Fairy Dust Bottles

by Melody

Hi Ophelia, Is the fairy dust in the small bottle necklaces you can get in the malls real fairy dust?

Ophelia Fey says -- No, it is not really real, although it is quite clever. This is a picture of a fairy dust bottle in a typical bottle that a fairy would use. It is just a standard bottle, nothing special. (Although some gothic fairies and other types of fairies do use bottles that are far more spectacular).

Fairy dust, you see, does not last for any length of time in the human realm. It can disappear quite quickly from here. Whereas, in our world where it is made and made for, it lasts practically forever. (Perhaps that is a slight exaggeration).

We do leave fairy dust behind oftentimes when we come to visit you. I guess you could say it is part of the energy footprint we leave. If you are alert you may see it. And then an hour or less later you will wonder what happened -- it is gone. As in all things in nature including the dew, it comes and goes.

You can try to gather it up and put it in bottles, but it won't work. It cannot last here in your world. But the fairy dust bottles in your stores are quite an intriguing copy. And who knows. We may just tap a little of our own into your bottle. And you will have some real fairy dust for at least a tiny while.

Ophelia Fey, fairy