How the ancient world’s scented sorceresses influence ideas about magic today
- Written by: Britta Ager, Assistant Professor of Classics, Arizona State University
Perfumes, potions and witches have been entwined for centuries.Frederick Stuart Church/Smithsonian American Art Museum/Wikimedia Commons
Most perfume ads suggest that the right scent can make you sexy, alluring and successful. A blend by Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs, meanwhile, offers to make you smell like Hecate, the three-faced Greek goddess of...
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