Salve of Venus’ Aerial Delight
Red clover blossom, fenugreek seed, yarrow flower, mugwort, raspberry leaf, plantain leaf, jasmine flower, damiana leaf, valerian root, slipper elm bark, passion flower, and chamomile flowers in a 1:1 ratio of organic jojoba and extra virgin olive oils. Combined with fumigated herbs during our Aerial Delight election window and left to imbue for 5+ months before being strained, melted with organic beeswax and essential oils and poured into tins.
Apply to the low back, feet, neck and shoulders, or wherever your heart desires… well, almost anywhere the heart desires.
Invite lightness and relaxation.
Less good for pain relief than most of our other salves, but great for releasing emotional and mental stress, and enjoying a nice evening of romance or conversation.
Offered in a 2 oz tin or 4 oz bulk tin.
Note: earlier pours of this salve had 22k rose gold spangled throughout.
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This oil made it so that I was treated like a star. I was truly treated as someone special and important. It creates easy, smooth communication and attracts admirers—people who admire my personality and the things I do in my life. It was quite beautiful.
At the same time, I admit it also scared me a little, because I thought that attracting admirers might eventually mean attracting envious people too—or people who are already envious underneath, even if for now they act with admiration.
It’s a lighter oil, not demanding, and it allows you to detach from a relationship that isn’t balanced without trying to force things or make extra efforts. And I think that’s also the strength of Libra—not forcing what doesn’t work.
Excellent salve for providing easeful conversation. My heart feels more open and easy to connect to, yet boundaried. Makes me aware of reciprocation (or the lack thereof) in relationships.
let me start off by saying that this salve smells INCREDIBLE!! (i have to stop myself from digging a spoon into the tin LOL) initially i was using this salve on the backs of my hands during my venus devotions on fridays, but i started to notice how the skin on the backs of my hands started to become smoother, softer, and brighter, which led me to start to use this as a scar balm. in 2023 i had my thyroid removed, which left a scar that keloided right below my throat. i've taken to applying this balm at night, then i follow up with VAD beauty oil on fridays. after about a month and a half, i can see a slight improvement in my scar! it's a little less red, feels a little flatter, and the skin tone has improved. the salve is soft and cushiony, perfect for nourishing and healing scars. and since it smells so yummy, i don't mind having it right under my nose!
This salve smells so lovely like the earth. It’s helped my toddler’s friction burn heal so beautifully. It’s also helped the dry patches on my face stay moisturized all day. Now it lives with the rest of my skincare as I’m using it on my face twice a day.
Whoever described this as laundry in a forest smell was spot on, not sure if it's my favourite smell of the series but it does suit. And as instructions suggested, it's amazing for cramping. Really happy to have this for that purpose!!
I normally like using my Asclepius salve but have been leaning towards using this during the harsh winters as it has made my skin feel soooo smooth. I use this after I shower and it helps calm any skin inflammation I’ve had. Also makes me feel so pretty <3 Also the scent is so calming and grounding, love love love
I really like the VAD series overall but was late to appreciate this salve. I mostly used it as a softer, gentler version of the oil when layering VAD with other series or when I didn’t feel up for absolutely full-on chatty social vibes. But I rubbed it on my aching joints today before a walk with a friend and the aches just - receded. They didn’t go away entirely, but I felt a kind of lightness in my bones where I’d applied the salve, instead of the heaviness that aches usually feel. It also layers wonderfully with other series, tempering and lifting “heavier” energies and adding a dose of balanced lightness. Chatty and social - I never feel awkward or out of place while wearing VAD, and the salve is no exception. This will be a repurchase.
My absolute fav! This salve smells soft and sweet without being overpowering and it melts into the skin. Any anxious states are instantly neutralized and I find myself breathing slower and deeper. It's great for nighttime use but also for daytime use when feeling stressed out.
Was lucky enough to get this as a free gift with my first-ever S+S purchase last fall and what a luxury! Introduced me to salves and it's a great one. It smells like doing laundry in the forest, a really nice way to unwind, and I've loved rubbing it on my neck and shoulders. Brought me one of my first "WAIT, WHAT??" experiences with S+S materia last winter when I was alone on a Friday night in my hometown, absolutely desperate for good company after that Libra eclipse wreaked havoc on my social life. I massaged myself with a bit of this before driving a little, just looking for someone to talk to, and whaddaya know— I pulled up to a bar I'd only been in once before briefly and a sweet guy I'd had a crush on in middle school popped up with his arms open, shouting in my direction. He was sitting with a girl I'd gone to high school with and seen around, and I asked if they didn't mind me joining them, and they gave me such a bright-eyed, immediate yes. It ended up being a really wonderful night, the kind where you link up with people and they invite you to something else right away. I would have a couple more great nights with them, and even met more people through them, and that happenstance unquestionably helped me get through a really, really hard moment in my life with some pleasure and camaraderie I'd been desperate for before. I haven't always gotten that from VAD, honestly (maybe just that South Node or my unaspected Moon, but it's not without its teeth), but I am always gonna be grateful for that night and how it reminded this lil scarcity girl that sometimes pleasant surprises really do happen.
Salves are my absolute favorite, and Aerial Delight is…a delight! Ot makes me want to go relax in my garden, smell and feel the breeze with my whole being, and talk to my plants, which is precisely what I do when under the influence of this lovely, golden green Goddess energy.
The smell of this Salve is lovely beyond words, and the stress relief it brings is nothing short of incredible.
Salve provides soothing repair for challenging Libra transits over my stellium there. Used for relaxation before, now to get back to centre when my attention goes way off.
oooookay but dare I say she is my favourite. This was a free gift from S+ (I love you) and I wasn't expecting to love it this much. A breath of fresh air, my shoulders relax and I feel at ease. Somehow perfect for relaxation alone AND socialising. Instant relief, smells so uplifting. As a natal Venus in Taurus person, I have struggled to understand Libra (why don't you want to get naked and roll around in mud cake?). But I get her now, it's the cooling mental ease of refinement. An absolute blessing for my Libra 5th house year, my relationship with Venus and my Saturn return. Sooo many life-giving realistions about Saturn's exaltation in Libra too. Such a blessing. Thank you!
This is *very* relaxing, especially when I use it with Asclepius - BUT, my one cat is obsessed with any materia from this series. If I leave it out beside my bed she gets pretty social and chatty. It is cute, but I can't use it or accidentally leave the materia out without being sure to budget extra cat snuggle time into my sleep schedule.
I'm highly sensitive and introverted. I first received the VAD salve as part of a Sphere + Sundry promotion, when it was discovered they had a lot of extra salve! I'm not sure I would have bought it for myself at the time, given that, as an introvert, I'm not *looking* for something to make me more chatty. But wow, I love this salve. Its energy is so soothing. Sometimes even introverts have to be social! And this salve is just a gentle, loving boost. I slathered myself in it when I was hosting my three year old's birthday party, and it really helped me get through having to be social with a crowd (something I honestly dread.) I also applied it to my body one afternoon and then randomly found myself calling a family member I was probably overdue to connect with. I really appreciate the support of this salve.
This salve is great for being social and enjoying the company of others. I didn't get my work/studies done when I applied this the morning of venus day during venus hour and ended up skipping all my classes for the day.
Personally, I like to use this salve for smoothing down frizzy hair and as a based before applying perfume.
When I first started working with VAD I noticed more interaction and communication from the women in my family that I've been having strong tensions and boundaries with. It was like a doorway was opened for the potential to mend the tough relationships particularly with women.
I really wish I'd remember that I had this salve more often than I do! I received this as a free bonus during a Venus promo, and was *so* thrilled to have one of them -- this series has been something of a lukewarm Venusian influence on me (unlike the Empress series, which packed a real [sweet] punch), or Exalted Venus, which I had a bit of a rough start with before eventually easing into its good graces. But salves, I've come to find, can offer the most gentle-but-potent distillation of a series' signature, allowing for a soft but easily relatable interface with the powers behind them. This was very true of the VAD salve, which allows me a coherent and comforting Venusian experience, opening the door to better experiencing other VAD materia in my collection as they're meant to be experienced. It's an excellent primer, smoothing the way for proper integration of not only the VAD series, but many others that complement it. The scent is sweetly nostalgic, but also fresh and alive. Enchanting!
I love this salve because it’s been very multipurpose for me: it helps me relax and come down from more aggressive materia when needed, but it also can help me be social when I need to be. This was my first salve, and I’m considering trying more from other series…
During the holidays, VAD was a real life saver. She helped me accept myself and accept others as they are, without wanting to change them or myself. VAD helped me treat every moment as a blessing, while being able to appreciate things as they are. What a blessing! I am still in awe.
I used this salve liberally while my mom was visiting for a week over the holidays. She and my kids got along better than usual and we enjoyed doing art projects together. Sure, we got on each other's nerves a bit, but no one cried, so that is a win as far as family visits are concerned!
For any fans of Downton Abbey - I honestly feel like the Countess of Grantham every time I use the VAD salve. It's like I am embodying charm, and the elven manner mentioned in the write-up is true!
When I use VAD while alone at home, I'm inspired to redecorate or reorganize my apartment or do any and everything to make it prettier. I also have the urge to tend to my patio garden or water my indoor plants--making the Garden Delight become true-to-life.
When I use VAD while out in public or with friends. I'm truly chatty AF (and I'm not like that normally with strangers). I have a lot of socializing that I have to do for my job, and VAD helps ease the "pressure" of socializing with soooo many people that I don't know and making good impressions.
Also - it smells DIVINE 🙂
As advertised! Soon after Venus devotions and applying the salve, a difficult relationship situation simply dissolved, and was followed by a delightful evening of meeting fun new people and a great concert at a neighborhood place never tried out before.
I always feel like my classiest, most refined self when using this salve. I’m not normally an outgoing person but I feel like this salve has helped me put my best foot forward in social situations, helping me be less afraid to put myself out there. It’s very soft and luscious on the skin. The scent is also surprisingly addictive, it’s an intriguing herbal/floral leaning blend that evokes this feeling of walking through a fine art museum.
This salve is soothing balm for the skin and the soul. It smells different depending on your physical and emotional needs 9and oestrogen level!). Lovely relaxing vibes.
I find that this salve is a softer iteration of the Venus’s Aerial Delight anointing oil— like a silkier version, if possible! My experience with it has shown me that it sort of behaves like a social conditioner, creating a softness that loosens social anxiety in self and others in one’s sphere. It magnetizes ease, enlivens conversations and deepens connections. Love it so much.
Venus in Libra salve helps me to relax and makes me feel beautiful! I also use it on my lower belly and lower back during PMS and my period, and it really helps to lessen the symptoms. Since Luna in Cancer came out, I’ve been combining the two for PMS and period care. I’m so grateful!
It is such a lovely jasmine smell, similar to the body butter but not as strong. It is great for days that you are feeling stressed or down, I have worn it around family and friends and it brings very loving and protective interactions that are healing to the soul. Definitely my second favorite of this series (first one being the oil)!
This salve has been a huge boost to my career--since I started using, external partners previously indifferent or cold to me have really warmed up, and all the socializing is happening on their company's dime instead of mine now! In addition to bodily application I am using it as leather conditioner on a bracelet to create a more lasting talisman. It brings a beautiful scent and luster to the leather, and wearing the treated bracelet on its own without further skin application of the salve seems to produce a comparable effect to a standalone skin application.
Aerial Delight Body Butter is my absolute body butter ever, the scent is heavenly. The salve did not let me down. It's a subtle scent but same as the body butter. I wore it out for drinks with friends and felt social, beautiful, happy, and had a few folks hit on me which was a nice added benefit.
i bought this despite the notice it's not particularly for pain, despite having particular pain, because as a libra rising i thought i'd get some especial bodily attunement. but i was at a loss how to relate (haha) to a less than medicinal salve. KF on the client forum relayed success in daubing hips & receiving release - i don't know if i'm too dense there for Her Air to reach me, but mine did not unlock. what i found accidentally, through needing a slip for gua sha, is 'the pair' She works excellently on balancing for me is my tense jaw!
| Creation Date | Morning of September 9th, 2021. Hour of Venus, Rising. Chart in the image gallery |
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| Areas of Application | Back, Feet, Full Body, Heart Center, Low Back, Neck / Shoulders |
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| Times / Activities | Before Bed, Before Leisure, Before Romance, Before Socializing, Remediation / Rites of Venus |
| Vegan | Yes — Vegan |
| Dimensions | .80 × .80 × 2 in |
| Weight | 1 oz |
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