In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round:
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
A savage place! as holy and enchanted
As e’er beneath a waning moon was haunted
By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
A mighty fountain momently was forced:
Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail:
And ‘mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
It flung up momently the sacred river.
Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean:
And ‘mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
Ancestral voices prophesying war!
The shadow of the dome of pleasure
Floated midway on the waves;
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device,
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
A damsel with a dulcimer
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid,
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such a deep delight ‘twould win me
That with music loud and long
I would build that dome in air,
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed
And drunk the milk of Paradise.
Through sunlit caves of ice, roses unfurl amidst dancing waves of serpentine opium smoke and amber tobacco, golden sandalwood, champaca, tea leaf, sugared lily, ginger, rich hay absolute, leather, dark vanilla, mandarin, peru balsam, and Moroccan jasmine.
matthew-2762 –
I applied the Whiff-Lash smell grease then placed myself in her aroma-sphere. I pretended to read.
Minutes later, she informed me that my redolence bespoke fresh rain, fancy soap, and sitting naked in a leather chair. It worked!
Dio –
I’m a fan of both TMTLN and BPAL. On both the show and the podcast, the gang is always talking about how they actually wear “Whiff Lash”, and how even Jordan’s mother loves it. After trying it out for myself, I completely get why. This scent is amazing! It’s crisp, clean, mysterious, and sexy all in one. To me, I really pick up on the aftershave and leather notes. It’s very fresh, almost like the smell of a brand new car with a black ice air freshener. What’s not to love?
milkbrainmultigame –
Smells like if you took a nice supple leather jacket applied traditional masculine cologne to it (Drakkar-ish) then took it to a night out on the bar.
Its got that Drakkar crisp to it on the top end, with soft leather notes and a hint of tobacco at the bottom.
I really don’t like tobacco traditionally, but this does it well. It smells more like something well worn, well traveled, and got some funk along the way.