Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Extreme Eau de Parfum Extreme 50ml, (Pack of 1)

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I swear, it’s witchcraft the way they’ve kept the notes separate so you can smell them simultaneously without them congealing into one singular smell. Black Opium Extreme is exactly what you'd expect as a flanker after reading the notes and discovering this fragrance. This scent is smooth, perfectly blended, you've got that black demonish coffee (thanks again for not adding something milky or gourmandy! Not as sweet as other flankers, has a realistic coffee note in the opening, unfortunately not so much of cacao. Though always grateful for a flanker that bears some resemblance to the original, I was quite surprised by how extremely similar this was to Black Opium.

There still is quite a bit of projection too, but I don't think it's quite as much of a cloying bomb like the original's opening. The only apparent con for me is that my skin eats it quickly, it doesn’t last on me longer than 2-3 hours before becoming very faint…I am not an oversprayer but I think I need to be for this one, it is worth it. As far as the longevity I’m not sure, but I am wearing all this week to test it out but I love smelling my wrist is this creamy chocolate vanilla decadence.I agree with reviews saying that this is what Black Opium critics expected from the fragrance - more mysterious, more dark, and heavier on the coffee. Black Opium Extreme, I think, should be excellent for everyone, who seek dark, sensual fragrance without tons of vanilla or gourmand notes which seems to be everywhere now, so I'm really really happy with this reaveal of Black Opium which was dissapointed for me as too juvenile and simply 'nice' as Flowerbomb flanker for teenagers. I love them all ♡ I don't know wich version I prefer but this flankers start to take the first place.

YSL Black Opium Illicit Green EDP - An energising and fresh version of the iconic Black Opium EDP, with Green Mandarin and Fig added to the signature Black Coffee base.Eagerly I’ve applied it and couldn’t believe my nose: all I was getting were wiffs of 90s-00s generic and immensely sweet fruity white florals. This is a scent charged with limitless energy, full of boundless allure and the unique YSL edginess in abundance. i love patchouli when its clean or earthy, i only have a tester card here so cant say what a skin test will be like. YSL Black Opium Extreme is Black Opium perfume without limits, a vibrant tour de force of white flowers, dark coffee and vanilla. So the predominant scent that remains on the skin is coffee beans with vanilla, while in the original it’s vanilla and notes like pear, raspberry, almond etc - at least on my skin.