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Perfumes

Three perfumes with names of their own: Amorum for affection, Ventura for prosperity, Tutelar for safekeeping. A scent you have dedicated reminds you of what you decided every time you smell it.

Amorum: harmony in love

To dedicate a scent to the love that lets people grow.

You need
A dark bottle with a cap · Store-bought agua de colonia (a light cologne) · The petals of one rose, a cinnamon stick, a vanilla bean, lavender flowers and a few basil leaves · A cloth · One pink sheet of paper and one green
When
On a Friday with a waxing Moon.
Time
Fifteen minutes, and twenty-eight days of rest
  1. Put the plants you have from the list into the bottle. Choose the ones you like.
  2. Cover them with the cologne and close the bottle.
  3. Set the bottle between the pink paper and the green.
  4. Say the words.
  5. Wrap the bottle in the cloth and keep it in a dark place for twenty-eight days.
  6. Strain the perfume and pour it back into the bottle.
  7. Dab a few drops on the skin of your wrists before you meet someone, or whenever you want to remember your intention.
  8. If you would rather not make it, dedicate a perfume you already wear in the same way, with the bottle closed.

“I dedicate this scent to the love that lets us grow and to meetings that respect freedom. May it remind me to be kind to myself, to say what I want and to listen to whoever comes near.”

Care: Test it on a small patch of skin first; do not use it on irritated skin or swallow it.

Ventura: prosperity and service

To dedicate a scent to recognizing opportunities and adding value.

You need
A dark bottle with a cap · Store-bought agua de colonia (a light cologne) · A cinnamon stick, and cumin seeds, mustard seeds and sunflower petals in odd numbers · A cloth · A picture of a sunflower · A gold-colored ring or coin
When
On a Thursday, the day of Jupiter.
Time
Fifteen minutes, and twenty-eight days of rest
  1. Put the cinnamon, the seeds and the petals into the bottle. Count them: three, five or seven of each.
  2. Cover them with the cologne and close the bottle.
  3. Set the bottle next to the picture of the sunflower, with the gold-colored piece beside it.
  4. Say the words.
  5. Wrap the bottle in the cloth and keep it in a dark place for twenty-eight days.
  6. Strain the perfume and pour it back into the bottle.
  7. Before you leave for work, trace a cross with one drop on the skin of each palm, bring your hands together and breathe in the scent.
  8. Choose the one concrete task that best serves your intention and start with it.
  9. If you would rather not make it, dedicate a perfume you already wear and trace the cross in the air.

“I dedicate this symbol to recognizing opportunities and adding value. May what I have support a life of dignity, and may I receive, manage and share with a clear mind.”

Care: Test it on a small patch of skin first; do not use it on irritated skin or swallow it.

Tutelar: clarity and safekeeping

To dedicate a scent to the care of your space and the clarity of your decisions.

You need
A dark bottle with a cap · Store-bought agua de colonia (a light cologne) · Pine needles or violets, a carnation, lavender flowers or rose petals, and sunflower petals · A cloth · A white light · An amethyst or a clear quartz, if you have one
When
On a Monday with a waxing Moon.
Time
Fifteen minutes, and twenty-eight days of rest
  1. Put the plants into the bottle.
  2. Cover them with the cologne and close the bottle.
  3. Set the bottle in front of the white light, with the stone beside it.
  4. Say the words.
  5. Wrap the bottle in the cloth and keep it in a dark place for twenty-eight days.
  6. Strain the perfume and pour it back into the bottle.
  7. To use it, dab a few drops on the skin of your wrists.
  8. Move your attention, without touching yourself, through seven places in your body: the lower belly, the belly, the solar plexus, the heart, the throat, the space between the eyebrows and the crown of the head.
  9. If you would rather not make it, dedicate a perfume you already wear in the same way, with the bottle closed.

“I dedicate this symbol to the care of my space and the clarity of my decisions. May I recognize what is mine to carry, let go of what does not belong to me and act without feeding fear. May forgiveness, when it is possible, live side by side with the boundaries I need.”

Care: Test it on a small patch of skin first; do not use it on irritated skin or swallow it.

Agua florida on your hands

To clear yourself before a practice, when you get home or after a rough moment.

You need
A bottle of store-bought agua florida (a citrus and flower cologne)
Time
One minute
  1. Shake a few drops into one palm.
  2. Rub your hands together until the scent opens on your skin.
  3. Bring your hands up to your face and take three deep breaths.
  4. Pass your hands through the air around your head, shoulders and chest, without touching yourself, as if brushing off dust.
  5. Say the words.
  6. Shake your hands out toward the floor.

“What I am carrying that is not mine goes now. I am clear and centered.”

Care: It is a cologne with alcohol: do not use it on irritated skin, do not swallow it and keep it away from flames.

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