A tantalizing enigma of Ambre marocain, cashmere musk, Malgas lily, Ylang-ylang, dark Bourbon rose, soft patchouli, and erotic whispers of jasmine incense.
“Dearest, your little heart is wounded;
think me not cruel because I obey the irresistible law of my strength and weakness;
if your dear heart is wounded, my wild heart bleeds with yours.
In the rapture of my enormous humiliation I live in your warm life, and you shall die--die, sweetly die--into mine.
I cannot help it; as I draw near to you, you, in your turn, will draw near to others,
and learn the rapture of that cruelty, which yet is love;
so, for a while, seek to know no more of me and mine, but trust me with all your loving spirit.”
― Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
Marocaine à la robe mauve by José Herrerilla Cruz Herrera, c. 1940