Temptress Magazine

On a sun-drenched Friday in May, TEMPTRESS gathered friends, lovers, collaborators, and devoted readers at Schinkel Pavillon to celebrate the launch of the new Money Issue. The night opened with a reading of Counting My Sins in Cash by Ozziline Mercedes, before slipping into To Bond with Someone of the Opposite Sex, a performance by Arvida Byström and Ánya. Music by TEMPTRESS art director EVRCRSH and by Hanaby, the evening moved between flirtation and frenzy, soft conversations and harder drinks.

Carne Bollente is a Paris-based brand that embroiders cartoon sex onto garments and has been doing it, financially independent for ten years. TEMPTRESS is an erotic art magazine born in Ukraine that launched in 2021 dressed as the kind of publication it was quietly dismantling from the inside—and took it to 13 countries. Both are trojan horses. For Issue 6—The Money Issue—we handed each other the microphone.

For Issue 6, TEMPTRESS collaborated with JOUISSANCE perfumes to create a special gift for our readers—a set of scented stickers made to live inside the magazine alongside a short story by Sarah Cleaver and Emma Firth. We were inspired by the aesthetics of old magazines, where you could scratch the page and smell the fragrance.

For Issue 6, TEMPTRESS collaborated with JOUISSANCE parfumes to create a special gift for our readers—a set of scented stickers made to live inside the magazine alongside a short story by Sarah Cleaver and Emma Firth. We were inspired by the aesthetics of old magazines, where you could scratch the page and smell the fragrance.

Press play before you begin. Katherine recommends Ständchen, S. 560—and we think she's right. [LINK] I would sacrifice my body to swim amongst swans. Today I found myself looking at a lake. Actually, I’m looking into it now. I go to touch the water, the tips of my fingers instantly feel the floor. I retract my hand in disturbance and disappointment, some kind of reflex to the illusion of its depth.

On sex work decriminalization, carceral feminism, and who gets to decide. By Monique Johnson Watch what happens when you introduce the word decriminalization at a dinner party. You say the word, and you watch the table rearrange itself. Someone suddenly becomes deeply interested in their wine. Someone else puts on their Thinking About Feminism face—the one that mimics concern but functions like a closing door.

She traded outfits for hormones. She built the look in cellophane and stretch velvet. She manifested all of it—and Brooke Candy thinks she's a witch. Amanda Lepore—icon, muse, living artwork, and the most expensive woman in the world—sat down with Temptress to talk cash, dominatrix aesthetics, budget bombshell tricks, and why staying in the hotel long after the boyfriend left was actually the smartest business move of her life.

She coined the term. She built the look. She runs the room. FetischBarbie—dominatrix, fetish creator, and the world's only Bimbonatrix—sat down with Temptress to talk power, money, the body as investment, and why the patriarchy should just pay up. A full story and more power pictures is available in our print issue—preorder now[LINK] You've described your teenage self as deeply embedded in the goth scene, being judged and misunderstood.

You don't talk about money. But you think about it—at 2AM, phone brightness all the way down, staring at your banking app like it owes you an apology. You've said "I'm fine" while mentally calculating if you can afford both lunch and personality. This quiz won't fix your finances. But it will tell you something true about yourself. Somewhere in these 13 questions lives one of three women. One of them is you. Maybe all three, depending on the week. 13 questions. No wrong answers—only revealing ones.

Медсестра знає, що тобі потрібно. Вона рухається коридором із відпрацьованою точністю — не зовсім теплотою, але її виставою. Латекс облягає тіло як друга шкіра. Прозорі тканини відкривають, не оголюючи. Кожен жест — трохи надто навмисний, ніби саму інтимність репетирували так довго, що почуття вивітрилось, а лишилась тільки хореографія. Is this a prisonic fairytale?