Black Opium Le Parfum
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
By Yves Saint Laurent, Black Opium Le Parfum opens with cinnamon, pear and green mandarin, a spiced, fruity start. Jasmine sambac and orange blossom bring a warm white-floral heart, lifted by soft solar notes. The base is where it lingers: layers of vanilla, coffee and patchouli, rich and a little powdery. Launched in 2022, women wear it most, and it suits anyone chasing a dark, sweet vanilla with real presence. Voters wear it in autumn and winter, at night, and it can carry an evening as easily as a demanding work day. Most wearers vote its longevity moderate, and just as many call the sillage moderate. A 3ml decant is enough to live with it for a week before deciding on more.
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The community verdict
Smooth and creamy, Black Opium Le Parfum moves from cinnamon and pear through jasmine sambac to a vanilla base. Most find its wear and projection moderate, though some report longer wear or stronger projection. It suits nights in winter, while autumn evenings work well for its warm spice.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Heartafter a few minutes
- Jasmine Sambac
- Orange Blossom
- Solar Notes
- Basewhat lingers
- Bourbon Vanilla
- Coffee
- Madagascar Vanilla
- Patchouli
- Vanilla Absolute
- Vanilla Orchid
- Brand
- Yves Saint Laurent
- Scent profile
- For women
- Launched
- 2022
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Cinnamon and jasmine on warm skin at a crowded bar.
What you smell
First spray0–15 min
Heart15 min – 2 h
- Jasmine Sambac
- Orange Blossom
- Solar Notes
Dry-down2 h – 3–6 h
- Bourbon Vanilla
- Coffee
- Madagascar Vanilla
- Patchouli
- Vanilla Absolute
- Vanilla Orchid
- Lasts
- 3–6 h
- Moderate
- Sillage
- Moderate, 2 of 4
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity1,493 votes
Most voted: 51%Moderate
33%Long lasting
Sillage1,454 votes
Most voted: 61%Moderate
22%Strong
Season1,493 votes
Most voted: 55%Winter
35%Autumn
Time of day1,493 votes
Most voted: 60%Night out
32%Evening
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Longevity1,493 votes
- Very weak2%32 votes
- Weak4%64 votes
- Moderate (Most voted)51%767 votes
- Long lasting33%497 votes
- Eternal9%133 votes
Sillage1,454 votes
- Intimate14%199 votes
- Moderate (Most voted)61%880 votes
- Strong22%321 votes
- Enormous4%54 votes
Season1,493 votes
- Spring8%119 votes
- Summer2%30 votes
- Autumn35%523 votes
- Winter (Most voted)55%821 votes
Time of day1,493 votes
- Daytime6%90 votes
- Office2%29 votes
- Evening32%478 votes
- Night out (Most voted)60%896 votes
Which size is right for you?
Every size is decanted from the same original bottle.
At 3 sprays a day.
Loved by 50,000+
Why scent lovers try it with us before they buy the bottle.
Hand-decanted from the original bottle
Decanted by hand from authentic bottles, never diluted.
Wear it for days before you commit
Live with it at work, at night and at the weekend before you buy a full bottle.
Just like the full bottle
A fine-mist atomiser sprays like the original, so it opens, projects and lasts on your skin the way the full bottle does.
10ML vs a blind buy
What a decant gives you that a bottle bought unsmelled can’t.
Why 10ML?
Blind buy
Authentic original perfume
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Yes
Smell it on your skin before you buy
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No
Try several scents for one bottle’s price
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No
Travel-ready atomiser
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No
No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
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The house
More from Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent opened as a French couture house in 1961 and added perfume to its work in 1964. The scents have a taste for contrast. Sweet coffee and vanilla sit on one side of the range, cool lavender, bergamot and geranium on the other, with cedar and vetiver keeping both grounded. Black Opium is where most people begin: a dark, sugary coffee accord smoothed with vanilla. Libre sets white flowers against lavender and citrus, crisp and a little severe. Y Eau de Parfum is the fresh, aromatic pick over woods, and Opium Pour Homme is warmer, softly spiced and powdery with a dry, herbal twist.
Frequently asked questions
What does Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum smell like?
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum opens with Cinnamon, Green Mandarin and Pear. The heart brings Jasmine Sambac, Orange Blossom and Solar Notes. It dries down to Bourbon Vanilla, Coffee, Madagascar Vanilla and Patchouli.
Is Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as moderate (51% of votes), and 42% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as moderate (61% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for winter; summer takes only 2% of season votes.
Is Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum good for winter?
Yes. Shoppers on fragrance communities vote winter its best season, with 55% of season votes.
Is Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it after dark: 92% of time-of-day votes are for evenings and nights out, 8% for daytime or the office.
Can I wear Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for the office: only 2% of time-of-day votes go to the office.
Who makes Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum?
Black Opium Le Parfum is made by Yves Saint Laurent. It was launched in 2022.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum?
A 10ml decant of Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum holds about 200 sprays, roughly 67 days of wear at 3 sprays a day. The 3ml decant holds about 60 sprays, around 20 days. The 30ml decant holds about 600 sprays, around 200 days.
Which other Yves Saint Laurent perfumes can I try?
Besides Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum, 10ML has Black Opium, Y Eau de Parfum and Libre from Yves Saint Laurent, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum decant is filled by hand from an original Yves Saint Laurent bottle, with nothing added or diluted, so it opens, dries down and lasts on your skin the way the bottle does. We sell only authentic originals.
What is a decant?
A small amount of a perfume, taken from its original bottle and put into a travel atomiser. You get the real fragrance in a size that lets you live with it for days before you decide on the full bottle.
How does the money-back guarantee work?
If a scent isn’t right for you, get in touch within 30 days of it arriving and we’ll arrange a refund. Terms apply. See our refund policy.