Black Opium Eau de Parfum combines a coffee accord, white flowers and a sweet vanilla base. Coffee's roasted bitterness keeps the vanilla from going syrupy, like a dessert with an espresso. Le Parfum and the other flankers are separate.
What Wearers Say
One wearer explicitly prefers the original EDP for its vanilla-and-coffee character.
Another original-version owner describes a fruity, dark-latte impression.
One sampler finds the normal edition mostly white floral and wants a more noticeable coffee note.
Great for
Try the original EDP if sweet vanilla, white flowers and a coffee accent appeal to you.
Not for
Sample before buying if a clear espresso smell is essential; wearers differ on how much coffee they perceive.
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How It Compares
vs. Afnan 9PM Pour Femme
Original Black Opium EDP is coffee, white flowers and vanilla. Afnan's 9PM Pour Femme is raspberry, apple, rose and iris over cedar, cypress and pine.
Read the full comparison →vs. Rasasi Chastity Woman
Rasasi's Chastity Woman is green and watery notes, jasmine, orange flower and rose over musk. Original Black Opium EDP is coffee, white flowers and vanilla.
Read the full comparison →vs. Dossier Ambery Vanilla
Dossier's Ambery Vanilla is its named Black Opium interpretation: pear and licorice, jasmine and orange blossom, then vanilla, coffee and patchouli. YSL describes Black Opium EDP as coffee, white flowers and vanilla.
Read the full comparison →vs. Rasasi Egra
Rasasi's Egra is violet leaf, juniper, spruce and fir with galbanum and iris over sandalwood and oakmoss. YSL Black Opium EDP is coffee, white flowers and vanilla.
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