Venus’ Aerial Delight Talismanic Perfumes
Thee Elizabeth Barrial of iconic indie perfume house Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (and Head Bruja in Charge @ Twilight Alchemy Lab) crafted the following luscious scents in our Aerial Delight election window —
APHRODITE’S HARVEST (SOLD OUT! SORRY!)
Both an attraction oil and an oil of good fortune, Aphrodite’s Harvest confers riches through beauty and the arts, removes scarcity and fear of scarcity, and grants an abundance of sensuous boons. This oil can also be used to draw in lovers and opportunities for exposure and advancement in the arts.
Lilac from the TAL garden (Syringa vulgaris), lemon verbena essential oil and herb from the TAL garden (Aloysia citriodora), catnip essential oil and herb from the TAL garden (Nepeta cataria), lemon essential oil and peel from the TAL garden (Citrus x limon), Sri Lankan lime essential oil and peel (Citrus x aurantifolia), cardamom essential oil and green pods (Elettaria cardamomum), lemongrass essential oil and leaf from the TAL garden (Cymbopogon flexuosus), Bulgarian rose absolute (Rosa damascene), red sage root (Salvia miltiorrhiza), vetiver essential oil (Vetiveria zizanioides), periwinkle (Vinca minor), white sage from the TAL garden (Salvia apiana) and clary sage essential oil (Salvia sclarea), mugwort essential oil and herb from the TAL garden (Artemisia vulgaris), mandrake root (Mandragora officinarum), and red clover blossoms from the TAL garden (Trifolium pratense).
HER EYES THAT WERE FULL OF SHINING (SOLD OUT! SORRY!)
She recognized the round, sweet throat of the goddess and her desirable breasts and her eyes that were full of shining.
This is an oil that amplifies and enhances beauty and sensuality while rekindling libido. This oil is used to bolster self-confidence, rekindle your love of your own body, and to help you find comfort and pleasure in, with, and through your body.
Rose petals and rose absolute (Rosa damascene), patchouli essential oil and leaf (Pogostemon cablin), red vegetal musk, benzoin oil and resin (Styrax tonkinensis, Styrax benzoin), tonka beans (Dipteryx odorata), vanilla absolute and vanilla bean (Vanilla planifolia), cubeb essential oil and berries (Litsea cubeba), wild-harvested damiana leaf (Turnera diffusa), peppermint essential oil and leaf from the TAL garden (Mentha x piperita), spearmint essential oil and leaf (Mentha spicata), periwinkle (Vinca minor), white sage from the TAL garden (Salvia apiana) and clary sage essential oil (Salvia sclarea), mugwort essential oil and herb from the TAL garden (Artemisia vulgaris), mandrake root (Mandragora officinarum), and red clover blossoms from the TAL garden (Trifolium pratense).
(Please do not use on your genitals or any other sensitive body parts.)
LAUGHTER-LOVING
Mother of laughter, and welspring of blisse.
An oil for kindness and affection, for rekindling joy and pleasure, and for learning how to laugh again, especially when your heart has been cold and silent for too long.
Rose petals and rose absolute (Rosa damascene), catnip essential oil and herb from the TAL garden (Nepeta cataria), passionflower (Passiflora incarnata), tonka beans (Dipteryx odorata), hawthorn berries (Crataegus laevigata), carnation petals and leaf from the TAL garden (Dianthus caryophyllus), benzoin absolute (Styrax benzoin), periwinkle (Vinca minor), white sage from the TAL garden (Salvia apiana) and clary sage essential oil (Salvia sclarea), mugwort essential oil and herb from the TAL garden (Artemisia vulgaris), mandrake root (Mandragora officinarum), red clover blossoms from the TAL garden (Trifolium pratense), strawberry fruit compound, wild currant fruit compound, sandalwood essential oil (Santalum spicatum), and jasmine absolute and flowers (Jasminum grandiflorum).
THE CLOAK OF APHRODITE (SOLD OUT! SORRY!)
Aphrodite clothed herself with garments which the Kharites and Horae had made for her and dyed in flowers of spring – such flowers as the Horae wear – in crocus and hyacinth and flourishing violet and the rose’s lovely bloom, so sweet and delicious, and heavenly buds, the flowers of the narcissus and lily. In such perfumed garments is Aphrodite clothed at all seasons.
Though this is an oil of sensuality and sensual delight, it is also an oil of the arts: creating art, appreciating art, embracing art. This oil amplifies personal beauty in all forms, and amplifies the power of the arts to sustain us, resolve conflict, and educate us. It is an oil that enhances the power of art to create a sense of harmony, concord, and community.
Crocus petals from the TAL garden (Crocus sativus), paperwhite narcissus petals from the TAL garden (Narcissus papyraceus), hyacinth petals from the TAL garden (Hyacinthus orientalis), Madonna lily petals from the TAL garden (Lilium candidum), rose petals and rose absolute (Rosa damascene), violet absolute (Viola odorata), Himalayan amber oil (Oleum succini), vetiver essential oil (Vetiveria zizanioides), tonka beans (Dipteryx odorata), benzoin oil and resin (Styrax tonkinensis, Styrax benzoin), red sandalwood (Pterocarpus soyauxii), beeswax absolute (Cera alba), periwinkle (Vinca minor), white sage from the TAL garden (Salvia apiana) and clary sage essential oil (Salvia sclarea), mugwort essential oil and herb from the TAL garden (Artemisia vulgaris), mandrake root (Mandragora officinarum), and red clover blossoms from the TAL garden (Trifolium pratense).
A DISTANT SONG
Whether awake or sleeping,
I cannot rest for long:
By my casement comes creeping
A distant song.
A song like the chiming of silver
Bells which the breezes play,
Seeming to float for ever
Towards an unseen day:
A song that is weary with sorrow,
Yet knows not any defeat:
Through the past, through to-day, through to-morrow,
It echoes on life’s long street.
Could I but make words of its power,
Bring it from the future here,
Men’s souls would be waking, that hour,
To the victory against fear.
But the vague sweet stanza befools me
With its calm joy, time after time,
And no failure here ever schools me
To cease from an idle rhyme.
That music afar, unspoken,
’Tis I have done it wrong:
I caught, and I have broken,
A distant song.
This oil was inspired by a poem that reflects an aspect of Venus’ dance with Spica: A Distant Song by John Gould Fletcher. This oil assists in healing emotional wounds caused by fear, pain or resentment. It helps enable people to be more loving and more receptive to love.
Benzoin oil and resin (Styrax tonkinensis, Styrax benzoin), red sandalwood (Pterocarpus soyauxii), cardamom essential oil and green pods (Elettaria cardamomum), cherry fruit compound, fig fruit compound and leaf from the TAL garden, Bulgarian rose absolute (Rosa damascene), honey absolute (Apis mellifera), periwinkle (Vinca minor), white sage from the TAL garden (Salvia apiana) and clary sage essential oil (Salvia sclarea), mugwort essential oil and herb from the TAL garden (Artemisia vulgaris), mandrake root (Mandragora officinarum), red clover blossoms from the TAL garden (Trifolium pratense), mimosa absolute (Acacia dealbata), manuka essential oil (Leptospermum scoparium), angelica essential oil and root (Angelica archangelica), red mandarin essential oil (Citrus reticulata), and patchouli essential oil and leaf (Pogostemon cablin).
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Lovely, not-too-strong scent and works as advertised. The product makes it easy to laugh, easier to socialize/connect with others and have pleasant experiences with others. I recently wore this to a first-time pottery making class and, let's just say, my pieces were very balanced and aesthetically pleasing! I also wore it to a birthday dinner and we were gifted with two complimentary desserts!
It smells divine and it really puts one in a laughing and enjoyable mood. I got stopped on the street by people complimenting me while wearing this the first time! Wish it would come in bigger bottles!
I find applying this oil during Mars in Libra transits is quite helpful at soothing them. Perhaps it’s a good idea to check your birth chart first for that type of application. I am a Taurus rising with Venus in Libra.
This oil is great for accessing the feeling of joy from works of art and nature. It's great worn on a first date to an art gallery, or to go apple picking with your partner of many years.
Laughter Loving BPAL has a light-hearted and happy vibe, and it's nice just to carry the bottle as a talisman.
This is the most delicious scent I'm not even sure how to describe it, the energy is of luxuriating in everything, tantalizing, yearning, playful. I've worn it socializing to a friends night I organized which brought out the best enjoyment from everyone it seemed and then on a date night where the food and drinks and... mmmm... afterwards were all so incredibly sensual. Really beautiful for allowing your body to feel pleasure and soak it all in with no guilt in sight
I'm so glad for the bpals, VAD is a version of venus I've had a harder time connecting to but these have made it easier.
Laughter Loving is great for busting down anxiety before social gatherings, ensuring a good mood and lighter atmosphere.
Her Eyes That Were Full of Shining put's a bright, warm star inside you, making you feel radiant and sultry all by yourself. No one else's validation is needed!
Aphrodite's Harvest is something I still feel like I haven't been able to grasp yet, like the work is happening but I'm not ready or able to see it- I try to use it when it feels right, hopefully there is more to be gained from it soon! I've had this bottle for years but I still feel like I need to hold on to it like its purpose will reveal itself in its own time.
Upon my initial use of this one I was thrown by the strength of the cardamom, which put me off a bit. Time passed and I approached again. Now my nose is far less sensitive to the spiciness and more engaged with the fullness of the formula. Once again, time has been involved in developing a r/ship with a BPAL. Now I notice I travel with the scent, where I do not know, nor do I want to define as the destination seems to change, like a breeze.
“Seeming to float for ever
Towards an unseen day:”
I confess I do not understand the last stanza’s connect to the perfume, nor do I understand Spicas role here. My natal sun is conjoined Spica…perhaps as time passes I may discover! In summation: this is specialized & beautiful in my experience, truly lifting me away from the known to new possibilities.
I've layered aphrodite's cloak with an oil from the sphere + sundry Deneb Algedi series. Wanting to draw in benevolent people, places, experiences and abundance while still remaining grounded and appropriately boundaried. All I can say is wow! Since beginning wearing this oil only a few weeks ago I've made so many new connections within my creative field as well as friendships and new romances. I feel grateful.
I received my Cloak of Aphrodite while a friend was over and we were reviewing footage for a film we are making. When it came, I was really excited and I let her try it first. I was so excited that my pretty lady collaborator got to smell it first. She's a wonderful artist who I love working with. So I thought it arrived into my life at a really perfect moment. Which the BPals tend to do...
Cloak of Aphrodite is gorgeous. As a fragrance, it's more floral than I usually choose at first. But the drydown on me is like one simple rose. I have anointed the cloth on my Venus altar with this and I am just using it daily for a while. I already have a pretty solid practice as an performer/filmmaker but I'm finding myself drawing and painting more---just for the pleasure and the flow and not for an audience. I've found that to be very restorative.
You really can't go wrong with BPal, it's always an exciting experiment---whether it is their original stuff or the S+S collabs---I'm just such a fan. Most of all, I love sharing them with my friends. I love passing things on, sharing experiences, seeing how different things smell on different people. And I feel really extra good about doing that with Venus materia.
Her Eyes Were Full Of Shining is perhaps my all-time favourite. As a native of Venus in Libra, it has been an enlightening experience to explore this side of my natal Venus. I went through 4 or 5 bottles of this potion past last few years and the outcome of application (at least for me personally) ALWAYS ends up delightfully sensual. If you're looking for pleasure in a bottle, seek no further!
After working with this BPAL off and on for almost two years, I can truly say that it helps with the lack of Air placements in my chart.
I'm an overthinker by nature, but this offering really put a stop to the endless loops of excuses and procrastinations that would take over any creative endeavors I had. My worthiness wound is truly healing and I know I will be using this perfume more often as I enter into a 7th house profection year.
I plan to get more BPALs from this series, but so far Laughter-Loving has been delightful. I have a difficult relationship with Venus, so when I first received this BPAL, I really didn't like it. It felt too cheery and joyful and I was not ready. However, over time, it has sweetened and met me where I am, becoming an amazing ally in connecting to the energy of Venus again. It's become a regularly used BPAL in my collection now as I continue to open up to Venus and build a relationship with her. I'd definitely recommend this one to anyone getting started with Venus and has been avoiding her sphere for whatever reason.
This perfume has been so potent in facilitating heart-felt conversations, including voicing concerns about equity and relational equilibrium at large. Very grateful.
As a person who hosts a few family dinner gatherings a year, Laughter-Loving has been a true life saviour for me. My partner's grandmother might be a Libra Sun, yet she is known among the family to be a notoriously difficult woman (NOT in a cool, rebel way). The Sun in its fall manifests itself in her chart through the self-centeredness that completely lacks the ability to recognise others and constantly loops the topic back to the self, all the while everyone present discreetly rolls their eyes. HOWEVER, my "to-go-trick" became putting a few drops of Laughter-Loving in the aroma mist diffuser and leaving it on for the time of gathering. I also put a drop or two into a spray bottle with filtered water and gently spray the table cloth before everyone arrives for dinner. It is truly amazing how it transforms the atmosphere into one where all the mishaps and personal flaws become a point of good-hearted laughter or are simply ignored in a favour of a different subject. I would whole-heartedly recommend this to anyone who's in need of a little help in making sure everyone is having a good time and leaves with a smile on their face!
I love my Venus' Aerial Delight BPALs. I was fortunate enough to be able to get in two rounds of "Her Eyes..." before it sold out. I always get compliments on this one. Men and women would stop me and ask me about the scent. I love applying it after a luxurious bath. It just takes my relaxation to another level. My very close second is "Laughter & Loving". I like to wear "L & L" on Fridays to work--it gets me and a lighthearted mood that spreads to everyone around me. Please keep the BPALs coming!!!
A Distant Song is my favorite BPAL ever. It is so beautiful and Venusian--I feel sooo sensual and lovely wearing it--yet with a tender hint of longing. The beauty of wistfulness. Reminds me of a harp playing a plaintive tune on a summer day.
This is my fourth BPAL and it’s quite different than the others. At first, it felt musky or musty, but I think it’s actually the notes of chocolate, lol. This is why I never became a sommelier. I will say that when I wear this, I feel like my heart is…touched? It’s comforting but also filled with promise. I love to wear on my heart and pulse points before I turn in.
For me, this perfume speaks to heartache but also renewal. I feel connected to possibilities, while also acknowledging the hurt of the past.
I love the gentle reminder of sweetness and lightness that this perfume brings to my life.
Had the loveliest time chatting with a friend after putting this on -- laughter for sure, but also welcome emotional vulnerability.
Never fails to make me feel better in my body. A fave for sure!
Incredibly supportive for tough conversations with a loved one, a real buoy.
This Venus set has been a consistent positive force for me. I decided to get the BPAL to get some variety scent wise, but the effect remains fantastic. Flirty, fun, joyful and most importantly, feeling myself.
Softness, lightness, courage, and playful wrap around with the gentle scent that feels like a subtle confident sensuality that allows me to move through the world lighter and softer. It helps ease social anxiety in the worst days and boost my confidence on better ones
I only recently purchased Laughter Loving BPAL to help with healing and recovery after several years of stress and hardship. Sure enough, first time wearing it to work on a Friday, our overworked, always stressed out department of company's scapegoats laughed so much, so lightheartedly, so carefree all day long. I have never seen my colleagues, and myself, laughing so hard at work, til we cried and our stomachs hurt. It was such a relief to see everyone smiling, joking and just having a good time after months of demanding deadlines, unreasonable expectations followed by management dissatisfaction. Now I have to choose wisely when to wear it to work so we don't get in trouble for having too much fun. But this BPAL lived up to its name to a tee.
Ever since beginning to work with this oil, (HER EYES THAT WERE FULL OF SHINING ) I feel like it's supported a chapter of more self-love and appreciation of my own beauty
This is my favorite scent of the VAD BPAL’s, and it definitely is a top runner overall. The minute I put it in the scent of it puts my mind in a lovely mindset. I feel abundant just smelling so great and that in itself probably helps aid the magic of this beautiful creation. It seems to help me take action in creating prosperity in my life. Normally I would not associate Venus with taking action but there you have it.
Using this on Fridays to indulge in some pampering and art making. It is perfect—stimulating but soothing, indulgent but engaging. One of my favorite oils.
I have Cloak of Aphrodite and Her Eyes That Were Full of Shining. Both smell amazing to me, but I I read the scent profiles carefully and chose the ones with scents for which I have a natural affinity. Like another reviewer wrote, I find the BPALs to be less effective "magically speaking" for me but I tend to wear them with other VAD materia to boost the effects because they smell amazing. I also use Cloak of Aphrodite with QST because of the artistic qualities.
| Creation Date | Morning of September 9th, 2021. Hour of Venus, Rising. Chart in the image gallery |
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| Times / Activities | Before Bed, Before Leisure, Before Romance, Before Socializing, Remediation / Rites of Venus |
| Vegan | No — Contains cruelty free, ethically, and legally harvested animal-derived components |
| Selection | Aphrodite's Harvest, Her Eyes that were Full of Shining, Laughter-Loving, The Cloak of Aphrodite, A Distant Song, Full Venus' Aerial Delight BPAL Quintette |
| Dimensions | .80 × .80 × 2.4 in |
| Weight | 2 oz |