<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . (June 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . (June 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> This is a list of potions used in the Harry Potter series . Many are mentioned in potions class at Hogwarts, which is taught by Severus Snape in books one to five and Horace Slughorn in books six and seven . </P> <P> Amortentia is a love potion that does not create actual love, but gives the drinker a powerful obsession and infatuation with the giver of the potion . It is usually either forced upon someone or covertly given . As a rule of thumb the longer a love potion awaits consumption, the stronger the effects will be, as seen in Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince when Ron Weasley mistakenly eats a box of Chocolate Cauldrons spiked with the intense love potion intended for Harry previously bought from Weasley's Wizard Wheezes . The potion's aroma is unique to each person who consumes it, as it smells like whatever attracts each individual, e.g. Hermione Granger says that she smells spearmint toothpaste, freshly cut grass and a piece of fresh parchment in the movies . In the books, she does not say spearmint toothpaste as the third aroma but instead blushes . (she smelled Ron's hair according to later clarification by the author). It can also be identified by its characteristic spirals of steam and its mother - of - pearl sheen, as noted by Hermione . Unless constantly administered, its effects eventually wear off . </P>

List of potions and how to make them in harry potter