magicmurphy --
They are simply two different recipes that are similar. When i got the recipe for Algeirs Oil the resemblance was obvious to me.
In "Golden Secrets of Mystic Oils" the writer Anna Riva (Dorothy Spencer) attributed the name "Algiers" to "the Mediterranean" and called it a "sensuous" oil.
However, Edward Lowe, a Texas-born African-American root doctor in Chicago in the 1920s, made and sold Algiers Perfume many decades before Anna Riva came on the scene, and he attributed it to Algiers, Louisiana, which is across the river from New Orleans. This makes good sense to me, as Algiers was at that time known as "hoodoo town."
See also the songs "Spider in Your Dumpling" by Arnold Wiley on the "Hoodoo Jukebox" CD and "Mojo Boogie" by J. B. Lenoir at my "Hoodoo and Blues Lyrics" web site for references to Algiers, Louisiana, as a locational source of magical learning.
Lowe's ascription of Algiers Perfume to Louisiana rather than Algeria, as Anna Riva later had it, led me to understand that the similarity in fragrance between Algiers Oil and New Orleans Fast Luck Oil was not accidental.
Algiers Oil
Use in Magic:
Algiers, Louisiana, locally nicknamed "Hoodoo Town" during the 20th century, is the source for this wonderful old formula reputed to catch "Luck in a Hurry," and to "Bring in the Winnings."
Spell Methods:
Use oils to fix candles, prepare magical amulets, anoint the body and hair, add to bath water and floor wash, and dress furniture and rooms, according to folk magic spell lore.
Product Details:
Hand-made, faith-based, perfumed hoodoo dressing oil with herbs and roots included, in a 1/2 oz. glass bottle with a colourful label.
OIL-HOO-ALGI
Algiers Oil
$10.00
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http://www.luckymojo.com/algiers.html