Several of you have asked about Coffee at Midnight, and I have made a batch. I had to tweak the recipe slightly because some of the ingredients have *quadrupled* in price (or worse) since I last made this in 2015, and I just plain cannot afford to use one of the absolutes I used to include in this formula. But I have tried to make up for it elsewhere in the formula so that's nothing lost either in the overall scent or in the formula's spiritual attributions. Y'all will have to let me know what you think.
Here's the formula description from the Seraphin Station storefront:
This listing is for a half-ounce bottle of Coffee at Midnight, a specialty condition oil containing rare, precious, and fragrant essential oils, essential oil absolutes, and herbs, including coffee bean, vanilla, cocoa, and cardamom, among others.
I modeled this specialty love/lust/sex appeal oil on a really excellent chocolate-infused specialty tea that I loved and used to "prescribe" to clients who were going the "tea and bath" route (the "inside and outside" treatment, which is really good for spiritual cleansing, protection, and attraction work especially). It's got love/affection elements, but definitely a strong lust element.
Redolent with vanilla and coffee absolutes (and thus rich and expensive), it does all the good attracting work of a "foodie" sort of oil (the whole "vanilla and cookies" thing) but with more depth, spice, and earth than those sticky-sweet blends, and it's not soporific or sickly. It is, after all, caffeinated :-)
This blend is a richer, earthier alternative to oils like Kaliprix that do the passion, attraction, glamour, and sex appeal thing, but without the strong floral notes that some folks (including me) are not looking for in an oil.
Don't get me wrong - this is sweet - but it's "expensive coffee" sweet and not "two pumps of cheap hazelnut syrup that kind of tastes like perfume" sweet.
Can be used by anyone of any gender or orientation. Herbal/oil correspondences are in line with conjure tradition even though no old-school conjure formulas that I ever encountered smelled anything like this.
I've had dozens and dozens of customers tell me this oil really does smell good enough to eat. It is not, however, intended for consumption or internal use. Do not eat or drink this oil!
Generally I make my oils as fresh as possible, but this one actually gets better as it sits in the bottle. So I am going to make it in tiny batches like I do all my oils, so it will last as long as possible when you get it, but it will only improve with age. One of the ingredients is patchouli, and the very best patchouli is older, aged patchouli. It gets deeper and more interesting with time.
This formula also contains benzoin, which smells wonderful but also has the side effect of acting as a preservative, so this oil could well have a longer shelf life than your typical hoodoo oil formula.
And I've updated the Shipping info page with a few little tidbits that might help you save a few dollars. The pertinent section of that page now reads as follows:
Shipping Costs
The cart is set to charge shipping based on item weight, zone, and selected service. USPS First Class is the default, and they're the most cost-effective option for 85% of orders.
First Class is only available for packages under a pound, though.
Once you have four or five bottles of oil, the USPS options are going to shrink to Priority Mail because the package weighs more than a pound. I can't get the system to offer a Flat Rate Priority option, so I've gone in an added it manually as one of my rates.
If you only have a few bottles of oil or a few bath crystals or glass vials and you are only seeing USPS Priority options for $8 and up, click the radio button for USPS Small Flat Rate Priority Mail box. It should show $7.65 for priority shipping.
Don't pay more than $7.65 if your items will fit in a Small Flat Rate Priority Mail box. Small Flat Rate boxes are approximately 8x5x1. They will hold about 8 or 10 bottles of oil or combinations of oil bottles, small bath crystal packets, small packets of powder, and/or glass vials and still have room for packing material.
If you choose Small Flat Rate but everything in your order will NOT fit in a small flat rate box, we will send you an invoice for the difference. We may not be able to start prepping your order until we receive any balances due, so please do ask questions before checking out if you're not sure what will fit in that flat rate box.
If it will all fit in a shoebox, roughly, and it weighs less than 20 pounds, I can use a third-party service to ship it anywhere in the Continental US for $10.00. This is in a 10x8x4 box. Just about anything except a couple of very large candles, or full-size glass altar pakets will fit in the 10x8x4 box.
Outside of Continental US, it will depend on a few factors. USPS First Class Mail International is available for packages up to four pounds and is the most economical option. But if you don't like what you're seeing with that option in the cart, please message me and I'll be happy to find the best possible shipping rate for you. Just please message me before checking out and paying.