For centuries people have believed that love potions can help make someone fall in love with them, or at the very least help them attract love, either from a particular person, or generally.
Such potions are common features of magical stories passed down the ages, as are the recipes of the potions themselves.
Here is some essential background.
The ancient Greeks called it a Philtre, and probably used the magical herb Dittany as the main magical ingredient in their special potions for love.
A love potion has 3 important elements.

• One or two elements that constitute the potent "Magic.
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• The "Magic" of the potion has to have a medium by which it can be drunk and this constitutes the beverage.
  
• A special incantation to invoke the Magic of the potion.
  

The Love Potion must then be drunk, often aligning the influence of the Moon to help manifest the Love Wish.
So, mixing and drinking the Love Potion on the start of the Waxing (growing) Moon, will help love to grow.
So long as the magic potion is created with the best of intentions, mixed and drunk at the right time, and with one or more suitably enchanted or magical ingredients, the other ingredients can be quite varied, and mostly what is available can be used.
Any Love Potion must be made with love, from healthy and natural ingredients, and must taste pleasant! A bitter, unhealthy or unnatural potion will without doubt produce a bitter response from the object of your desire.
Often, the best way to maximize the influence of the Love Potion is to get the object of your desire to drink it, of his or her own free will.
In this way, the giver of the potion will attract the love and attention of the person who receives the potion.
Many amusing storylines for television and the movies have hinged on the notion of the wrong person receiving the potion! However, Love Potions can be drunk by the person who creates it, with appropriate ingredients and in the correct way.
Such a Potion will act as a charm or love spell to increase attractiveness and the likelihood of being loved, when accompanied by an appropriate incantation.
When considering alcohol in a Love Potion, it is important to use it sparingly.
Too much alcohol, rather than predisposing someone to love you more, could have the opposite effect.
Using a light red or rose wine is a common ingredient for potions of this kind.
Colour can play an important influence in the effectiveness of the Love Potion, so red ingredients will work well, because red is the colour of love and passion! An effective passionate potion is made from red wine.
A little red wine, red fruit juices such as cranberry and strawberry, and red edible flower petals, can all produce a vivid and sexy red colouring for the Magic Love Potion.
Some of the best Love Potions are made with Green Tea using pure spring water.
To these are added fresh herbs, fruit juices and honey.
A special incantation is uttered when mixed, invoking the power of love and passion to the special liquid.
A Love Potion is best mixed at the start of the Waxing Moon, and a magical ingredient included, such as an herb bathed overnight in the light of the Full Moon, fresh leaves of mint or fruit trees blessed by a white witch, or the magical herb Dittany from Crete; either dried or its essential oil can be used.