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by Yves Saint Laurent
- Availability: In Production
- Perfumer: Jacques Cavallier [Firmenich]
- Bottle Designer: Pierre Dinand
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  |  I'm not crazy about Opium, yet I keep going back to it. My "mini" is a lifetime supply--if applied sparingly I get compliments. If I over do it, my girlfriend wrinkles her nose and insists I smell like her grandfather, not her boyfriend. 15 August 2008 |
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| Like the EdP's opening salvo, the EdT has a dark fruit hue too but it's sharpened up with star anise bringing out the blackcurrant more so. There's a dish that I like at the local Tapas joint that serves a stuffed prune with mint cream filling that reminds me of the EdT. In it's next phase, the black pepper and ginger bring the orientalness to the foreground. Each is excellently blended never tilting the balance too much over the edge. Finally, the vanilla/amber accord finishes off much like the EdP but with a lighter and slightly woody finale. Lighter and spicier than the EdP and more versatile for wearing too though I have trouble with this one in the heat. 23 May 2008 |
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| This review is under revision. 28 April 2008 |
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| This sillage bomb is not one of my favorites but isn't bad. There is a sort of cheap, synthetic freshness to it built on top of a sweet fruity oriental base, sort of a weird combination. The basenotes remind me of the smell of baking oatmeal raisin cookies - not a bad smell but not exactly sensual in my opinion, something M7 is much more suited for. 13 December 2007 |
 | Most of the Yves Saint Laurent are not for me, because they are strong & old. for example: Jazz, Kouros, Opium, etc... Opium is spicier version of Obsession by Calvin Klein,, very ambery & very strong. YSL is great factory but i don't like it's products. 06 September 2006 |
  | was dissapointed by this one a bit, heavy on the vanilla and sweetness, predictable spices... not that there is anything wrong with it, just nothing particularily astounding here... still willing to try the EDP tho 18 August 2006 |
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| Not a fragrance for the weak of heart. Very spicy, very assertive and very powerful oriental scent that is warm and strong. It's almost as though somebody took Obsession for Men and loaded it with a mysterious and pungent blend of herbs.. almost gypsy-like in its playful but dangerous nature. Nice smell, just wish it was a little more dillute than it is. It also contains a very synthetic quality that puts me off. That being said, there are days..though few and far between... that I really love this fragrance. And this scent deserves its "props" in sillage and longevity.. Can't think of another single fragrances with better lasting power. 07 May 2006 |
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| A bit too sweet for me, with a bit too much pepper. Still, it's a great compostion and does smell wonderful...just not on me. 15 January 2006 |
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| Far too sweet. I sprayed some on once and consequently had hungry ants following me around all day. 26 December 2005 |
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| I really, really tried to like this one but it just didn't work out. This was the first oriental type cologne I have ever tried. From what I had read it was the best, so perhaps I just don't like orientals and that is why I don't like opium, who knows. Anyway, Opium was a very strong nearly cloying on my skin. I only had a tester vial of Opium and after a week of trying to like and washing it off everyday, I tossed what remained. Perhaps worth a try if you want a heavy oriental but it just wasnt for me. 09 August 2005 |
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| Smells like a middle eastern or Indian bazaar, full of spices and very woody. Not for everyone. 15 September 2004 |
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