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.
Holy Digger –
I got this as a frimp, and boy oh boy. When I first smelled it, I thought it was almost…soapy. Disliking soapy scents, I almost gave up on using it, but on the skin, it’s a bit floral, a bit fruity, all-around sweet, and not a hint of soapy! I was so glad I gave it a chance!
It’s a light scent, but surprisingly lasting. Lasts the whole day on my skin, and even longer not on it: I kept it in my backpack for a couple of days, and even though the frimp was properly closed, the smell permeated everything in it…and the scent remains still, 2 months later. I love it! I’m definitely planning to get a full-size bottle!
Vilma –
In the bottle it smells VERY sweet, almost sugary. On skin it becomes more airy, white pear note is very prominent. This is a nice, light floral but it’s a bit too sweet for me.
kristydiez2 –
A very sweet and ethereal fruity floral that unfortunately faded on me very quickly and didn’t have much of a throw, definitely a “my skin, only better” scent. I still loved the pear/plumeria combo and may get the bigger bottle and keep the imp on hand for reaps throughout the day.
webbedlace –
This scent is absolutely beautiful: sweet and bright. The white pear is the strongest note on me, but the florals soften it up.
xaglow –
The pear is very strong when this one is wet. It’s clean, crisp and cool. As it dries the floral scents come out a little, but not cloyingly so.
I am most definitely getting this in the larger bottle.