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.
Lindsay Cross –
LITERALLY DIVINE.
I am SO obsessed with this scent. It’s sweet and spicy without smelling artificial and I would LITERALLY buy this in everything if I could. Lotion, sprays, body wash— I would do a lot to get this in other forms, it is THAT good.
HIGHLY recommend 🙂
c.sausa0526 –
LOVE LOVE LOVE. I received as a frimp, and I’m glad I did. It goes on very peachy with vanilla and amber notes in the background. I literally can’t stop smelling my wrists. It’s such a lovely summery, sweet, delicious scent. Now I need to put it on my wishlist for a full size in the future….
Stephanie –
It smells like warm peaches on me upon initial application and then mellows into pure vanilla.
This is something I’d wear as a summery daily oil.
Jae –
Cool, powdery, exotic.
artimisia –
This one is lovely. Upon first application I found the amber and sandalwood to be very strong. However, they quickly settle down and the other notes come out to play. On me, each of the pieces have their part to play. The peach carries the scent with just a ghosting of heliotrope to flower it up. The amber and vanilla provide the backdrop along with the sandalwood. The overall impression is of a creamy peach scent against a backdrop of incensey amber. It’s lovely.
Teamama67 –
Perfectly balanced. Warm amber, light sandalwood, delicate heliotrope & peach blossom, & vanilla. Tamora ties resin, wood, flowers & vanilla together in a deeply, sweetly satisfying way.
aphrodite –
I was scrolling through the site and my eyes bugged when I saw the average review for Tamora wasn’t super high. This is one of my absolute favorite general catalog scents. I’ve never owned a bottle because it’s one of those scents that finds its way to me in imp form on a regular basis, so I think it’s fair to say I have had it fresh and aged to varying degrees on an equal basis. It’s the kind of scent that’s well-blended enough that it’s easier to describe visually; I would say it’s a glowing, pulsating golden-red, like a proud queen with flaming hair, bedecked in jewels at sunrise. It is peachy rather than peach blossomy, but not at all cloying. And the amber and vanilla bean are heavily present, while the sandalwood and heliotrope simply keep it rooted. It’s beautiful, powerful, and sensual, and an all-occasion kind of scent.
Gloame –
Smells vanilla-y, but I’d hoped for more peach and amber. It’s a very light scent. Would probably wear well for work.
Nuri –
When I first unwrapped my purchase and sniffed all my bottle and imps I recoiled from Tamora which upset me because it seamed like it would be my kind of scent. After siting down with it on my own for a while I can say its not bad but not my favorite Bpal. I’m getting peach instead of peach blossom and vanilla and amber but the heliotrope and sandalwood aren’t really there for me which is a shame because I think they would tie the whole thing together. It may just be my skin. This could smell divine with another person’s body chemistry