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!!