The tower’s old cook that must climb and clamber
Catching small birds in the dew of the morn
When we hale men lie stretched in slumber
Swears that he hears the king’s great horn.
But he’s a lying hound:
Stand we on guard oath-bound!
There in the tomb the dark grows blacker,
But wind comes up from the shore:
They shake when the winds roar,
Old bones upon the mountain shake.
A sepulchral, desolate scent. Long-dead soldiers, oath-bound; the perfume of their armor, the chill wind that surges through their tower, white bone and blackened steel: white sandalwood, ambergris, wet ozone, galbanum and leather with ebony, teak, burnt grasses, English ivy and a hint of red wine.
In Hermetic alchemy, brimstone is one of the Three Heavenly Substances, one of the primary alchemical Principles It represents the strength of will and the vigor of passion, and it is a symbol of the process of fermentation. A smoky, gritty blend, husky and gray.
‘Tis said that when
The hands of men
Tamed this primeval wood,
And hoary trees with groans of woe,
Like warriors by an unknown foe,
Were in their strength subdued,
The virgin Earth Gave instant birth
To springs that ne’er did flow
That in the sun Did rivulets run,
And all around rare flowers did blow
The wild rose pale Perfumed the gale
And the queenly lily adown the dale
(Whom the sun and the dew
And the winds did woo),
With the gourd and the grape luxuriant grew.
So when in tears
The love of years
Is wasted like the snow,
And the fine fibrils of its life
By the rude wrong of instant strife
Are broken at a blow
Within the heart
Do springs upstart
Of which it doth now know,
And strange, sweet dreams,
Like silent streams
That from new fountains overflow,
With the earlier tide
Of rivers glide
Deep in the heart whose hope has died —
Quenching the fires its ashes hide, —
Its ashes, whence will spring and grow
Sweet flowers, ere long,
The rare and radiant flowers of song!
A sunlit ancient forest, dotted with wild roses, grape vine, and queenly lilies, clothed in swirls of opium smoke.
“The Pretty Era”, France’s Golden Time: an age of beauty, innovation and peace in France that lasted from the 19th Century through the first World War and gave birth to the cabaret, the cancan, and the cinema as well as the Impressionist and Art Nouveau movements. Sweet opium, Lily of the Valley, vanilla, mandarin and red sandalwood.
David –
Very herbal pronounced for me with minimal wood, it’s a good scent for when I can’t get outdoors but I want to smell what I’m missing.
jozierotolo37 –
this smelled very herbal when i first put it on but it dried down to a fresher scent with hints of wood and herbs, etc. I found that it was very light on me after it dried down, It’s pleasant and interesting without being overwhelming
Danielle –
smells wonderfully like fresh cut Birch tree ( the species you make birch beer from)
Gloame –
Wow, weird and super interesting! It’s very herby and it kind of reminds me of Tiger Balm, but not hot. All cold. I really like this.
Monica –
Purchased this at Dragoncon because I was looking for an oil similar to a perfume I had tried but decided not to buy elsewhere. A delicious woodsy smell with a sharp mint edge, fades to a lovely soft moss scent. Reminds me of a forest after rainfall.
Kathryn –
I thought this was awful at first. On aplication this was pure mouthwash on me – yuck! BUT, once it had time to dry down it became very interesting – flowers and woods with lots of cedar. Very pleasant and fresh.
woodenmango –
Ah I love the story of Yggdrasil! It has such great imagery. In the bottle this was beautiful, woody and herbal with a hint of sweetness(which I believe was the spearemint-like scent of the birch) Wet on my skin it kept changing one moment I could smell birch, the next it was earthy herbals and woods. In the end when it was dry though all I could smell was cedar. Which is a nice enough smell but I literally smelled like a cedar trunk. Boo for body chemistry *sigh* otherwise this would have been perfect.