Sin and Salvation
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary vial.
$5.75 – $23.00
Salvation found in darkness beyond darkness, the blessed sleep of nothingness. Dark musk, wood spice, labdanum, patchouli, dark African woods, and saffron.
Sin and Salvation
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary vial.
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Behind the diminutive stage, the puppet mistress stands, a pale and grinning Professor, the Lady of Chaos. Her hands are tangled in web-like strings; a swazzle peeks through her violet lips. Behind her, you see a wavering image, with all the vague haziness of a mirage: a leaping coyote, a flame-haired and scarred Norseman, a glittering golden spider, a laughing monkey, a leering satyr, a shadowy flutist, and an African youth dressed in black and red.
Jasmine sambac, dark musk, violet water, vanilla bean and mimosa.
Lord of the Smoking Mirror, god of sorcery, nighttime, darkness, beauty, war, heroic men, beautiful women, and all material concerns. Tezcatlipoca is the Master Magician, a trickster god and shapeshifter, governing all worldly matters, and is also the Great Tempter, seducing men into evil acts and subsequently punishing them for their transgressions. Deep cocoa laced with patchouli, leather armor, ritual incense, and a touch of Xochiquetzal’s flowers.
Lady Death in all her savage glory: an unrelenting supernatural warrior witch!
White musk, grey amber, Calabrian bergamot, vanilla absolute, French labdanum, styrax, wormwood, caraway, and bois de jasmin.
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.
skjaere –
I purchased 5 ml of OBLIVION in 2013, and it is one of my all-time favorite BPAL scents. Fresh, it is smooth, sweet, clean, and golden. It fades to a light, heady scent, with all the sweetness of an afternoon nap on a summer’s day. Good staying power. I would be happy to smell like this all the time. 5/5
darthsnuggles –
Got this one as a freebie with another order, and I’m glad that I did because I probably would never have gotten it for myself. In the bottle, it’s kind of…hard to describe. Musky, but with an herbaceous tang to it as well. On my skin, the herb note rapidly disappears, leaving something that’s sweet and a bit, as others have said, powdery. Very pleasant, and much less obtrusive than the name would suggest. I tend to forget what it smells like once I’m no longer wearing it, which leads to a happy surprise every time I put it on. I probably won’t be buying the full size, but for as long as the imp lasts, I’m enjoying it.
carlos –
The previous reviewer stated that this scent was “Subtle” and I must agree. Right out of the bottle it has the pungency of Grand Marnier or Courvoisier. That immediately fades into a powdery Fougere-like perfume. Something you would find in a century old diary. I had difficulty detecting the individual notes on their own. Perhaps the name “Oblivion” was aptly chosen here. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a beautiful perfume…perhaps for someone that wants to wear a scent without standing out odiferously.
Tharistan –
Subtle, and implacable without actually smelling it. Perfect description of Oblivion, because once it’s gone you can’t remember it.