My well-beloved was stripped. Knowing my whim,
She wore her tinkling gems, but naught besides:
And showed such pride as, while her luck betides,
A sultan’s favored slave may show to him.
When it lets off its lively, crackling sound,
This blazing blend of metal crossed with stone
Gives me an ecstasy I’ve only known
Where league of sound and lustre can be found.
She let herself be loved: then, drowsy-eyed,
Smiled down from her high couch in languid ease.
My love was deep and gentle as the seas
And rose to her as to a cliff the tide.
My own approval of each dreamy pose,
Like a tamed tiger, cunningly she sighted:
And candour, with lubricity united,
Gave piquancy to every one she chose.
Her limbs and hips, burnished with changing lustres
Before my eyes, clairvoyant and serene,
Swanned themselves, undulating in their sheen;
Her breasts and belly, of my vine the clusters,
Like evil angels rose, my fancy twitting,
To kill the peace which over me she’d thrown,
And to disturb her from the crystal throne
Where, calm and solitary, she was sitting.
So swerved her pelvis that, in one design,
Antiope’s white rump it seemed to graft
To a boy’s torso, merging fore and aft.
The talc on her brown tan seemed half-divine.
The lamp resigned its dying flame. Within,
The hearth alone lit up the darkened air,
And every time it sighed a crimson flare
It drowned in blood that amber-coloured skin.
Skin musk and honey, blood-red rose, orange blossom, white peach, red apple, frankincense and myrrh.
Gloame –
This smells light and dry, like a summer garden. The jasmine/tuberose are both strong notes on me. It doesn’t work on me, but I could see it really working on a woman who wants to smell classic and feminine. I wouldn’t suggest it for a unisex scent.
janiegalvin –
This smells very strongly of tuberose on me, particularly when wet. The jasmine only really starts to come out on the dry-down, but I really didn’t detect much of the lime at all, which was kind of disappointing. Still, it is a lovely, light floral, even if it doesn’t have a lot of power… you’ve gotta be very close to the skin to pick it up.
SMcArthur –
The jasmine in here is lighter balanced neatly against the tuberose. The lime adds a tartness that provides an effervescence to the florals. The lotus breathes a soft finish. It lasts for about 8 hours getting closer and closer to the skin over that time.