Black Opium Wild Edition by Yves Saint Laurent bottle
Yves Saint Laurent

Black Opium Wild Edition

3.9/5 · 88 votes Feminine 2016
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Longevity3.7/5
Sillage3.3/5
Day56
Night94
Fall100
Winter100
Spring44
Summer9
Our take

Black Opium Wild Edition is an evening companion for the woman who wants to feel both polished and dangerous when the sky goes dark. Its argument rests on three notes that refuse to sit quietly: pear brightens the coffee instead of softening it, licorice pulls the vanilla toward something shadowy rather than edible, and pink pepper keeps the orange blossom from ever settling into a polite white-floral murmur. The effect is not a sugar rush, but a caffeine buzz in a velvet dress.

That tension between bitter and sweet is exactly why it works when the temperature drops and the day is done. It belongs in a dimly lit concrete loft where the only warmth comes from the drink in your hand, or on a cobblestone street at night when the air is cool enough that you crave something with this much weight. The scent stays close to the skin, but its presence lingers in the fabric of a wool coat long after the night ends.

The drydown is where the argument fully lands. As the patchouli and cedar sink in, the fragrance stops performing and starts feeling like part of you. It is for the person who wants to be noticed but refuses to ask for it. You leave a trace of vanilla and coffee in a room, but you never fill it.

The final impression is a cup of black coffee spilled on a silk sheet.

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