Aura Soma’s line of mystical beauty products is either filled with gorgeous medicines or the prettiest snake oil around.

Soma is what the Vedics called a sacred plant drink that was also considered a god––they believed that drinking it would imbue them with light and immortality. Though this modern version is unpotable, it does promise to balance you on a subtle, energetic level with color, scent, and essence. When selecting a bottle of their bi-colored “Equilibrium” elixirs, you let your intuition do the work. For example, I chose a mixture of hot pink and turquoise. Turns out it’s called “Breath of Love” and is supposed to mend your heart and receive and give love more easily. I’m not sure the blend of water, herbs, and “gem essence” does much more than smell delicious and vibrantly glow on my nightstand, but in the gray urban jungle, that’s plenty.