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

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YSL Black Opium Extreme is Black Opium perfume without limits, a vibrant tour de force of white flowers, dark coffee and vanilla. First applying this, you can definitely tell the similarity to the original Black Opium, but it's a lot dryer, and maybe even slightly bitter smelling.

But I could see me garbing this from time-to-time, but the scent leans unisex than most Black Opium of the line and this will be another kept in my collection. Fast forward to 2014, and Opium’s legacy continues to dazzle: Yves Saint Laurent Beauty unveils Black Opium, re-inventing desire in a new, contemporary light, reshaped for the modern woman. I tried it out today: first spray of this on my skin smells of coffee candy, licorice, vanilla, quite sugary. That combo reminds me of this delicate time in which I am enjoying my newborn baby so its as delicious as my baby's smell. Maybe there is still a way to layer it to make it sweeter or at least try to neutralize the spice notes.Although the name extreme suggests it’s going to be a bomb, it’s a subtle fragrance, tends to stay close to skin but lasts all day there, only to please you. This one is deeper and more sophisticated than the original (which can lean more youthful and playful). i sprayed this on tonight before my partner came home, and immediately after he gave me a hug, without me asking, he said: "oooh! I really don't dislike this flanker at all, I would definitely enjoy it if I were to receive it as a gift and could easily see myself wearing this on a daily basis.

I sprayed it before going to bed the other day and smelled it throughout the night and it was so good! This scent is smooth, perfectly blended, you've got that black demonish coffee (thanks again for not adding something milky or gourmandy! 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. As another reviewer noted, the patchouli is quite intense for a few minutes and is rather overpowering, but it is fleeting, fortunately and the drydown is a very nice drier spicy cocoa coffee goodness.

There is a noticeable coffee and cacao accord, but initially it's mainly white florals with a heaping dose of sweetness. Also judging by ads, description, notes (here on Fragrantica) and reviews this promised to be predominantly gourmand coffee and cocoa - notes that in my mind could compliment original Opium so well that I almost have bought blind a full bottle of this Black Opium Extreme. So much so, that unless you're a huge fan of the line and collect the flankers, there's absolutely no reason to own both.