Opium pour Homme Eau de Parfum (1995)
by Yves Saint Laurent

This is too much for my tastes. Very loud and overindulgent oriental that is too rich and over-sweet. furthermore i can't see practical use for it. it's not appropriate for casual wear, it will come off as FAR too strong for a date or evening out, and so on. And just one spray too much of this EdP will turn your stomach and make you feel sick. I'd say it might best work for formal occasions but i wouldn't choose this for that purpose either because it isn't classy but on the contrary rather gaudy. I'm not one for exotic orientals anyway, but if you need one that is actually wearable for different situations, doesn't overdo it and smells pleasant, consider boucheron jaipur ph (i believe that was its name). I'm surprised so many basenoters like this. It is garish smelling and saccharine sweet to me. It is everything i don't like about exotic orientals.

24th December, 2011. (Last Edited: 10th January, 2012.)

Mystic ecstasy, mystery, drama, luxury and esoteria in a bottle. The parfum of the night enlightened by billions of stars. An intoxicating piece of worldwide olfactory Sturm Und Drang. This is a more stressed on vanilla and spices version. Look at my complete review submitted in the Opium EDT space.

24th January, 2011. (Last Edited: 6th January, 2012.)

I own and use (frequently I might ad) the EDT version and I love it. So I decided to go and try the EDP version. I find it's a pretty different scent. The notes of the EDT are still there but it's much more sweet and there is allot of wood. A good scent, but kind of a shock when you expect just a stronger version of the EDT.

Well that's my opinion. A thumbs up from me for this scent!

28th October, 2010.

I don't know if people around me likes it or not, but i feel great wearing this. It lasts and has a great sillage, it's one of the few frags that i wear and i can smell all night long. It's toxic and well put together. A great member of the YSL family.

I started at YSL with La Nuit de L'Homme and i love it, but now it feels like Opium edp's little brother. Big Thumbs up for this one

17th October, 2010.

The best male fragrance from YSL. Sweet without being cloying. Very nice fragrance, consistent throughout the process. Great sillage and longevity.

1st September, 2010.

Although it starts somewhat pleasant and exotic, the star anise is very pronounced, but the spices in the background give it an interesting, intriguing facet, and it goes down hill from then on. In about one hour it turns acrid on me, actually revolting, similar to cat pee (I am amazed cat pee in not mentioned in the notes), my shirt reeked from some nauseating fumes that ehuded from its collar. I guess is my chemistry after reading so many positives reviews of this perfume, but believe me, it never happened to me before even with cheap drugstore colognes that cost you a buck. In few words, TOXIC FUMES GALORE.

11th August, 2010.