Hello kids! I hope your summer is shaping up to be as magnificent as mine is. One thing is for certain, having a magnificent summer is distracting. I have to bring myself back inside from my woodland mirth-making and Venusian inebriation to actually get some things done! With that, I bring you my review of :
Now, it is no secret that Vajra Conjure is a personal friend/one of my favorite people on this planet. I would like to point out, however, that our friendship started because I sought her out to tell her how baller I thought her oils were! She truly is a genius parfumier. She is also a liscened councilor, and an art school graduate. I actually really aspire to her level of talent in design.
Vajra’s business is Conjure Oils. It is a local (Portland, OR) company that makes and sells perfume oils, soaps, and lotions. I used to get my perfume oils wherever I could, but now I really can’t bring myself to use anything other than Conjure Oils. Seriously, they will ruin you for all other perfumes. I have quite a few of Vajra’s products, but I will review the few that I had intended to review awhile ago. I will certainly update with reviews of her other products as I purchase them, but I encourage you to go to the website to check out her entire inventory, as I guarantee you that you will find something that you absolutely can’t live without!
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Photography by Valerie Herron.
{Master Sorceress}
“Hypnotic star anise, narcotic opium and black ice mesmerize the senses. Pure magic.“
This perfume unfurls like a narrative. At first it comes across as dark, cold, sweet scent that brings with it imagery of deep, coastal grottos and lurking Nerieds. As you wear it through the day, the scent transforms from a powerful anisian aura to a trace of something similar to Baby Soft, but much more stunning. Oh, and you may recognize that graphic on the bottle 😉
Photography by Valerie Herron
MORRIGAN
{Celtic Goddess of Death & Magic}
“Murders of ravens shriek hungrily over a battlefield: Smoky amber, white narcissus and bloody rose blossoms wilt in the night air”
Photography by Valerie Herron.
ARADIA
{Bella Strega}
“Italian holy daughter of Diana who was charged with the protection of the oppressed and the guardianship of her subversive witches. 13 sacred ingredients grace her perfume including rue, Tuscan bergamot, olibanum, black myrrh, artemisia, thick nocturnal musk and incense burned in the light of the full moon”
This blend is definitely on of my favorites. It is spicy and summer-y. Sniffing it straight from the bottle, it smells similar to Circe, but more savory. After rubbing it into my skin the scent turns into a candied bouquet of witchy plants. You will smell like a witch’s spice rack, and probably get more compliments on your perfume than ever before. I certainly do whenever I wear Aradia.
Photography by Valerie Herron.
EVE
{Biblical Temptress}
“Red apples, green serpents, fig leaves and other forbidden fruits and flowers in the Garden of Eden”
When I first smelled this, I was so stoked. This is the perfect “medieval” perfume I had been searching for. Sniffing this blend will fill your head with tart apples, mulling spice, and the colognesque scent of distilled fig. MADRIGAL!! I love this blend so much I somehow managed to spill it all over my altar 😦
Wear this to accentuate any medieval costumery.
Photography by Valerie Herron.
WHORE OF BABYLON
{Sacred Slut}
“A wanton blend of a fallen starlet: scorched vanilla, champagne and pink diamonds. Our most popular fragrance has been restored to is former glory!”
With good reason, this is Conjure Oil’s most popular scent. Even my Mom (who is a Baptist) LOVES this perfume and hints at me constantly to procure more for her.
How to even describe this masterpiece? It’s like being in a bath full of fragrant herbs while naked priestesses are poring candied sangria into your mouth. It’s like Mickey Avalon in a bottle, minus the sleaze. Perhaps I should say Dionysus in a bottle. And one can not help but feel irresistible when wearing it, people will seriously sniff you as you walk by. It makes me wonder if Vajra put pheromones in it.
Photography by Valerie Herron
I have the moodiest, sensitive skin. I look at soaps with fragrance in them and I break-out and dry up. I don’t think I’ve ever been able to use fragranced soap without some sort of annoying skin problem, with the exception of Conjure Oils Spellbinding Soaps. These soaps are amazing. Vajra handmakes them, whatever scent or color you want. I have used “Sweetest Strawberry” and “Whore of Babylon”, and both made me feel like a goddess. More importantly, they both made my skin soft and in no way irritated.
So there is my long overdue review of some Conjure Oil products. As promised, I will share more reviews in the future of Vajra’s products, as I will inevitably buy more.
Be sure to check out the Conjure Oils website, blog, facebook page, twitter, livejournal, and forum. Like me, Vajra is all over the interwebs.
Ars Nycticorax 