Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum
4.4
Overall
Accords
vanilla
warm spicy
coffee
sweet
white floral
powdery
Notes Pyramid
Top
PearCinnamonGreen Mandarin
Heart
Jasmine SambacSolar NotesOrange Blossom
Base
Madagascar VanillaBourbon VanillaVanilla AbsoluteCoffeeVanilla OrchidPatchouli
Community Verdict
Pros & Cons
- ✅ i know it's a basic girl scent but i really love it. i got it a second time because of how much i enjoyed it. it's not much but i love the vanilla mixed with coffee (more mature than juvenile). not too sweet, it's like a dark chocolate treat. a very safe perfume for me if i don't know what to wear.
- ✅ this is a magnificent perfume. I immediately bought it and succumbed to the sheer monstrous addition of Vanillas in four incarnations.
- ✅ Smoother, creamier version of the edp. Very yummy.
- ✅ perfect mature vanilla, but the coffee notes begin to really emerge over time as some of the vanilla dies down. in the later stages, the jasmine is the only thing holding you back from just smelling like a vanilla latte. perfect smell anyway.
- ✅ Beautiful, smooth, dark vanilla. Gorgeous on its own, and perfect for layering as well.
- ❌ Weak performance tho
- ❌ This is just a more powdery version of the original. It's really boring
- ❌ I seriously don't know what you all are smelling The one I tested from the paper strip is something extremely boring and flat I barely smelled it as if it's non-existent despite the dark liquid color And to me it's hardly similar to the OG Black Opium Weird hype around the completely unremarkable sweet scent
- ❌ I absolutely love it, it’s a shame that it doesn’t last, moderate in terms of 2-3 hours and maybe with some luck longer on clothes then pray for some whiffs .. the initial spray it’s pure vanilla heaven and I’m addicted to it, this is too good I promise but not worth the price giving what it has to offer.
- ❌ I don't know what people are talking about when they say this has better longevity than the other flankers. I tried alongside 4 others and this one was the quickest to fade. It's very soft. As in too much. It's very vanilla heavy but fades into nothing very, very quickly.
