Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium

Launched by Yves Saint Laurent in 2014, Black Opium is a vanilla, coffee and sweet scent that opens with Pear, Pink Pepper and Orange Blossom and settles into Vanilla, Patchouli and Cashmere Wood.

Perfumer: Olivier Cresp, Marie Salamagne, Honorine Blanc, Nathalie Lorson

Fragrance pyramid

Top notes

• Pear
• Pink Pepper
• Orange Blossom

Heart notes

• Coffee
• Jasmine
• Bitter Almond
• Licorice

Base notes

• Vanilla
• Patchouli
• Cashmere Wood
• Cedar

Main accords

• vanilla
• coffee
• sweet
• white floral
• warm spicy
• soft spicy
• woody
• fruity
• balsamic
• powdery

When to wear it

Best seasons: fall, winter. Most worn for: nights out.

Similar scents

• Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Eau de Toilette (2015)
• Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Intense (2019)
• Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Swarovski Edition (2015)
• Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Exotic Illusion (2019)
• Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Wild Edition (2016)
• Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Pure Illusion (2017)

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