
Yves Saint Laurent
Black Opium
Coffee · Sweet · Vanilla
EDP2014
Community rating 3.9/5 · 34,805 votes (Fragrantica community)
- Coffee
- Sweet
- Vanilla
- Warm Spicy
Atelier Notes
Quick Verdict
Black Opium by Yves Saint Laurent (EDP, released in 2014) is a coffee, sweet and vanilla fragrance marketed as feminine. Listed notes include Orange Blossom, Pear and Pink Pepper.
Quick Answer
Black Opium by Yves Saint Laurent is an EDP, released in 2014, listed with a feminine gender expression in the ScentAI catalog. Its dominant accords are Coffee, Sweet, Vanilla, Warm Spicy. The note pyramid reads Orange Blossom, Pear, Pink Pepper at the top, Bitter Almond, Coffee, Jasmine at the heart, Cedar, Patchouli, Vanilla at the base. No verified price, longevity or rating data exists yet, so none is claimed here.
- Brand:
- Yves Saint Laurent
- Concentration:
- EDP
- Release year:
- 2014
- Gender expression:
- feminine
- Accords:
- Coffee, Sweet, Vanilla, Warm Spicy
- Similarity pairs:
- 10 (similarity-v1)
What does Black Opium by Yves Saint Laurent smell like?
Black Opium by Yves Saint Laurent is cataloged with Coffee, Sweet, Vanilla, Warm Spicy accords. Its notes open with Orange Blossom, Pear, Pink Pepper at the top, Bitter Almond, Coffee, Jasmine at the heart, Cedar, Patchouli, Vanilla at the base. ScentAI only reports cataloged accords and notes from its provenance-tracked import; no subjective review or rating is implied.
When was Black Opium by Yves Saint Laurent released?
Black Opium by Yves Saint Laurent was released in 2014. The cataloged concentration is EDP. Both fields come from the catalog's provenance-tracked import with a named source, not from model memory or third-party summaries.
What smells similar to Black Opium by Yves Saint Laurent?
The closest catalog match is La Vie Est Belle by Lancôme, with an estimated match score of 36 based on shared accords and notes. The estimate comes from ScentAI's deterministic similarity model across 10 scored pairs, not from user ratings.
Summary generated offline from catalog data (answerlayer-v1); sections without verified data are omitted, never invented.
Artificial Olfactive Intelligence
Scent Profile
- Coffee
- Sweet
- Vanilla
- Warm Spicy
Longevity / projection / value scores are not shown — no verified data yet.
Formula Architecture
Notes
- Top Notes
- Orange Blossom, Pear, Pink Pepper
- Heart Notes
- Bitter Almond, Coffee, Jasmine
Molecular Neighbors
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Based on shared accords and notes. See the full similarity ranking.
AI Molecular Synapse
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