Opium (Yves Saint Laurent: Opium, Eau de Toilette)

Member Name: daylelisahall

Product:	Yves Saint Laurent: Opium, Eau de Toilette
Date:	08/08/07 (223 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Excellent lasting power, nice bottle, very distictive scent

Disadvantages: Quite expensive

Opium
Opium was launched by Yves Saint Laurent in 1977 and is described as being a “refined, subtle, oriental fragrance.”

Packaging
Opium is packaged in a classic box which is a bright amber colour and is decorated with gold leaves.
The bottle itself is see through and is an oval shape and made from glass. The lid is plastic and is an amber / brown colour with gold trimming around the edges. The bottle has leaves embossed onto it. On the front of the bottle the words Opium and Eau de Toilette are written in amber / brown.

Price
This perfume is available in several sizes and prices do really vary from shop to shop so it’s definitely worth shopping around.
On the website www.escentual.co.uk a 30 ml bottle costs £41, a 50ml bottle costs £55 and a 100ml bottle costs £69.50 so it is fairly expensive.

The Perfume
The perfume itself is an amber colour which compliments the colouring of the bottle.
I would describe this perfume as being oriental and woody and it is one of the most distinctive smelling perfumes on the market. This scent is quite strong and would not be suitable for people who prefer the “lighter” smelling perfumes.
The ingredients of this perfume include mandarin, vanilla and jasmine and these ingredients really compliment each other.

Does The Smell Last
This perfume has incredible lasting power. I only use a couple of squirts in the morning and the scent hardly seems to fade throughout the day. In fact, I can still smell this perfume on one of my coats which I wore about 3 days ago! So compared to many of the other perfumes on the market, this perfume has excellent lasting power and I would definitely give it a ten out of ten for this.

Who Would This Scent Suit?
I think this scent would suit most women who prefer sensual and musky perfumes. This perfume is quite woody and spicy so in my opinion, I don’t think this would be suitable for women who prefer the light and floral scents.

Range
Yves Saint Lauren, as well as producing this perfume produce many another such as Vice Versa, Nu, Paris and In Love Again just to name a few. They also sell other fragranced items in each of their perfume ranges such as talc, moisturiser and shower gel.

Summary
This was one of the first ever perfumes I smelt when I was probably about 10 and I still love it now. As I already said, this smell is very distinctive and people seem to recognise it straight away.
This perfume is one of the best for its lasting power, you only need a few squirts and the scent will last all day so a bottle really lasts a long time.
Although this perfume is fairly expensive, I think it still has good value for money purely because a bottle lasts a long time, much longer than your average bottle of perfume.

Summary: A long lasting perfume