It’s a pussy.

It’s not supposed to smell like a candle aisle or a fucking floral arrangement from Trader Joe’s.

It’s supposed to smell like her — like heat, like friction, like wet decision.

It should slap the air with something godless. It should haunt the room like a secret the walls are too polite to mention.

You ever been near a woman who’s actually turned on? Not “flirting.” Not “posing.” Not “waiting for your approval.”

I mean activated.

You can smell it before you touch her. And when you do?

That scent doesn’t just linger — it marks you.

You leave the room and every nerve ending remembers. Your fingers will betray you later. Your breath will slow at the thought of her thighs opening just enough for her truth to leak out.

That’s not filth. That’s not shame. That’s divinity sweating through her lower lips.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise