Viens sur mon coeur, âme cruelle et sourde,
Tigre adoré, monstre aux airs indolents;
Je veux longtemps plonger mes doigts tremblants
Dans l’épaisseur de ta crinière lourde;
Dans tes jupons remplis de ton parfum
Ensevelir ma tête endolorie,
Et respirer, comme une fleur flétrie,
Le doux relent de mon amour défunt.
Je veux dormir! dormir plutôt que vivre!
Dans un sommeil aussi doux que la mort,
J’étalerai mes baisers sans remords
Sur ton beau corps poli comme le cuivre.
Pour engloutir mes sanglots apaisés
Rien ne me vaut l’abîme de ta couche;
L’oubli puissant habite sur ta bouche,
Et le Léthé coule dans tes baisers.
À mon destin, désormais mon délice,
J’obéirai comme un prédestiné;
Martyr docile, innocent condamné,
Dont la ferveur attise le supplice,
Je sucerai, pour noyer ma rancoeur,
Le népenthès et la bonne ciguë
Aux bouts charmants de cette gorge aiguë
Qui n’a jamais emprisonné de coeur.
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Come, lie upon my breast, cruel, insensitive soul,
Adored tigress, monster with the indolent air;
I want to plunge trembling fingers for a long time
In the thickness of your heavy mane,
To bury my head, full of pain
In your skirts redolent of your perfume,
To inhale, as from a withered flower,
The moldy sweetness of my defunct love.
I wish to sleep! to sleep rather than live!
In a slumber doubtful as death,
I shall remorselessly cover with my kisses
Your lovely body polished like copper.
To bury my subdued sobbing
Nothing equals the abyss of your bed,
Potent oblivion dwells upon your lips
And Lethe flows in your kisses.
My fate, hereafter my delight,
I’ll obey like one predestined;
Docile martyr, innocent man condemned,
Whose fervor aggravates the punishment.
I shall suck, to drown my rancor,
Nepenthe and the good hemlock
From the charming tips of those pointed breasts
That have never guarded a heart.
Red musk and sweat-damp golden skin musk with labdanum, golden amber, nutmeg, tobacco absolute, black orchid, and hemlock accord.
gaia.earth24 –
Lighter than I expected. Definitely get the benzoin. I like it! Suits the name. Light and feminine but not flowery. Sensual. Would wear to dinner date with Hannibal Lecter and an art gallery event. I keep detecting a white flower scent with this. Not sure how often I will reach for it but it is pretty. I can’t stop smelling my wrists when I put it on.
bmjenkins604 –
Just recently recieved this. Love it. Very incensy, sexy, creamy. Like someone mentioned, it is oh so very spicy like pricey top self perfume. This just may be my new signiture scent
lookingglass –
It does have plenty of red musk, like Scherezade to my nose…but more layered…complex. It behaves much like incense on my skin as well, being heavier when wet and drying out in a smoky way. It is, however, a dryer scent than I expected~like Hecate was on me~suprisingly not creamy despite the sweetness. It is not as caramely as Arrival at the Sabbath and Homage to the Devil, and so if you are jumping on this baby for the caramel, love her for other reasons; she is sweet like expensive incense, not like candy. I think she is Sed Non Satia’s sister for sure.
I wore this to a party last night. A friend embraced me, and breathed in Her scent. “Smeeellll heerrr!”, he insisted to all of the surrounding people. These were some of the comments:
~you smell like a new baby
~like laying in bed in the sunlight
~like a bitch
~like sex
~just edible
~like honey
~nothing could be sexier
~oooh, I smelled that in the air earlier and couldn’t figure out if it was something blooming or incense!
My partner said, “What are you wearing!?!”. I gave him my little imp and he slathered it on! Big bottle NOW. I love scents we can share.
Hellokoi –
I love the lab’s red musk, but the musk in this doesn’t smell like red musk to me; it’s much sharper and brighter, like white musk. It’s a clean, sharp, musky caramel that kind of reminds me of Prada Candy.
Sara –
the benzoin is what i’m smelling when i first apply this – a piney, sweet resin. the sexy warm red musk and gorgeous, rich honey compliment it beautifully. it’s an exotic, complex, resinous blend.