Conjure Oils - About Us
Conjure Oils is, at first glance, a high-end atelier and perfume house serving the creatively lavish and artistically extravagant. But if you look closer, you'll see that it's also a very old-timey, Southern-style hoodoo shop serving the spiritually and magickally inclined. We take great pride in our passion for creating formulas that are hand-blended to be both fragrantly fabulous as well as absolutely spiritually viable. We want you to have the best of both worlds!
We spare the pretense to provide you with superb perfume blends that are accessible and down-to-earth. Along with a warm, caring voice and a generous and kind community spirit we also provide the best in personalized care, attention and service: we love to get to know all of our friends and clients!
Conjure Oils practices sustainability, conscious consumerism and charity. To the best of our knowledge, all of our oils are free of petrochemicals, are 100% vegan and no part of our product has ever been tested on animals.
The oils are formulated and then hand-blended to order by Vajra - a trickster who has spent the last two decades or so learning the rules of the occult so she can break them properly. She has many influences that contribute to the inspiration behind the formulas as well as formal education and experience to make informed decisions while creating the blends. She's not a degreed and pedigreed perfumer tucked away in an ivory tower, instead she's a rogue formulator knee-deep in nature creating painstaking blends on the fly. Blowing the dust off of ancient and rare formularies so she can stack them up just high enough under the lilac tree to stand on for a good whiff of the intoxicating fragrance.
We've got the tools, the talent, the experience and the creativity to make the ancient modern and the outmoded relevant - not by relying on old and tired gimmicks or garbage - but by simply serving the community a heaping plate of fantastic fragrances lovingly prepared with quality ingredients dished up piping hot with a friendly smile and a sassy wink!
About Conjure Oils - a FAQ
1. How can I contact Conjure Oils?
Please feel free to contact us for any reason! Don't be shy - no question, comment, request or suggestion is too small and most email inquiries are answered the same day!
Email:
vajra {at} conjureoils {dot} com
(Ordering info can be found here.)
Phone:
(503) 841-6266 (9-9 Pacific, 7 days a week)
Snail Mail:
Conjure Oils
4803 SE Woodstock #213
Portland, OR 97206
2. Do you offer custom blends?
Absolutely! Send Vajra an email with what you're looking for.
3. What is Hoodoo? Isn't it the same as Voodoo?
No. Here's the short answer when a much longer answer is deserved: Hoodoo is a African-American magickal system from the US rural South. It is a combination of African spiritual practices, Native American herbology, Jewish mysticism, some Protestant Christian beliefs, some Spiritualism, German Pow-Wow and bits of pagan European folklore.
Voodoo is a religion. It's also spelled Vodou and it means "God" or "Spirit" It came from Dahomey in West Africa (now known as Benin) It is practiced in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and New Orleans among other places.
They both share African roots,so there are some similarities, but most definitely they are not the same thing.
4. Will you be adding more oils?
Sure. We hope to constantly be adding to the catalog. If there's something you're dying to see listed, let us know!
5. Do your oils really work?
Here's the legal take on that: "These products make no claims and are sold as curios only." We agree, but would also like to add this: "Every effort is taken to ensure that these oils are formulated correctly. It is your intention and prayers that make them work."
6. What about sensitivities and allergies?
If you have allergies or sensitivities, we don't recommend using any perfumes! Allergies and sensitivities can vary widely from individual to individual, so we can't be held responsible if you have an allergic reaction. By shopping here you agree to this, but we hope you'll take the proper precautions, know your body and do your homework! Also, these oils are for external use only and are not for children or for use during pregnancy.
As a person with sensitivities myself, I know that heavy synthetic smells can be headache and nausea inducing (for myself as well as the people I am around!) If a perfume oil is too strong for you, please feel free to dilute it with your favorite carrier oil. Some of my favorites are sesame, jojoba, apricot kernel and coconut oil.
7. Are the fragrance notes in the description the only ingredients in the oil?
No. In the descriptions, only a few of the main notes are listed. This is so we can provide a general idea of the fragrance profile while protecting proprietary secrets. In an effort to be transparent, we advise those of you with allergies to do a patch test first, or let us know what you're allergic to and we'll tell you if it's in there, or not. If you're still concerned, email us. We have options.
8. What is the shelf-life of these oils?
These should last about a year if they're kept cool, away from heat sources and out of the direct rays of the sun. They're decanted in heavy glass bottles to help extend the life of these blends. Though like a fine wine, oftentimes oils will improve with age. Let your nose be your guide.
9. Do you use a blend of essential oils and/or fragrance oils?
Like most other perfume houses out there we use a blend of essential and fragrance oils but we certainly have a bias towards essentials since we believe energy and magick is contained in the natural world. Unfortunately, there isn't an essential oil for everything (for example, there is no cotton candy or strawberry essential oil, dang!) so a fragrance oil is substituted. We try to get local/organic essential oils when possible (and living in the Pacific Northwest, its pretty easy and affordable) and all our oils are dispensed at skin-safe concentrations. We also refuse to use natural musk and ambergris as they are cruelly derived from critters.
10. Are your oils hand blended?
Yes! All the oils are made from scratch and are made to order.
11. What is your TAT (Turn Around Time)?
Since all the scents are hand blended in small batches and all bottles are filled and labeled by hand, the process doesn't lend itself to expediency! Right now, the turn around time (TAT) is about 2-2 1/2 weeks, however, please note that it can take up to nearly a month during the busy times for you to get your order! All packages are shipped First Class with delivery confirmation If you're in a rush please let us know so arrangements can be made.
12. What kinds of oils are on your site? Are they perfume or anointing oils?
In actuality, there are both. To clarify, there are two oil strengths available on the web site: anointing and perfume, the difference being the ratio of carrier oil to scented oil. Perfume oils have more scented oil added to a carrier oil and the anointing oils have less. Due to popular demand, all lines, with the exception of the Hoodoo line, are perfume oil strength.
13. Anointing oils? What are those?
Anointing oils are oils used for spiritual purposes. When you put an oil on your body in a spiritual way, it is called "anointing." When you apply that same oil to an object such as a mojo bag, an amulet, a statue or a photo it is called "dressing." Same oil, two names, just depends on how you use it. They're also known as "condition" oils because the name of the oil usually tells you what it's for ("Love Me", etc)
All of the perfume oils on this site are designed to be used as either perfume or anointing oils. To make your perfume oil an anointing oil, just add a few drops of your favorite fragrance to a teaspoon of carrier oil.
14. Do you accept returns?
Because they're a personal product and perishable, we can't accept returns, but do let us know what's going on so we can have a chance at remedying it for you! We're fanatical when it comes to your satisfaction.
15. I really like Conjure Oils - is there a community for like minded folks out there who also like them?
Sure! Site updates and catalog additions are on the Conjure Oils blog. There's a MySpace page, a livejournal community and a listing over at WitchVox. Conjurewear and other merch is available at our CafePress store. Join hoodoo you love? the Yahoo! group for discussion and sales alerts. Please also consider subscribing to our Myspace blog.
16. I want to sell Conjure Oils at my shop. What are your terms?
Please visit the orders page for the answer to that question, or give me a call at 503-841-6266.
17. Anything else?
This web site and all its contents belong to Conjure Oils © 2007-2008. All copy, titles, designs, names, label art, web design and all images, unless otherwise indicated or public domain, are created by Vajra and are the possession of Conjure Designs © 2007-2008.
Thank you so much and please let us know if we can help you further.
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"Things with a good smell will keep you safe from Hell."
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