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.
jennilauren444 –
I am so pleased to receive an imp of this Because I never would have assumed these scents together to be so enchanting ! I am not usually drawn to sweet, more earthy. But this is a mixture of madness and decadence all in one. Thank you black Phoenix! This is my personality scent hands down ~ ❤️
alisonmcewin –
I usually cannot stand pepper in a perfume but this one is so good. It smells a lot like froot loops with a soft pepper note keeping it from being too sweet.
ranepage11 –
If you took a bunch of candy, be soaked it in water, them imagine the smell of that syrupy sweetness. Candy water!! That’s what I think of. Sweet, juicy, fruity, tart. Fades into a light single fruit note smell.
josefinstjernqvist –
Smells like gummybears. Definately gummybears. This scent is extremely fruity and smells like a lot of orange.
Hellokoi –
A creamy, juicy, bright orange scent that’s pretty much pure orange blossom on me, but it has a pretty, juicy feel to it as well. Like orange blossoms floating in orange juice. Simple and cheerful.
Gloame –
Definitely orange. Definitely fruity. The peppercorn is very subtle, but it does help to round this one out. Still very orange, though.