Attar - the slave's perfume

5. 18 - The Slave’s Attar

It is usual for an odalisque to wear an attar (perfume) as an olfactory emblem of her bond during her occlusion. The attar shall be formed out of a blend of natural essential oils such as lavender, rose, jasmine, patchouli, sandalwood, musk, according to the design of the Slavetrader or person officiating at her disclacing. She shall be anointed with the prepared perfume at her discalcing and the same blend shall be used throughout her captivity.


5. 19 - Anointing with Attar

Attar is worn by placing a small dab of the oil just below the arm pit under each arm, at the back of the neck and just above the pubic hair line. Where a slave is anointed during the discalcing ritual the attar shall be applied in these places by another person, usually the Slavetrader (Advocate) in an act of ritual anointing.

The ambiance of slaveplay in Code d' Odalisque ought to be sensuous and opulent, not barbarous and grungy. One of the most sensuous aspects of play - and one that is often overlooked in written accounts of odalisque play by people with no real acquaintance with it - is the attar, the slave's perfume. In written notes that accompanied early material in the development of the Code the use of perfumes was central and there are recipes for perfumes reputed to have aphrodisiacal powers. In Code d'Ode today, every odalisque has her own distinctive perfume, her attar. The slave must wear this perfume whenever she is in occlusion, i.e. in active play and in her role as odalisque. She does not wear the perfume when she is on sojourn. 

The Code specifies that the Slavetrader, or the man who brings her into odalisque slavery, should design the attar for the slave. It should be distinctive, unique to the slave. There should be some attempt to come up with a fragrance that suits the temperament and nature of the woman. A red-headed woman with a passionate temper might be given a spicy and hot perfume while a full and buxom brunette with a florid complexion and sunny smile might be given a cool floral perfume. There is an art in this, doubtless. It will take some experimentation to find a recipe that suits a particular woman. It is important to get it right: once it is given to her she uses it unchanged throughout her tenure as an odalisque. 

The Code refers to  a blend of natural essential oils such as lavender, rose, jasmine, patchouli, sandalwood, musk.. There are many others. The Tibetan ylang ylang, for example. Vanilla. Cinnamon. Verbena. Orange. A whole world of fragrances. So there is no excuse for producing two blends that are identical. Every slave can be recognised by her fragrance, her attar. 

This is a potent fact in active play. The experience of enjoying an odalisque is inter-mixed with the fragrance of her attar. It is one of the sensual joys of enjoying a cockslave. These joys are amplified, moreover, because in the sweaty vigour of hot sex the attar mingles with the smells of her sex. This is why article 5.19 specifies where the attar is applied on the slave's body. It is dabbed under each arm, at the back of the neck, above the pubis. Near the concentrations of body hair: armpit, head, pubis. These are places where the body releases its subtle chemical odours. The attar is placed here so that it mingles with those odours, or so that the sexual chemistry travels on the plumes of the perfume. 

A slave should be trained to get the amount of attar just right. It is too much if it completely overpowers the sexual odours of the body. There should be just enough that they mingle together, as if half/half. Usually, a small dab in each location on the body is all that is required but this will depend upon the perfume and the person. The slave adds more as required throughout her day. It is an adjunct to the natural odours of sex, both subtle and potent.