Refer-A-Friend

Hello Everyone!

REFER-A-FRIEND
Conjure Oils is offering a referral promotion today - have a friend place an order with Conjure Oils and you'll receive a $10 credit for every $50 they spend! The fine print: The order must be received by midnight tonight, Pacific. They must name you (full name) at the time of ordering either in the comments section, or in a separate email. Your credit will be good until the end of the year!

Thank you for sharing the love for the Little Perfume House that Could!

NEWSLETTER
After four years of requests, we've finally got around to creating an email list! Be the first to hear about sales and updates! Click the image to subscribe!

HALLOWEEN
We're getting close to being finished with Hallows 2011 but, in the meantime, we're offering two Autumn perfumes: HERE LIES... perfume with a custom label available with or without a hand-painted and stamped coffin and Putting the Fun Back in Funeral. Both perfumes are available in the Current Conjurations section.

Thank you!

Vajra

Conjurations Newsletter, Vol I, Issue 4

Hello Everyone!

Oh my goodness. I think I missed a week! Time has been flying by here. The weather has been odd, to say the least. After a very mild summer we seem to have launched headlong into full-on fall. Sometimes it even feels wintry. But next to spring, it's my favorite time of year, so I am not complaining. :)

There is so much going on, I could fill this newsletter with just that, so maybe I will.

First off, folks in the Portland, Oregon area may want to check out Mademoiselle Noelle's Fortune Tea House on NE Fremont and 57th. Not only do they have delicious coffee, tea, snacks, nibbly things and other goodies, they offer readings - tea leaf as well as other readings. I met up with Mademoiselle Noelle earlier this week and am pleased to announce that she will be stocking some of the Conjure Oils line of fragrances. Right now, she will be carrying some scents from the Speakeasy and the Hallows lines. I wish her the best! Her space feels great and she's a fantastic lady! Both she and her Teahouse will be featured in the A&E section of The Oregonian this Friday!

Second, Conjure Oils donated 100 perfume samples to the upcoming Salem Witches Ball/Festival of the Dead in Salem, MA. They will go in the gift bags given out at the Ball to the first hundred guests. The theme is "The Scarlet Letter" so half the samples are Whore of Babylon and the other half, Jezebel. (Both scents are from the Mythos line.) Lucky devils!

Conjure Oils was also nicely featured on the bath and body section of the Craft Gossip blog. Miz Bella, Bath and Body Editor, has a evocative way with words and also makes some lovely scents herself. You can read the blog entry here and Miz Bella's own website, The Queen's Obsession is here. I am particularly tickled by her "Pretty Poisons" line!

Oily Bits

Have you had a chance to try the 15 sampler set from the Speakeasy line yet? Since we've launched it, it is (next to the Hallow's LE's) our best seller by far. It is a great combination of scents for both men and women and a good blend of old fashioned aesthetics with a contemporary flair. Hope you get a chance to try them!

Have a fantastic week and try to stay out of the Halloween candy!

Until the next time, be well.

Love and Bliss,

Vajra

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Now playing: The Chameleons - Thursday's Child
via FoxyTunes

Conjurations Newsletter, Vol I

Conjurations

8/8/07


Hello!

Well, here is the first installment of Conjurations, a weekly, hopefully informative newsletter where we’ll discuss perfume, magick and maybe learn a thing or three in the process.
The organization of the newsletter will start of with updates, then featured oil, and then a wild card section where we can mix it up. This newsletter will be posted on LiveJournal, on the blog and the yahoo group, but not MySpace as that’s an abbreviated venue and I may just post the updates section there.
Anyhoo! Welcome and thank you for your interest in Conjure Oils! It’s been a cool and cloudy week here in Portland and thank goodness! Heat really makes me wilt and I’m much more energetic and active when the mists roll in. In fact I was out walking yesterday and I could swear that fall was whispering in the air! My favorite! Well, along with spring; I like the transitional times of the year when nature takes the brush of instability and paints crimson leaves and pink hyacinths.

Conjure Updates
What’s new with the website? Well, I’m revamping a bit and have got the code down to add a paypal cart to the site, so look for that shortly. I’ve also done away with all of the samplers in the different categories and exchanged them for broader choices - $3 each, 10 for $25 or 20 for $45 (and multiples thereof.) Shipping included, of course!
I’ve also added more to the FAQ on the About page. Some folks have asked me if I use synthetics or essential oils. I’ve also added a bit about the strength of Conjure Oils for those love and fear sillage.
Other than that, I’m cookin’ up some Samhain treats, feeding the beasts in the Bestiary and also contemplating Happy Places. I was at the Portland Japanese Gardens yesterday and that is, hands down, my happy place. I’m considering a line of oils based on Happy Places. Where are some of yours?

EsoZone is in Portland, Oregon this weekend! I am hand delivering some orders to folks and I'll be happy to deliver yours!

The Oily Bits
This is the time of year when we’re in the dog days of summer; hot, humid nights, twilight parties and fireflies. This is the time of year for juicy berries, ripe fruits and oils like Jezebel in the Mythos line. Jezebel is true passion fruit – not sickly sweet, or bitter. Like little bear says, “it’s just right!” Rounded out with pink roses and a tiny touch of black mission fig, which is very much in season right now out here. Ever cut a fresh fig in half? I dare say its one of the sexiest fruits in the world.
Jezebel became associated with sexuality not only because she was in cahoots with the Goddess Astarte, but because she appeared in the Bible in the book of Revelations as a prophetess in the city of Thyatira where she is accused of inducing members of the church into committing acts of sexual immorality. Because I guess it’s her fault that they can’t keep it in their pants, eh? Jezebel is a good example of how women are often blamed for their sexuality turning men into monsters, to hell with self control or accountability!

Recipe Time!
Conjure Oils are great for adding to your own handmade bath and body goodies! Here’s a recipe for a REAL chocolate face mask! Let’s keep it sexy for Jezebel!

Passionately Chocolate Moisture Mask
(You’ll need a food scale to make this one)

3/4oz HIGH QUALITY chocolate chips, pref. organic
.1oz Cocoa Butter (that’s one tenth)
.3oz Sweet Almond oil (that’s three tenths) – (this isn’t the scented oil. It’s in the massage oil section)
Jezebel Oil to your desired fragrance strength

Combine chocolate chips, cocoa butter and almond oil in a double boiler and slightly melt. Remove from the double boiler and gently stir until everything is melted.

Allow to cool slightly and add Jezebel Oil to boost the mix to your desired strength.

Once it's completely cooled, slather it on your face, relax - read a book, the Conjure Oils website, or take a bath! Be sure to rinse well. It is great on the hands, face, neck, and back leaving a great scent on your skin. Since there are no preservatives in the blend, it’ll keep for about a week.

Next week, how to use the oils magickally…

Blessings,

Vajra