Black Opium: Between sophistication and originality. A fragrance in the image of Yves Saint-Laurent. Like the seductive couturier and perfumer Yves Saint-Laurent, Black Opium, released in 2014, offers a blend of sophistication and raw materials, of elegance and soft brutality, of golden lights of jasmine and orange blossom and dark olfactory paths of coffee.
In 1977, Yves Saint-Laurent created a fragrance called Opium. Stirring up numerous controversies, it evoked an illicit substance while being intended for a particular woman, as chic as she was nonchalant, combining elegance and spontaneous intelligence. Then, in 2014, history repeated itself, delivering the portrait of a new woman, more tomboyish and carefree than before. The fragrance in question this time is called Black Opium. Today considered a true icon of perfumery, it captivates with its gourmand and oriental scent. So what accounts for such success? Here is our review on the subject.
Olfastory’s review
Black Opium, the fragrance of a free woman
First of all, if women display such enthusiasm for the Black Opium fragrance, it is probably thanks to its philosophy and the message it conveys. According to it, life is too short not to live it according to our own desires. Following one's instinct, embracing one's individuality and breaking the rules, this is what the house of Yves Saint-Laurent advocates. Black Opium speaks to an independent woman, who plays with danger and loves to live her life to the fullest. Are you charismatic and seductive? This fragrance is made for you! Black Opium is a vibrant and addictive feminine fragrance, worn like a shiver running through the body or a shot of adrenaline!
Black Opium, a surprising floral coffee
If the message is seductive, note that the Black Opium fragrance is equally so. Indeed, it is the very first floral coffee in history, providing a real jolt of energy on a daily basis. Working in chiaroscuro, this juice possesses an incredible energy within it. Its bouquet of white flowers becomes electrified, revealing an assertive and untamable femininity. The black coffee accord appears right from the opening, before giving way to a luminous orange blossom. Little by little, everything darkens into a woodier sillage of cedar and patchouli. To make it even more addictive, a gourmand vanilla appears in the base notes. Wonderfully orchestrated, Black Opium does not go unnoticed and shows excellent longevity.
The seductive, sparkling bottle by Yves Saint-Laurent
Finally, equally attractive, its bottle sparkles with glitter. Its black hue is cut through by an incandescent heart. A window opens onto its heart, as if letting us glimpse all the desire it contains. As tempting as it is disturbing, this bottle seems to have donned its evening attire. Its sparkling texture proves very feminine. From then on, Black Opium becomes an object of absolute desire. Highly contemporary, it possesses an undeniably urban quality. On its own, it evokes the city, the night, and femininity... From then on, anything becomes possible and temptation reaches its peak!
It should also be noted that it is precisely this image that is developed in the always very polished advertisements of Yves Saint-Laurent, which only adds to the success of this cult fragrance.