Inpsiration
Black Opium by Yves Saint Laurent
Black Opium by Yves Saint Laurent, launched in the year 2014 is an intoxicating women’s fragrance that is a young, modern scent with a twist.
Perfume Notes
Top Notes: Pear, Pink Pepper and Orange Blossom
Heart Notes: Coffee, Jasmine, Bitter Almond and Licorice
Base Notes: Vanilla, Patchouli, Cedar and Cashmere Wood
About the Perfume Black Opium
While creating black opium, Yves Saint Laurent beauty opened a new way in perfumery with a daring coffee accord; an ingredient never used in such high quantity in a feminine fragrance. a unique addictive and never-ending sillage. When Black Opium was launched, it was announced as a rock’n’roll interpretation of the classic that should highlight the dark, mysterious side of the YSL brand.
A warm and spicy fragrance with coffee, white flowers, and vanilla. To create the addictive coffee accord of Black Opium, the creator behind this fragrance wanted to reproduce the energizing aroma of strong black coffee when you lean into the cup, going from top to base note.
Fragrance Family
Warm & Sweet Gourmand. Black Opium is inspired by the edgy and daring woman. It is emboldened by the strong scent of coffee and captivates the senses with a sweet vanilla base and a burst of floral at the of the fragrance. It is the first coffee floral fragrance to use such high quantity coffee accord as a key note.