Opium is a expensive smelling perfume and it would have to be one of the first perfumes that I think of when I think of the classic perfumes. For me the bergamot came through the most strongly with very subtle jasmine. One of the things I like about this perfume is that it seems to last particualrly well on the skin. Which makes it far worth its dollar value than many others.
The bottle is more retangular than the picture here, with clear textured glass and a reddish lid. The perfume bottle is also great quality, lasting for years without the colour fading or the spray part breaking.
I do think it is possibly a more mature perfume. I grew up with my mum wearing it, so it is a perfume that for me has been around my entire life. But when I compare it to many other perfumes out there, it also smells like perfume, not chemicals.
Opium is my one true love. I'm 27 and have finally ended my gourmand, sickly sweet candy phase. Don't get me wrong, I still love the scent of warm vanilla goodness but I swear every New Zealand girl is wearing the same three perfumes - Black Opium, Flowerbomb & La Vie Est Belle.
Girls in their teens and twenties flock to the same scents every time and I can't stand the thought of being just another cupcake smelling sheep. I've been an avid collector for some time now and have always had a love for Opium. It was so different, so warm, so inviting and so comforting.
To me this is an indoor winter in a bottle. Sitting in front of a hot fire with snow outside while playing board games with the family. When I was younger a friend and I collected stickers - part of the collection included these scratch and sniff ones that smelled of cinnamon. This is exactly what Opium smells like. I have no clue when it comes to specific notes but this is heaven, warmth and Christmas in a bottle - and scratch and sniff stickers - delicious.