A drink supposed to cause the drinker to feel love and desire for a particular person.
‘a local witch who sold love potions and charms’
‘His former mistress, is jealous, and switches the love potion with a drug that will make Marfa lose her beauty and waste away.’
‘By mistake, the love potion is drunk by Tristram and Isoud who are bound thereafter in endless passion.’
‘A lot of the exotic love potion powders are dangerously toxic.’
‘Perfume can serve as a love potion, and the best part about it is that if she appreciates your gift, she'll want you to get a sampling of it as often as possible.’
‘The sheltered witch craves true romance with a mortal—one that doesn't require love potions, hexes or spells.’
‘If someone is trying to sell you a magic love potion, save your money.’
‘Alkaloids from Solanaceae may induce a delirious state, but, despite their frequent use in medieval love potions, they do not have specific eroticising properties.’
‘The fact that the lovers do not know that they are drinking a love potion makes the potion truly magic, for they fall in love when they have drunk it.’
‘I've heard this song for years and one day a friend of mine informs me that the whole thing is how-to for a love potion.’
‘I quite fancied cornering the market in the one and only true love potion.’
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