Cheap spell oils always smell like old fryer oil

There is a blanket stink scent that hits you when you open a bottle of intention oil from one of those bargain-bin “witchy” shops online. It is the exact smell of vegetable oil that has been sitting in a warm 99-cent store warehouse since the pandemic.

If you have ever bought one of those $5 “anointing oils,” you know exactly what I am talking about. You twist the lid, and suddenly your room smells like someone tried to deep fry expired sage while throwing cinnamon powder on top of it.

That smell isn’t “power.” It’s oxidation and the early stages of mold pretending to be magic.

That is what happens when someone fills a tiny jar with stale herbs from the back of their kitchen cabinet, tops it off with the cheapest oil they could find to make it look “full,” and then adds a few drops of vitamin E to delay the rancidness.

The mass-produced ones are even more pathetic and head-shaking. It's just scented baby oil with food coloring and a "Come to Me" label on it, which really translates to:

“I will force you to want me because I would rather not do the required work to go out and find someone who loves me unconditionally.”

Real manifestation oil does not smell like expired takeout that a raccoon slept on, nor does it come in a bottle that looks like it was assembled during someone’s smoke break.

I trust the oil in my car more than 3/4ths of these so‑called spell oils. That is why I always make my own. Maybe one day I will give my recipes out, or maybe I won't. I don't even know why I mentioned that, because I won't.

I’ve already given out enough free labor to last me three lifetimes.

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