It’s an ultra-sensorial experience. Talking about the senses, each one of them overindulged as YSL Beauty’s iconic BLACK OPIUM pushes the boundaries of fragrance with its new, exhilarating incarnation.
Over the sounds, you dream… The sound of liquid. A cup of coffee fresh from the espresso machine. Or the lavish swish of a spray of Eau de Parfum, a fragrant
whisper scenting your skin.
Over the touch, you experience… The feel of the bottle, all lacquered glass, smooth and cool and oh-so-covetable with its mysterious red round window.
Over the taste, you thrill… Cherry. A new edgy, decadently delicious red note twisting BLACK OPIUM’s signature accords with a rich round juicy fruit.
Over the smell, you feel… The scent of coffee and white flowers. The shot of pure energy and suavely sensual floral trail that have made BLACK OPIUM such a dare-to-be-different, can’t-do-without-it fragrance.
Over the sight, you expand… The colour red, as deep and vibrant as the cherry that gleams in the heart of the scent, as the light that radiates from the iconicbottle, a crimson wave washing over you as you bask in the glow of the new fragrance. Over red. Over senses. BLACK OPIUM EAU DE PARFUM OVER RED by YSL Beauty.
BLACK OPIUM has always been about the irresistible indulgence of the senses, and with this new offering, all the senses are even more intensified.
Right off the top, an over red cherry accord pops out, its colour vibrant, its scent luscious and almondy, so vivid you can fairly see the tempting fruit and feel its round, glossy smoothness between your lips.
The liqueur-like deliciousness of this brand-new cherry accord unleashes a maelstrom of sensations as you dive into the heart of BLACK OPIUM EAU DE PARFUM OVER RED…
The scent’s signature chiaroscuro heart is more contrasted than ever. Against the red-lacquer gloss of the cherry, suave orange blossom absolute turns crimson.The darkness of the shot-of-espresso accord takes on ruby hues.
Here, for the first time, BLACK OPIUM’s suave white floral accord stars a Jasmine Ourika Accord®: a capture of the unique olfactory quality of the flowers grown in YSL Beauty’s Ourika Community Gardens, near Marrakech. An airier, fruitier version of the most sensuous of flowers.
As you deep-dive into the darkness, feel the powdery softness of another peerless ingredient fashioned for YSL: a premium vanilla infusion from Madagascar tempers the toughness of the coffee accord. Bite that cherry and over-indulge your senses with BLACK OPIUM EAU DE PARFUM OVER RED.
THE INGREDIENTS. MATERIALS MADE-TO-MEASURE FOR YSL BEAUTY.
BLACK OPIUM EAU DE PARFUM OVER RED is built from top-quality materials crafted for YSL Beauty. In this made-to-measure range, the key natural origin ingredients
The fragrance was deconstructed, then reconstructed through cutting-edge techniques to liberate the quintessence of each note.
VANILLA BOURBON INFUSION sustainably sourced from Madagascar.
Hand-pollinated 24 hours during the blooming of the vanilla orchid in the region of Sava, an exceptional terroir, the vanilla vine yields pods harvested nine months later according to traditional techniques. It is then meticulously scalded, steamed and sun-dried for a month. The precious ingredient used in BLACK OPIUM EAU DE PARFUM OVER RED is obtained through the extraction of the pods using supercritical fluids. This process yields an extract that is extremely faithful to the delicious, addictive scent of the raw material, soft and enveloping with powdery tones, crafted especially for the brand.
PATCHOULI HEART LADONGI sustainably sources from Indonesia.
Harvested in the region of Ladongi, patchouli leaves are put to dry in the shade to release their aroma. They are ready to be distilled when they make a crackling sound when crumpled. The first extraction is obtained on-site through steam-distillation. The essential oil is then fractionated using the supercritical CO2 extraction technique, which shears off the rawer facets of the oil and brings out the noble nature of the product. The
precious extract crafted for YSL reveals an intensely sensual, woody spicy ambery, almost mineral quality of patchouli, with exacerbated moss and undergrowth tones.
JASMINE OURIKA accord® captured by headspace. In Morocco, in the Atlas Valley, the Ourika Community Gardens were imagined by Yves Saint Laurent as a tribute to the flora of the region. Here, the unique scent of the local jasmine is captured using a cutting-edge technique that preserves the flower while absorbing its volatile components. These are analysed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. The scent of
jasmine is then reconstituted by the perfumers from their palette of raw materials. Created especially for YSL Beauty, this jasmine Ourika accord® offers airy floral inflections, fruitier and less animalic than the natural extract.
BLACK OPIUM EAU DE PARFUM features the first-ever overdose of black coffee accord in a feminine fragrance, boosted by sexy white flowers & intoxicating vanilla. Addictive. Sensual. Edgy… Feel the call.
NEW BLACK OPIUM EAU DE PARFUM OVER RED takes the scent into ultra sensorial overload with a decadent, juicy red cherry accord over a black coffee accord and a white jasmine accord®. Indulgent. Thrilling. Multisensory… Over red. Over senses.
BLACK OPIUM LE PARFUM amps up the intensity with an over-rush of vanilla, boosted by the buzz of the fragrance’s iconic black coffee accord. Powerful. Infinite. Mysterious… The night is ours.
BLACK OPIUM EAU DE PARFUM EXTRÊME reaches new heights of addiction, boosting an ultra-black coffee accord with dark patchouli, black vanilla, and white jasmine. Edgy. Radical. Uncompromising… Cross into the extreme.
BLACK OPIUM EAU DE PARFUM ILLICIT GREEN shoots a fresh twist of green mandarin, fig leaf and fig flesh accords into the icon’s signature floral coffee accord. Experimental. Festive… Dare it. Shake it. Feel it.