This is the simple truth behind a love potion. The erotic brew of heady liquors, imbued with herbal preparations and deliciously scented fruits or flowers, is calculated to alter the state of awareness of the recipient - to relax the nervous, and to excite the bored. . . . youll be issuing an invitation to perceive, and be perceived, on a wonderfully heightened plateau of senses. These venerated potions are also chosen for situations that are not specifically romantic . . . - from the Introduction.