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Yves Saint Laurent Opium Neon Black Eau De Parfum Spray For Women 75 ml

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It is a fragrance that demands attention and inspires the imagination, an olfactory journey that promises to captivate and mesmerise. I did 3 sprays on each arm from a sample and after like 30 seconds, it was already subtle on my skin. This is exactly what I experienced with 'Perfect' and 'Alien' and 'Libre' - the love at first sniff quickly turned into "This is too strong for me! My lotion smelled great, I smelled great when I put the lotion on, but a couple hours in the fragrance disappears on my skin. I can see myself reach for this during spring nights also, where I only reach for the original Black Opium and the Nuit Blanche during the winter and late fall.

Discover the YSL Black Opium fragrance wardrobe and indulge yourself or treat others to a YSL Black Opium gift.A bold interpretation of the Black Opium’s coffee note, enhanced by the thrilling aura of blue absinth for intensity. it’s just that other than the beautiful orange blossom, this fragrance doesn’t have a whole lot going on. Top notes are Pitahaya, Mandarin Orange and Citron; middle notes are Orange Blossom, Coffee and Jasmine Sambac; base notes are Vanilla and Musk. After 30 minutes, it starts to dry down to a bit more of musky vanilla, less fruity but still sweet, maybe a hint of floral in the background.

And for some reason my nose (/brain) can't pick up the coffee notes at all - maybe I drink too much coffee. Don't get me wrong, I love Black Opium in general, and this one is close enough to the original to smell pleasant, but it's a little bland. It is lighter than the original but still very noticeable and persistent it is rather sweet and glossy and very sexy! Bottle: Like in couture tailoring, the signature Black Opium bottle is re-visited and given a new silhouette with the contemporary woman in mind. Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium’s signature coffee note meets luminous dragon fruit in Black Opium Neon; addictive, unparalleled in provocation, deliberatively seductive.the starting is strong on the orange blossom which made me think its totally different from the origonal/previous flankers. This has the best coffee drydown of all the black opiums without losing on freshness, and just for that, I nominate it as the perfume of my winter 2023/24. This is my second review necause I felt I didnt give this scent a fair chance the first time I tried it. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The dragon fruit note is more of a fancy way of saying 'fruity notes' in my opinion, dragon fruits don't have an intense taste or smell anyways.

The Black Opium coffee signature is emboldened and its sculptural bottle re-mastered with a fluorescent twist, for that extra YSL touch. I will say that a few people have said that it smells like baby powder to them after I first put it on, but I cannot detect any powdery notes personally. Longevity and sillage are both weak but it ain’t surprising since the OG doesn’t last long either (It has big sillage though).

To conclude this is nice, but other than the gorgeous orange blossom note, this fragrance doesn’t have an awful lot going for it, at least not in winter. Later you can feel more the soft coffee in the background, it's a bit minty, vanillic, but less fruity sweet. On my skin it can start to lean towards an almost anise like scent, which usually would put me off but I don't seem to mind it as much here in combination with the other notes as it works quite well all together. I absolutely love this perfume, but because I find it so easy to wear, it’s not a date perfume - to me, it’s a “throw on when you need something safe that makes you smile” kind of perfume. The whiffs I get change all the time though, which makes me think that this might actually smell quite interesting on me.

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