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|effect = Infatuation with whoever offered the potion<ref name="hbp9"/><ref name="TBBH">{{TBB|H}}</ref>
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|side-effects = Embarrassment on the part of the drinker<ref name="hbp18"/>
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|side-effects=Drinker remembers being under potion's influence and is typically left embarassed because of the potent and obvious effects of the potion on the drinker.
  
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*[[Rose thorn]]s<ref name="HBP/g Website">Check [http://www.harrypotter.ea.com/#/Potions/157 this] on the ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]'' [http://www.harrypotter.ea.com/ Official Website].</ref>
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*[[Rose thorn]]s<ref name="HBP/g Website">Check [http://www.harrypotter.ea.com/#/Potions/157 this] on the {{HBP|G}} [http://www.harrypotter.ea.com/ Official Website].</ref>
 
*[[Peppermint]]<ref name="HBP/g Website"/>
  
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{{Quote|Powerful infatuations can be induced by the skilful potioneer, but never yet has anyone managed to create the truly unbreakable, eternal, unconditional attachment that alone can be called [[Love]].|[[Hector Dagworth-Granger]] on love potions.|The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)}}
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{{Quote|Powerful infatuations can be induced by the skilful [[potioneer]], but never yet has anyone managed to create the truly unbreakable, eternal, unconditional attachment that alone can be called [[love]].|[[Hector Dagworth-Granger]] regarding love potions|The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)}}
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'''Love potions''' were [[potion]]s which caused the drinker to become infatuated or obsessed with the person who gave it to them.<ref name="hbp9"/><ref name="TBBH"/> Love potions were considered to be powerful and highly dangerous.<ref name="hbp9"/><ref name="WW">{{WW}} - [https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/love-potion-guide-hogwarts-most-intoxicating-tonic/ The love potion: a guide to Hogwarts’ most intoxicating tonic]</ref> [[Amortentia]] was the most powerful love potion in existence.<ref name="hbp9"/> [[Pearl Dust]] was an ingredient found in all love potions.<ref name="CC45"/>
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'''Love potions''' are a [[potion|brew]] which causes the drinker to become infatuated or obsessed with the one who gave them the potion.
  
   
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Love potions were banned items at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]],<ref name="GOF27"/> though students still smuggled them into the school through various means.<ref name="HBP15">{{HBP|B|15}}</ref>
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==Ingredients==
  
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[[Ashwinder egg]]s are a common ingredient in many varieties of love potion,<ref>''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''</ref> as so are [[rose thorn]]s, peppermint and [[Moonstone]].<ref name="HBP/g Website"/>
  
   
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==History==
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{{Quote|Watch out, these potions can strengthen the longer they're kept.|Description of use|Pottermore}}
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{{Dialogue a-b-a|Ron|It's no joke! I'm in love with her!|Harry|Alright, fine, you're in love with her! Have you ever actually met her?|No. Can you introduce me?|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] declares his Love Potion-induced feelings for [[Romilda Vane]] to [[Harry Potter]]|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)}}
  
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[[File:Laverne de Montmorency.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Laverne de Montmorency, an inventor of love potions]]
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Love Potions ostensibly cause the drinker to fall in [[love]] with the person who gave them the potion. However, true love cannot be produced through artificial means, and thus the feelings that Love Potions create are more like obsession than affection.<ref name="hbp9">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', Chapter 9</ref>
  
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[[Laverne de Montmorency]] invented a number of different love potions in the [[1800s]]. For her achievements of inventing of many love potions, she was immortalised on a [[Chocolate Frog Card]].<ref name="COSG">{{COS|G}}</ref>
   
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[[Albus Dumbledore]] believed that [[Merope Riddle|Merope Gaunt]] used a love potion to obtain the affections of [[Tom Riddle Senior|Tom Riddle Snr]], a wealthy [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] who lived in her [[Little Hangleton|village]] and whom she was infatuated with, as it would seem to be a more romantic method of obtaining his "love" than the also possible method of the [[Imperius Curse]]. She then seemed to stop giving it to him and he (understandably) ran off, leaving her and her [[Tom Riddle|unborn baby]] to fend for themselves.<ref name="HBP10"/>
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The effect that a Love Potion has will wear off over time. In order to maintain the potion's effect, the giver must continually administer doses, or else the recipient may 'fall out of love" with them.<ref>''Half-Blood Prince'', Chapter 10</ref> A single dose typically lasts up to 24 hours, but the precise duration is dependent on the weight of the drinker, as well as the attractiveness of the giver.<ref name="hbp6">''Half-Blood Prince'', Chapter 6</ref>
  
   
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Love potions were banned at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]<ref name="GOF27">{{GOF|B|27}}</ref> but this has not stopped students from making them, or from trying to win hearts by their use. Even [[Molly Weasley]] admitted to having brewed a love potion when she was a girl at Hogwarts.<ref name="POA5">{{POA|B|5}}</ref>
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Love Potion will work regardless of whether the giver is present when the recipient consumes the potion.<ref name="hbp18">''Half-Blood Prince'', Chapter 18</ref> The longer the recipient keeps the potion (or potion-spiked item), the more potent its effect will become, as Love Potion matures over time.<ref name="hbp18" />
  
   
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[[File:Crushed.jpg|250px|thumb|Ismelda's plan to administer a love potion backfiring]]
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There is an [[antidote]] to counteract the effect of Love Potions, but, even after it has been given, one will still retain all the embarrassing memories of how they acted under the influence of the Love Potion.<ref name="hbp18" /> The Love Potion can cancel out the effects of a [[Hate Potion]], and vice versa, as they are opposite of each other.
  
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In the [[1988–1989 school year]], [[Ismelda Murk]] planned on giving [[Barnaby Lee]] a love potion hidden in a [[sandwich]]. However, it made Barnaby infatuated with Jacob's sibling instead.<ref name="HM5 Crushed">{{HM|5|Crushed}}</ref> Indeed, love potions were usually hidden in food or drinks so that the recipient would not notice.<ref name="hbp18"/>
   
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[[Jae Kim]] at some point gave [[Alistair Fidgen]] [[Butterbeer]] falsely claimed to be love potion.<ref name="HM610">{{HM|6|10}}</ref> During the [[1989–1990 school year]] at Hogwarts, [[Jacob's sibling]] and [[Penny Haywood]] brewed a love potion in the [[Artefact Room]] which they planned to trade for an [[Invisibility Cloak]] with Alistair Fidgen. Jacob's sibling collected [[rose thorn]]s from the [[Herbology Classroom]], [[peppermint]] from the [[Hogwarts kitchens]] and picked up [[pearl dust]] and [[moonstone|powdered moonstone]] from a [[Wizardkind|witch]] at [[Hogsmeade station]].<ref name="HM611">{{HM|6|11}}</ref> Jacob's sibling, Jae Kim and [[Talbott Winger]] then gave Alistair the potion in [[Knockturn Alley]] in exchange for the cloak.<ref name="HM612">{{HM|6|12}}</ref>
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==Varieties==
  
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{{Quote|And they've ordered Fred and George's Love Potions, which I'm sorry to say probably work.|Hermione Granger|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
  
   
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On [[Valentine's Day]] [[1992]], [[Gilderoy Lockhart]] implored his co-workers at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] to join him in celebrating the occasion, suggesting that students should ask [[Severus Snape|Professor Snape]] how to brew a love potion. Snape did not approve of this, and "''was looking as though the first person to ask him for a love potion would be force-fed [[poison]].''"<ref name="COS13">{{COS|B|13}}</ref>
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[[File:Laverne de Montmorency.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Laverne de Montmorency with one of the Love Potions she invented.]]
  
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[[Laverne de Montmorency]] invented a number of different Love Potions in the [[1800s]].<ref>[[Famous Wizard Card]] {{Comment|Laverne de Montmorency}}</ref> [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]] sold a whole "range" of Love Potions in [[1996]], including [[Cupid Crystals]], [[Kissing Concoction]], [[Beguiling Bubbles]] and [[Twilight Moonbeams]], further suggesting that there is more than one kind, each of which might have a unique effect.<ref name="hbp6" />
  
   
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In her fourth year, [[Pansy Parkinson]] told [[Rita Skeeter]] that she believed [[Hermione Granger]] was capable of brewing a love potion, and that this was the method she thought Hermione had used to win the interest of [[Viktor Krum]] and, allegedly, [[Harry Potter]]. Skeeter [[HARRY POTTER'S SECRET HEARTACHE|published]] these false and defamatory claims in ''[[Witch Weekly]]'' and urged [[Albus Dumbledore]] to investigate them further.<ref name="GOF27" />
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[[Amortentia]] is the strongest Love Potion in the world. It is recognisable by its mother-of-pearl sheen and by the spiraling steam that rises from it. The smell of the potion varies from person to person and is dependent upon what each individual finds appealing.<ref name="hbp9" />
  
   
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[[File:WB F6 HermioneGinnyLovePotion WeasleysWizardWheezes HP6-FP-00145.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Hermione Granger and Ginny Weasley, looking at the love potions at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]]
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==Use of Love potion==
  
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[[File:RonDaydreaming.jpg|thumb|left|210px|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] thinking about [[Romilda Vane]] under the influence of Love Potion.]]
  
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Love Potions are possibly banned at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] <ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', Chapter 27</ref>, but this has not stopped students from making them, or from trying to win hearts by their use. Even [[Molly Weasley]] admitted to having brewed a Love Potion when she was a girl at Hogwarts. <ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', Chapter 5</ref>Normally, a Love Potion is hidden in food or drinks so the intended victim won't notice.
  
   
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The [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]] shop began carrying a range of love potions as part of its [[WonderWitch]] line in [[1996]].<ref name="hbp6" /> When [[Argus Filch]] banned all Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products from Hogwarts, [[Fred and George Weasley]] began shipping love potions disguised as perfumes and [[cough potion]]s, allowing Hogwarts students to order love potions, despite mandatory searches on owls. Hermione Granger overheard girls in the bathroom discussing ways to sneak Harry Potter a love potion.<ref name="hbp15">{{HBP|B|15}}</ref>
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On Valentine's Day, [[1992]], [[Gilderoy Lockhart]] implored his co-workers to join him in celebrating the occasion, suggesting that students should ask [[Severus Snape|Professor Snape]] how to brew a Love Potion. Snape did not approve of this, and "was looking as though the first person to ask him for a Love Potion would be force-fed poison."
  
   
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[[Romilda Vane]] tried to give one of the [[Fred and George Weasley|Weasleys]]' love potions to Harry Potter by spiking [[Gillywater]] and a box of [[Chocolate Cauldrons]]. Having been warned by Hermione, Harry refused the Gillywater when Romilda offered it to him, but was forced to accept her chocolates.<ref name="hbp15" /> Harry kept the unopened box in his room until [[March]] of the [[1997|next year]], when [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] found it, and, mistaking it for a birthday gift, ate half the chocolates. Ron instantly became obsessively smitten with Romilda and had to be taken to [[Horace Slughorn]] to be given an [[Love Potion Antidote|antidote]].<ref name="hbp18" />
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In her [[1994|fourth year]], [[Pansy Parkinson]] told [[Rita Skeeter]] that she believed [[Hermione Granger]] was capable of brewing a Love Potion, and that this was the method she thought Hermione had used to win the interest of [[Viktor Krum]] and, allegedly, [[Harry Potter]]. Skeeter published these false claims in ''[[Witch Weekly]]'' and urged [[Albus Dumbledore]] to investigate them further.<ref>''Goblet of Fire'', Chapter 27</ref>
  
   
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==Ingredients and brewing==
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The [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]] shop began carrying a range of Love Potions as part of its [[WonderWitch]] line in [[1996]].<ref name="hbp6" /> When [[Argus Filch]] banned all Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products from Hogwarts, [[Fred and George Weasley]] began shipping Love Potions disguised as perfumes and cough potions, allowing Hogwarts students to order Love Potions, despite mandatory searches on [[owl]]s. [[Hermione Granger]] overheard girls in the bathroom discussing ways to sneak [[Harry Potter]] a love potion.<ref name="hbp15">''Half-Blood Prince'', Chapter 15</ref> [[Romilda Vane]] tried to give one of the [[Weasley family|Weasleys]]' Love Potions to [[Harry Potter]] by spiking [[Gillywater]] and a box of [[Chocolate Cauldrons]]. Having been warned by [[Hermione]], Harry refused the Gillywater when Romilda offered it to him, but was forced to accept her chocolates.<ref name="hbp15" /> Harry kept the unopened box in his room until [[March]] of the [[1997|next year]], when [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] found it, and, mistaking it for a birthday gift, ate half the chocolates.<ref name="hbp18" /> Ron instantly became obsessively smitten with Romilda and had to be taken to [[Horace Slughorn]] to be given an [[antidote]].
  
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{{Quote|[[Rose Petal]]s - There are over a hundred species in the genus Rosa. Wizards and Muggles alike have been breeding garden roses for thousands of years. Thorn: Some love potions use more thorns instead of rose petals, although I personally have found the effects of these potions tend to be brief and somewhat unstable.|[[Zygmunt Budge]]|Book of Potions}}
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[[File:RoseThorns.png|200px|thumb|right|A rose thorn, an ingredient commonly found in love potions]]
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[[Ashwinder egg]]s were a common ingredient in many varieties of love potions,<ref name="FBR">{{FB|R}}</ref> as were [[rose thorn]]s, [[peppermint]], and [[Moonstone]].<ref name="HBP/g Website" /> Since there are many different types of love potions, therefore there are many different methods in which to brew them.<ref name="WBP"/>
   
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[[Pearl Dust]] was an ingredient in all love potions.<ref name="CC45" /> The famous [[Potioneer]] [[Zygmunt Budge]] personally favoured [[Rose Petal]]s.<ref name="WBP" />
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* [[Albus Dumbledore]] believed that [[Merope Gaunt]] used a love potion to obtain the affections of [[Tom Riddle Sr.]], a wealthy [[Muggle]] who lived in her [[Little Hangleton|village]] and whom she was infatuated with, as it would seem to be a more romantic method of obtaining his "love" than the also possible method of the [[Imperius Curse]]. She then seemed to stop giving it to him and he ran off, leaving her and her unborn baby to fend for themselves.
  
   
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==Effects==
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==Behind the scenes==
  
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{{Dialogue a-b-a|Harry Potter|They didn't fall off your bed, you prat, don't you understand? They were mine, I chucked them out of my trunk when I was looking for the map. They're the Chocolate Cauldrons Romilda gave me before Christmas and they're all spiked with love potion!|Ron Weasley|Romilda? Did you say Romilda? Harry - do you know her? Can you introduce me?|Yeah, I'll introduce you. I'm going to let you down now, okay?|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron]]'s intense love potion-induced feelings for [[Romilda Vane]]|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
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*[[J. K. Rowling]] has said that it is of important symbolic significance that [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]], incapable of love himself, was conceived in an act of coercion, rather than genuine [[love]].<ref>[http://the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/7/30/j-k-rowling-web-chat-transcript 30 July, 2007 Bloomsbury webchat]</ref>
  
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[[File:RonLovePotion.png|250px|thumb|left|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] thinking about Romilda Vane under the influence of love potion]]
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Love potions ostensibly caused the drinker to romantically obsess over the person who gave them the potion.<ref name="hbp9"/> However, it was important to note that love potion did not create actual love, true [[love]] could not be produced through artificial means,<ref name="hbp9"/><ref name="TBBH"/> and thus the feelings that love potions created were more like obsession than affection.<ref name="hbp9">{{HBP|B|9}}</ref>
   
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The effect that a love potion had would wear off over time. In order to maintain the potion's effect, the giver needed to administer doses continually, or else the recipient would "fall out of love" with them.<ref name="HBP10">{{HBP|B|10}}</ref> A single dose typically lasted up to 24 hours, but the precise duration was dependent on the weight of the drinker, as well as the attractiveness of the giver.<ref name="hbp6">{{HBP|B|6}}</ref>
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[[File:RonDaydreaming.jpg|thumb|Ron Wealsey's dopey and vacant expression while under it's affects]]
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* [[Love Potion Antidote]]
  
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Love potions would work regardless of whether the giver is present when the recipient consumes them. The longer the recipient kept the potions (or potion-spiked items), the more potent their effect would become, as love potions matured over time.<ref name="hbp18">{{HBP|B|18}}</ref>
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It was possible for the creation of a love potion to go wrong, causing the recipient to obsess over a person other than the giver.<ref name="HM5 Crushed"/>
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There was an [[Love Potion Antidote|antidote]] to counteract the effect of love potions, but, even after it had been given, one would still retain all the embarrassing memories of how one acted under the influence of the administered love potion.<ref name="hbp18" /> Love potions could cancel out the effects of a [[Hate Potion]], and vice versa, as they were the opposite of each other.<ref name="DP3">{{DP|N|3}}</ref>
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{{Quote|And they've ordered [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]]'s love potions, which I'm sorry to say probably work.|The different varieties of love potions|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
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[[File:Bottles of Wonder Witch Love Potions (Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes product).JPG|250px|thumb|Bottles of [[WonderWitch]] love potions|left]]
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[[Laverne de Montmorency]] invented a number of different love potions in the [[1800s]].<ref name="COSG"/> [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]] sold a whole "range" of love potions in [[1996]], including: [[Cupid Crystals]], [[Kissing Concoction]], [[First Love Beguiling Bubbles|Beguiling Bubbles]], and [[Twilight Moonbeams]], further suggesting that there is more than one kind, possibly each with its own unique effect.<ref name="hbp6" />
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[[Amortentia]] was the strongest love potion in the world. It was recognisable by its mother-of-pearl sheen and by the spiralling steam that rose from it. The smell of the potion varied from person to person and was dependent upon what each individual found appealing.<ref name="hbp9" />
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*[[J. K. Rowling]] has said that it is of important symbolic significance that [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]], incapable of love himself, was conceived in an act of coercion, rather than genuine [[love]].<ref>[http://the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/7/30/j-k-rowling-web-chat-transcript 30 July, 2007 Bloomsbury webchat]</ref> In {{HM}}, Snape also claimed that someone conceived under such means will never be capable of love, but how he could have possibly known about [[Merope Riddle]] is ambiguous.<ref name="HM5 Crushed"/>
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*Given how easily the potion can be abused to manipulate others, much like the [[Imperius Curse]], it is unclear why the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry]] did not ban it, or why Hogwarts allowed it to be part of the Potions curriculum although it is possible that they were taught about it so that they could recognise the effects and counter them for their own safety, which Snape implied to be the case in one of his classes.<ref name="HM5 Crushed"/>
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*Love potions are noted to have an "expiration date" of safe usage, as they mature over time; using the Love potion after the expiration date amplifies the desired effects, but it's unknown if it also lengthens the time of the effect above 24 hours.
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*In {{HM}}, the player can win a love potion necklace in a limited-time event.
   
 
==Appearances==
  
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*{{PS|G}} {{FWC}} {{C|[[Laverne de Montmorency]]}}
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[[File:Bottles_of_Wonder_Witch_Love_Potions_(Weasleys'_Wizard_Wheezes_product).JPG|thumb|250px|Bottles of [[WonderWitch]] Love Potions.]]
  
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*''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''
  
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*''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)|The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]''
  
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*{{WBP}}
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*{{MA}} {{HoM mention}}
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==Notes and references==
  
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{{Potions Club}}
  
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*[[Love]]
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*[[Love Potion Antidote]]
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*[[Amortentia]]
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As such, spoilers will be present within the article.

"Powerful infatuations can be induced by the skilful potioneer, but never yet has anyone managed to create the truly unbreakable, eternal, unconditional attachment that alone can be called love."
— Hector Dagworth-Granger regarding love potions[src]

Love potions were potions which caused the drinker to become infatuated or obsessed with the person who gave it to them.[1][2] Love potions were considered to be powerful and highly dangerous.[1][11] Amortentia was the most powerful love potion in existence.[1] Pearl Dust was an ingredient found in all love potions.[8]

Love potions were banned items at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,[12] though students still smuggled them into the school through various means.[13]

History

"Watch out, these potions can strengthen the longer they're kept."
— Description of use[src]
Laverne de Montmorency

Laverne de Montmorency, an inventor of love potions

Laverne de Montmorency invented a number of different love potions in the 1800s. For her achievements of inventing of many love potions, she was immortalised on a Chocolate Frog Card.[5]

Albus Dumbledore believed that Merope Gaunt used a love potion to obtain the affections of Tom Riddle Snr, a wealthy Muggle who lived in her village and whom she was infatuated with, as it would seem to be a more romantic method of obtaining his "love" than the also possible method of the Imperius Curse. She then seemed to stop giving it to him and he (understandably) ran off, leaving her and her unborn baby to fend for themselves.[14]

Love potions were banned at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry[12] but this has not stopped students from making them, or from trying to win hearts by their use. Even Molly Weasley admitted to having brewed a love potion when she was a girl at Hogwarts.[15]

Crushed

Ismelda's plan to administer a love potion backfiring

In the 1988–1989 school year, Ismelda Murk planned on giving Barnaby Lee a love potion hidden in a sandwich. However, it made Barnaby infatuated with Jacob's sibling instead.[16] Indeed, love potions were usually hidden in food or drinks so that the recipient would not notice.[3]

Jae Kim at some point gave Alistair Fidgen Butterbeer falsely claimed to be love potion.[17] During the 1989–1990 school year at Hogwarts, Jacob's sibling and Penny Haywood brewed a love potion in the Artefact Room which they planned to trade for an Invisibility Cloak with Alistair Fidgen. Jacob's sibling collected rose thorns from the Herbology Classroom, peppermint from the Hogwarts kitchens and picked up pearl dust and powdered moonstone from a witch at Hogsmeade station.[18] Jacob's sibling, Jae Kim and Talbott Winger then gave Alistair the potion in Knockturn Alley in exchange for the cloak.[19]

On Valentine's Day 1992, Gilderoy Lockhart implored his co-workers at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to join him in celebrating the occasion, suggesting that students should ask Professor Snape how to brew a love potion. Snape did not approve of this, and "was looking as though the first person to ask him for a love potion would be force-fed poison."[20]

In her fourth year, Pansy Parkinson told Rita Skeeter that she believed Hermione Granger was capable of brewing a love potion, and that this was the method she thought Hermione had used to win the interest of Viktor Krum and, allegedly, Harry Potter. Skeeter published these false and defamatory claims in Witch Weekly and urged Albus Dumbledore to investigate them further.[12]

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Hermione Granger and Ginny Weasley, looking at the love potions at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes

The Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes shop began carrying a range of love potions as part of its WonderWitch line in 1996.[10] When Argus Filch banned all Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products from Hogwarts, Fred and George Weasley began shipping love potions disguised as perfumes and cough potions, allowing Hogwarts students to order love potions, despite mandatory searches on owls. Hermione Granger overheard girls in the bathroom discussing ways to sneak Harry Potter a love potion.[21]

Romilda Vane tried to give one of the Weasleys' love potions to Harry Potter by spiking Gillywater and a box of Chocolate Cauldrons. Having been warned by Hermione, Harry refused the Gillywater when Romilda offered it to him, but was forced to accept her chocolates.[21] Harry kept the unopened box in his room until March of the next year, when Ron Weasley found it, and, mistaking it for a birthday gift, ate half the chocolates. Ron instantly became obsessively smitten with Romilda and had to be taken to Horace Slughorn to be given an antidote.[3]

Ingredients and brewing

"Rose Petals - There are over a hundred species in the genus Rosa. Wizards and Muggles alike have been breeding garden roses for thousands of years. Thorn: Some love potions use more thorns instead of rose petals, although I personally have found the effects of these potions tend to be brief and somewhat unstable."
— Zygmunt Budge[src]
RoseThorns

A rose thorn, an ingredient commonly found in love potions

Ashwinder eggs were a common ingredient in many varieties of love potions,[6] as were rose thorns, peppermint, and Moonstone.[7] Since there are many different types of love potions, therefore there are many different methods in which to brew them.[9]

Pearl Dust was an ingredient in all love potions.[8] The famous Potioneer Zygmunt Budge personally favoured Rose Petals.[9]

Effects

Harry Potter: "They didn't fall off your bed, you prat, don't you understand? They were mine, I chucked them out of my trunk when I was looking for the map. They're the Chocolate Cauldrons Romilda gave me before Christmas and they're all spiked with love potion!"
Ron Weasley: "Romilda? Did you say Romilda? Harry - do you know her? Can you introduce me?"
Harry Potter: "Yeah, I'll introduce you. I'm going to let you down now, okay?"
— Ron's intense love potion-induced feelings for Romilda Vane[src]
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Ron Weasley thinking about Romilda Vane under the influence of love potion

Love potions ostensibly caused the drinker to romantically obsess over the person who gave them the potion.[1] However, it was important to note that love potion did not create actual love, true love could not be produced through artificial means,[1][2] and thus the feelings that love potions created were more like obsession than affection.[1]

The effect that a love potion had would wear off over time. In order to maintain the potion's effect, the giver needed to administer doses continually, or else the recipient would "fall out of love" with them.[14] A single dose typically lasted up to 24 hours, but the precise duration was dependent on the weight of the drinker, as well as the attractiveness of the giver.[10]

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Ron Wealsey's dopey and vacant expression while under it's affects

Love potions would work regardless of whether the giver is present when the recipient consumes them. The longer the recipient kept the potions (or potion-spiked items), the more potent their effect would become, as love potions matured over time.[3]

It was possible for the creation of a love potion to go wrong, causing the recipient to obsess over a person other than the giver.[16]

There was an antidote to counteract the effect of love potions, but, even after it had been given, one would still retain all the embarrassing memories of how one acted under the influence of the administered love potion.[3] Love potions could cancel out the effects of a Hate Potion, and vice versa, as they were the opposite of each other.[22]

Varieties

"And they've ordered Fred and George's love potions, which I'm sorry to say probably work."
— The different varieties of love potions[src]
Bottles of Wonder Witch Love Potions (Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes product)

Bottles of WonderWitch love potions

Laverne de Montmorency invented a number of different love potions in the 1800s.[5] Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes sold a whole "range" of love potions in 1996, including: Cupid Crystals, Kissing Concoction, Beguiling Bubbles, and Twilight Moonbeams, further suggesting that there is more than one kind, possibly each with its own unique effect.[10]

Amortentia was the strongest love potion in the world. It was recognisable by its mother-of-pearl sheen and by the spiralling steam that rose from it. The smell of the potion varied from person to person and was dependent upon what each individual found appealing.[1]

Behind the scenes

  • J. K. Rowling has said that it is of important symbolic significance that Voldemort, incapable of love himself, was conceived in an act of coercion, rather than genuine love.[23] In Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Snape also claimed that someone conceived under such means will never be capable of love, but how he could have possibly known about Merope Riddle is ambiguous.[16]
  • Given how easily the potion can be abused to manipulate others, much like the Imperius Curse, it is unclear why the Ministry did not ban it, or why Hogwarts allowed it to be part of the Potions curriculum although it is possible that they were taught about it so that they could recognise the effects and counter them for their own safety, which Snape implied to be the case in one of his classes.[16]
  • Love potions are noted to have an "expiration date" of safe usage, as they mature over time; using the Love potion after the expiration date amplifies the desired effects, but it's unknown if it also lengthens the time of the effect above 24 hours.
  • In Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, the player can win a love potion necklace in a limited-time event.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 9 (The Half-Blood Prince)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Tales of Beedle the Bard, "The Warlock's Hairy Heart"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 18 (Birthday Surprises)
  4. ↑ Pottermore
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Check this on the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) Official Website.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act Four, Scene Five
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Wonderbook: Book of Potions
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 6 (Draco's Detour)
  11. ↑ Wizarding World - The love potion: a guide to Hogwarts’ most intoxicating tonic
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 27 (Padfoot Returns)
  13. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 15 (The Unbreakable Vow)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 10 (The House of Gaunt)
  15. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 5 (The Dementor)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Side Quest "Crushed"
  17. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 10 (Cloaks and Conflicts)
  18. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 11 (Love in a Bottle)
  19. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 12 (Now You See Me)
  20. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 13 (The Very Secret Diary)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 15 (The Unbreakable Vow)
  22. ↑ Daily Prophet Newsletters, Issue 3
  23. ↑ 30 July, 2007 Bloomsbury webchat
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