Yves Saint Laurent

Opium

Name: Yves Saint Laurent Opium
Brand: Yves Saint Laurent

Oriental Spicy

Mandarin OrangeCloveCarnationMyrrhPatchouliIncenseOpoponaxVanilla

Longevity

Good

Sillage

Moderate

Occasion

Romantic/Evening

Seasonality

Winter

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.

The Anchor

The Dry Warmth

Warm enough to be felt. Dry enough to mean it.

There is warmth here but nothing soft about it. It arrives without apology and stays without asking. Substance over comfort, every time.

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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.

Warmthwarm, close0.81

Opium reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 87th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Projectionmid-range0.46

Opium sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 37th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Riskfamiliar0.22

Opium is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 21st percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Texturemid-range0.36

Opium sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 21st percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Sweetnessdry0.20

Opium keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 13th percentile for sweetness across 5,322 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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