Bewitching Brews
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary vial.
$6.25 – $23.00
A gentle white scent, breezes laced with the scent of springtime blooms and citrus. Lemon, lemon verbena, neroli, white musk, white florals, white sandalwood, China musk, bergamot and a drop of vanilla.
Bewitching Brews
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary vial.
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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.
Arrr! Avast ye, matey! This be the scent of pirate rum!
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.
John Dee: master of science, alchemy and magic, Hermetic philosopher in the schools of Rosicrucian Christian Mysticism and Platonic-Pythagorean doctrine, and Queen Elizabeth’s astrologer, advisor, cryptologist and spy. With Edward Kelly, he created a field of study and work in Angelic Evocation, and isolated the Angelic language: Enochian. His scent is soft English leather, rosewood and tonka with a hint of incense, parchment and soft woods.
jessikanon –
Musky lemon verbena. I always worry about lemony perfumes smelling like cleaning products, but this was not the case 🙂 Probably because of the verbena, which dominates this blend, and the supporting white flowers.
It feels unisex, full and rich without being overwhelming. Not too bitter, not too sweet. The fruitier aspect goes away after an hour or so, leaving a darker, musky-floral scent that tickles… It’s a lantern-lit garden on a summer night.
A similar scent would be Katharina, but they’re siblings, not twins. Katharina would be the orange sister, Zephyr would be the yellow brother… Does that make sense?
It’s incredibly long lasting on me (12+hrs and I can still smell the musky citrusy sandalwood). Decent throw, comparable to Katharina and Endymion (their pear-green cousin).
Alexis Blank –
This makes me smell of freshly squeezed lemonade wafting on a summer seaside wind – airy, fresh, and magical. It’s not something I’d normally wear but I very much enjoyed trying this frimp!
flushedwithglee –
This reminds me of those fragrant, floral soaps you can buy from fancy perfumeries. Actually, it also reminds me of the general smell of a perfumery – all those different heady fragrances that people test by spraying them onto themselves or into the air. It’s too intense and flowery for me, but I suspect my mother will like it (she enjoys bold perfumes). I can’t pick up much of the lemony notes once it dries, just a bouquet of white flowers with a backdrop of musk that a wealthy, feminine lady might douse herself with. It’s not bad, it’s just not my taste at all.
tracey –
Initially sharp but dries down to a yummy, musky citrus. Sexy and innocent at the same time. I have received a lot of compliments on this and people ask me what I’m wearing. It really works with my chemistry so I guess I could say it’s my signature scent.
Sarah –
I received this as a sample and when I did some detective work and found the description and review I had to laugh. “Erotic powder”, that’s exactly how it smells on me. I only get powder, nothing else. My boyfriend asked “What smells like laundry?” after I put it on. Not what I was going for.
jessecake –
When dried, Zephyr smells like erotic powder on my skin.
It’s so light though, I have to sniff my wrists to pick up any scent.
It is okay, but I don’t like it as much or better than my current favorites.
I could see this smelling amazing on the right person though!