Are you looking for an incense to honor Brigid, an oil to promote clarity, a dreaming unguent, or a tea for your coven to share before workings? Maybe you need a Success powder that includes lodestone or a ritual anointing oil that won’t irritate your cinnamon allergy. Do you need a pint of dragon’s blood oil for a large workshop or a year’s supply of your magical order’s ceremonial incense? Perhaps you are looking to have that ceremonial incense formulated? We are happy to make incense, oils, potions, washes, baths, teas, balms, or any other apothecary-related item you’re interested in, custom made and to-order in quantities small or large.
Rates for custom items are based on the cost of materials, quantity required, and the complexity of formulation and creation. Costs vary widely — an ounce of organic mint and chamomile tea might cost just five dollars whereas a jar of salve infused with narcissus and saffron at dusk in an iron cauldron over a cedarwood fire would likely be over a hundred. After you contact us, we’ll provide you with a quote. Our most common requests are incense and oils, which typically range between $15 and $20 for a half ounce of strongly scented oil or an ounce of loose incense. Additionally, bulk discounts apply if you need a large amount of a custom blend.
Although we can work from a recipe you supply or mix up a blend from well known named recipes (like ‘Boss Fix’ or ‘Abre Camino’), most of the time we are asked to formulate something special based on your needs. In the contact form below, tell us about your desires for the end product, how you plan to use it, what energies you need it to evoke, what ingredients you want to include or avoid, and if there are certain rituals that need to be done during creation or astrological concerns. In most cases, we will respond to your initial inquiry with an idea or two and a few questions. The more information you give us, the better we can create something you are happy with and excited about using.
We only use materials originating from plant sources, which sometimes means we cannot recreate a provided recipe. Many published recipes were formulated using synthetic fragrance oils and include 1) ingredients with plant names which are unavailable as natural oils*, 2) synthetic recreations of animal products, or 3) fanciful scents like ‘Rain’ or ‘Autumn Harvest’. Synthetic fragrance oils, however, are chemical soups with no botanical Virtue and no place in magic. As such we do not use them.
Second, we will not reproduce recipes calling for animal products like musk, civet, or ambergris. We find supporting a market with such a high potential for poaching and animal abuse unethical. Although many formulists will substitute a synthetic for these, we will not. Instead, we stock a number of plant oils with musky scents which we can substitute to achieve a similar scent and reasonable pheromone response.
* For those who aren’t intimately familiar with what is available, this can be confusing. For example, neither wisteria nor lilac produce an essential oil or absolute, but coffee and narcissus do (though they are quite expensive). The best way to know is to simply contact us. If the oil isn’t available, we can often suggest a substitution.