How to use Florida Water

19 WAYS TO USE FLORIDA WATER

Florida Water is valued as a multipurpose cologne-turned spiritual water. At one point in time it was touted as “The Richest of all Perfumes” and “The most Popular Perfume in the World” by Murray & Lanman, the company that created it. 

Florida Water is used in spiritual cleansing and home protection. It can be worn on the body, used as an ingredient in magical works or by itself as a cologne, put in the bath water and misted in the environment to purify it. 

1. Add to spiritual baths to enhance spiritual cleansing;

2. Wear as a cologne for a protective shield that leaves a delicate scent. 

3. Mist in the environment to repel negative energy and negative spirits.

4. Mist in the environment to attract good spirits. 

5. Add to floor washes for its cleansing properties.

6. Place a bottle on your altar as an offering to the Spirits;

7. Use to wash a pair of lodestones in preparation for use. 

8. Add a few drops to a bowl of water and place on your ancestral altar as an offering to your ancestors.  

9. Use after showering for an exhilarating rubdown and toner.

10. Use as an astringent and skin lotion to tone the skin, leaving it with a feeling of freshness.

11. As a rubdown for the sick, Florida Water has a beneficial, stimulating effect similar to alcohol rubs but much more pleasant due to its aroma-therapeutic qualities.

12. Applied to insect bites it provides some relief. 

13. For high anxiety it can be applied to the forehead and used as a rubdown, providing some relief for nervous tension.

14. Use to cleanse and bless candles prior to use (be sure the candles are completely dry before lighting).*

15. Use to wipe down altars and altar items to keep free from negative energy.

16. Pour a little in a cast iron pot or cauldron and light it to aid in spirit communication through fire.

17. Pour a little in a cast iron pot or cauldron and light it, then place your hands over the flames warming them before engaging in money drawing activities like working and gambling.

18. Pray the 23rd Psalm over it and use in place of Holy Water.

19. Periodically spray a little on your altar to keep it receptive to the spirits.

*CAUTION: Florida Water is highly flammable. Use extreme caution when working with it.