Yves Saint Laurent
Opium
Oriental Spicy
Notes checked against a published listing.
- Reported longevity
- Good
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- Typical occasion
- Romantic/Evening
- Typical season
- Winter
These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.
Reviewed profile
Clove and carnation set against myrrh and opoponax, with incense smoke curling through a resinous amber base. The mandarin at the top barely softens it; this is a warm, spiced oriental that feels lit from within, its sweetness held back so the resins stay in charge.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Deep Root
Rooted. The depth speaks for itself.
Nothing here is asking for attention. The warmth runs deep and stays exactly where it belongs. What's beneath the surface is where it lives.
How Opium smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Opium reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Reviewed profile. This profile has received a focused catalogue review.
Opium reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 90th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Opium sits mid-range on projection. That is 39th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Opium is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 21st percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Opium feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 80th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Opium keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 14th percentile for sweetness across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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