Say that the men of the old black tower,
Though they but feed as the goatherd feeds,
Their money spent, their wine gone sour,
Lack nothing that a soldier needs,
That all are oath-bound men:
Those banners come not in.
There in the tomb stand the dead upright,
But winds come up from the shore:
They shake when the winds roar,
Old bones upon the mountain shake.
Those banners come to bribe or threaten,
Or whisper that a man’s a fool
Who, when his own right king’s forgotten,
Cares what king sets up his rule.
If he died long ago
Why do you dread us so?
There in the tomb drops the faint moonlight,
But wind comes up from the shore:
They shake when the winds roar,
Old bones upon the mountain shake.
The tower’s old cook that must climb and clamber
Catching small birds in the dew of the morn
When we hale men lie stretched in slumber
Swears that he hears the king’s great horn.
But he’s a lying hound:
Stand we on guard oath-bound!
There in the tomb the dark grows blacker,
But wind comes up from the shore:
They shake when the winds roar,
Old bones upon the mountain shake.
A sepulchral, desolate scent. Long-dead soldiers, oath-bound; the perfume of their armor, the chill wind that surges through their tower, white bone and blackened steel: white sandalwood, ambergris, wet ozone, galbanum and leather with ebony, teak, burnt grasses, English ivy and a hint of red wine.
hammett_vanessa –
This perfume is so pretty! Imagine cherry Juicy Juice, and you’ve got it. It smells like honeysuckle flowers gathered in leather work gloves. Not too sweet, it reminds me of a gardenia perfume my grandmother used to have (that smelled like honeysuckle).
bookhobbit –
I don’t know why, but I don’t get leather at all from this – just the dragon’s blood and something else extremely sweet. However, I’ve consistently had this trouble with BPAL perfumes meant to have a leather smell, so maybe it’s just me! The scent is nice, and good for layering, despite not being what I was expecting. Nice over Dwarf.
Kathryne –
The strange thing about this one is that it seems to smell different every time I wear it. It definitely starts off warm like a man’s cologne, and then evens out smoothly.
However some days the leather sticks out and some days it’s the smoke. I have a hard time identifying the dragons blood under it.
When it has it’s good day it smells AMAZING. On its bad day it choked out my mother, who a week prior had loved it.
A gamble but one I enjoy taking when I need something a tinge more on the masculine side.
[email protected] –
On me, exactly as described, the slight cherry tinge of dragon’s blood, mixed with smoke and leather. I found it a bit roaring at first, but it calms down to simmering softness, just like the touch of good leather.