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.
minikadomi –
Sharp, sweet, woody, resinous. Interesting as a concept but not very pleasant…
Emily –
Got this as a frimp, which is great cause it was on my list to try!
My chemistry took away the complexity and left me with a cloyingly sweet blast of the resins in opium, with a teensy hint of the rich sweetness of red musk. It went there almost immediately and it STAYED. Strong, powerful, loud, with no hint of fading hours later. I probably should have known better, I’ve tried opium oils before and all they do is go resin-sweet.
Three stars because I found it boring and annoyingly sweet. I was really hoping for the peppery smokey animal notes but oh well.
lookingglass –
Ooooh, NAST-AY! Love this one! Dirty, sweet, hot, sexy civit. It makes me smile when it dies out all sweet and incensey. The man and I both wear it.
Gloame –
This reminds me of something from my childhood, which was decidedly not debauched. I have no idea what it is, but I like it! Dry, resiny—like a softer, sweeter, spicier musk.
kaedilove –
I would never have ordered this scent blind, but I received a sample with an order once, and it’s amazing. Unexpectedly sweet, not incense-heavy at all. It’s very sexy and pleasant, especially on the skin.
flushedwithglee –
Mm, this is an interesting one. It smells kind of like incense on me, musky and somewhat smoky, and quite potent. I rather like it.
kitsch –
When wet it’s almost all civet to me. Which is kind of like … animal pee. Not so great, but it starts to do awesome stuff once it dries down. After a minute on my skin it goes to this not-so-great baby powder smell. (you’re probably thinking the 4 star rating was a slip or something, but hear me out!) Once dry it’s very heady, musky, sensual. I love it. This is probably just a fall and winter scent for me, though. I think it would be too “dark” for spring and summer.
Gina –
This smells like the lovechild of Opium and Tabu. Rich, spicy, and definitely sexual.
werewolfgal –
Wet: Deep and spicy.Very rich.
Drying: So warm and slightly peppery like the fields of poppies in Oz. I’m not getting any of the (what I think should be) civet and very little musk has come through.
Dry: Still rather spicy and nice pleasantly piquant.
This is a nice winter smell as I think it would be too warm for summer. Cozy and yet disquieting like rereading an old raunchy favourite. Deliciously naughty but oh so nice.
Empornium –
First Application: Thick with incense smoke, with a hot bitter bite like burning embers, heady with opium and sweet vanilla, with a skin musk reminiscent of depraved rough sex.
5-10 Minutes: Buttery, rich musk with a dazed, drowsy black opium and vanilla. The smoke has eased into the fragrance background, like the hint of incense or thick pipe tobacco smoke on a suit jacket.
10-20 Minutes: It just gets sweeter and sweeter.
[email protected] –
I received a frimp of this with my latest order. This is a musk scent dark enough to be noticed, but also light enough to wear anywhere. Not a complex scent with my chemistry, but if you are in the market for musk blends, one to consider.
xaglow –
This is a very nice scent dry. I’m not 100% sold on it wet. You can’t really go wrong with Egyptian musk warmed as they have in this one.