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.
The Hellboy Collection.
elise_danielle –
This is my signature scent. The bottle I got is perfectly balanced. I get vanilla pods and soft white flowers, wrapped in leather and kissed with smoke. Bite the bullet and buy this one already! You won’t regret it.
Hellokoi –
A beautiful, dry, smoky vanilla that lasts forever on my skin. I hope that this comes back in stock soon.
claudia6913 –
This is all leather and smoke on me. It isn’t until hours into the drydown that I get any hint of vanilla. Still a very nice scent if you like the heavier notes.
Phoebe –
At first smell, the smoke is almost overwhelming. But once I put it on my skin and it began to settle, the sweet undertones come out. This is very much a night time scent- its smoldering, sweet, and smoky. The vanilla is stronger on me than any florals that might be hiding in there, but the vanilla mixes very nicely with the smoke to create a unique and kind of bad ass smell. It also has long staying power, it fades over time but I can still smell it at the end of the day. It definitely evokes Liz Sherman, mortal fire goddess, to me perfectly.