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.
$15 from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab.
BPAL also has some of the best customer service of any etailer I've purchased from. They're fabulous! And a warning: They're addictive, too!
Posted by: Courtney | Friday, August 22, 2008 at 06:28 AM
This company was recommended to me because I'm allergic to perfume. Their perfumes are made of essential oils. I haven't tried anything from them but I did find out more about the company and I just wanted to share a bit because I thought it might be useful to someone who is wary of ordering perfume online. They do have samples you can order based on the descriptions, and the forum is really helpful. The people there can offer a more detailed description of the scents. You can even say, this is what I want to smell like, which perfume would be the best to try? They'll give you recommendations. The best part though is that if you become a member of the forum, swapping is open to you. so if you got a sample you didn't like, you could swap it with another member for one you want to try instead of ordering another.
Posted by: Holly | Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 03:48 PM