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.
s_wescott –
I was really looking forward to this scent, because the description is actually one of my favorite drinks. And it smelled really nice when wet. It was dark, dry, and the mint was nice and cool. Unfortunately, it dried down to straight baby powder.
xaglow –
The mint is more apparent in this one when it is wet, but is wonderfully hinted at when dry. The sugar and bourbon are nice when it dries also. Its dark, very warm. I just haven’t figured out when or where to wear this one…
jessecake –
I don’t know why, but Juke Joint reminds me of some cute old lady that kept her baby powder jar next to her perfume bottle for many many years.
Now the baby powder will forever possess some of the perfume scent.
It’s not bad, just not something I would wear.