Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Review

I’ll begin by saying, I never expected to like this perfume. When I heard about its release, I didn’t even flutter an eyelid. I was basing my excitement on the previous versions of Opiums.. the one my mum uses and a smell I myself don’t enjoy. But when I heard about a free sample of this at farmers I had to get my hands on it! What can I say, I love free stuff.

The sample was tiny, but enough to wear the scent for a few days and get the feeling of how it smelt on my skin. Let me just say after the first spray, I was hooked.

I love everything about this perfume. They packaging I think is aimed at a younger audience, being pinky metallic gold, and black! The box is very elegant, and is the first perfume box I haven’t thrown out immediately after buying a perfume, and it has the YSL logo in a raised glittery text. The bottle itself reflects the box, being black, and textured with a glittery appearance. I thought this looked so fun, and girly-I’m a girl who thinks a girl can never have too much sparkles. It has a clear circle in the middle of the bottle which lets you see the pink perfection inside and so far.. even after daily use, I still can’t see the perfume level dropping! I brought the 30 ml from Farmers which retails for $113.

Now to the smell I fell in love with. When I first spray this, I get a hint of coffee. It’s not overpowering, it does not smell like you tipped coffee on yourself. It just a beautiful hint of coffee that last moments before I smell the sweetness of vanilla coming through. I find the mixes of these two notes are really pleasant because it takes away the sweetness from the vanilla, and doesn’t leave the sickly vanilla smell that some perfumes have. I would describe this scent as feminine, and it almost has delicateness about it. I use a couple of sprays In the morning, and I just love the smell. Honestly if I could afford to I would probably fill my bathtub up with this stuff and just douse myself in it! The thing is, I cant actually smell this on myself after an hour, because I think im used to the smell now so I occasionally do a spray throughout the day just to top up the smell.

I can’t recommend this perfume because everyone has different perfumes tastes, and perfumes smell differently to everyone! However, I can’t describe in words how much I love this perfume and if you have similar tastes to me in perfumes (flower bomb and dolce and gabbana being other favourites of mine), then I do think you should try this!!

I received a sample of the Black Opium from Farmers a while ago and was sufficiently impressed to return and purchase a bottle - size was 30 ml and retail price was $113.00. The box is black and gold and embossed with the YS which is slightly 'glitterised' and impressive. The bottle is extremely elegant and impressive. I am not a fan of Opium but discovered that this was a completely different fragrance and not as heady or spicy as the original. It was a warm floral undertone, and a sweet, light spicy undertone. I don't think it is light enough for me to wear during the day and would be inclined to wear it in the evenings. Very sexy fragrance!

This is one of those perfumes where after one sniff you're hooked! I was lucky enough to grab a small vial sample from Farmers when it was first released and knew in an instance that I had to own this perfume. Lucky for me the hubby loved it and so paid for me to get a 50ml bottle as part of my Christmas present.

Its a grown up perfume and has the ability to make you feel all feminine and sexy which was confirmed by the attention it attracted from my hubby.

It comes in a super sexy bottle too, decked out in black with sparkles on the body of its glass bottle, with a small glass circle at its belly so you can see how your quantity is going, this glass is slightly tinted pink. It has a easy to use ball topper lid that I have found if you accidently drop onto your makeup table will roll right off!!

Now how to describe the fragrance, its dark with hints of magic and musk. I think of dark ripe cherries, lilacs in a evening sunset, old romantic movies, there just seems to be a few different scents all playing beautifully together. With a burst of warmth from a musky vanilla and touches of coffee just hitting lightly on top of the darker floral my nose detects. Its good, so damn good!! I want to bathe in it.

Being a YSL product you know what you are paying for, its a high priced tagged item for a high quality fragrance. Its not a everyday perfume as it is more suited for evenings out, dates nights or special occasions. Only a small squirt is needed as it warms up with your body and lingers for a good few hours without losing much of its original smell. I have found personally that after wearing this for a night out that I wake up the next morning with the most lush musky vanilla scent over me which can only be the leftover perfume that has mellowed on my body during my sleep.

Wow wow wow after reading the great reviews here I went to my local farmers to try it for myself and fell in love straight away and brought the 50ml bottle for $170.

The bottle says it all it is black with blue glittery sparkles over the black. It is gorgeous it makes you want to wear your little black dress and your sparkly shoes. That is what the bottle reminds me of. It also has a pink circle in the centre which has black opium and the trademark Yves Saint Laurent stamped on it.

This very sweet alluring fragrance has you hooked as soon as you first spray it. Instantly I can smell pepper and spice then you can smell vanilla and patchouli and a musk and topped off with a tiny hint of espresso coffee that has just been freshly extracted from the coffee machine.

The longer I wear it the more it mellows. The spice and pepper seems to fade and I think this is where a tiniest hint of orange comes through and definitely more of the vanilla comes through. It is Devine! This lasts on me throughout the day and I think it is the perfect scent for the cooler months ahead. It makes you feel warm and cozy. Like a long cold winters night and your inside with the fire going and you are all snuggled into your man.

Even my partner who is a real manly man that doesn't take any interest in anything beauty related said that smells good quite vanilla-ry as soon as I sprayed it. Which said a lot to me that he noticed it and liked it

Why are you so expensive D: this perfume had been on my lust list for a looooong, long time. Every time I went into Farmers I would spray this on myself and walk away sadly, hoping that a stranger would randomly purchase it for me...

Alas that didn't happen. I was always taught that if you want something then you need to work for it and buy it for yourself... So that's what I did. I decided on a whim to treat myself. I haven't regretted it since.

Firstly this comes in a beautiful black sparkly bottle with a pink centre. I like the centre because you can see how much perfume you have left (or, more realistically cry as it slowly depletes). The design of this bottle looks insanely luxurious on your dresser.

The scent... Ohhhhh the scent... This is such a sexy smell. On me at first it smells quite sweet but as my skin warms it up it turns into a gorgeous feminine musky smell. Since purchasing it I have had soooo many compliments on my perfume - from women and men.

Obviously I wear perfume for myself and no one else but his is by far the most complimented perfume I have ever had. Most importantly it makes me feel like a million bucks when I wear it. I swear this perfume brings your inner seductress out... ;)

If you haven't had the pleasure of smelling this then I highly, highly recommend giving it a whiff when you can. This is something I can definitely see myself purchasing again - I NEVER repurchase perfume.

Yes this is expensive but two sprays will do you all day. The scent lasts on my skin all day - even if I sweat. It's gorgeous and I cannot rave enough about it. Go smell it!

Yes I spelt scentual because it is a scent that gets you ual lol. A cult fave that I've fallen for once I smelt it I was able to purchase a bottle onine thru someone secondhand so I got a nice sample fo this product then I went out and got me 100ml bottle. I'm a coffee addict so the notes in this fragrance are right up my alley. The bottle is to its own design a sparkle Black sleek bottle with a big round see thru middle that gives the illusion of the perfume fluid inside. So stylish. The fragrance is addictive I spray it so much it's very mature yet sweet and to me at times has this muskyness about it. I love to wear it all the time but I give it a break it's like suitable for night and day but goes well for serious big girl situation and not overbearing just fragrant & cheerful how can it be I guess that the secret to the fragrance. With a a name like black opium it's definitely an addictive scentual scent. Enough said everyone needs to try it but don't worry if you haven't because we can't go around all smelling the same at the same time :)

This perfume really works with your skin chemistry, I find I put it on and can’t smell it on my skin yet I get sooo many compliments on how nice I smell. I have the EDP 50ml bottle. It’s a very rich warm vanilla scent, but so delicious! It’s balanced well with other notes like cedar and orange blossom which come through about half an hour after spraying.

I got this on sale at a chemist after listing after it for a long time. I really liked the unique, sweet, licorice type scent. It lingers most of the day - up to 6-8 hours. This fragrance is a great way to mix up your normal scent with something a bit more powerful

Usually I am a fixed on my own perfume brands and rarely try new fragrances. In saying that, my daughter recently purchased this Black Opium fragrance and I was immediately drawn to it's sweet, floral scent. Packaged in a glittery black bottle, this fragrance is sexy, seductive and long lasting! If you're on the fence, go and get a tester from your nearest store! Its as good as it smells and worthit!