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A feast for Orient lovers
Opium Pour Homme EdT
Published in the mid-90s of the last century's, more precisely in 1995. A decade that shaped me very much. School enrollment, first consciously perceived World Cup (1994 in the U.S.), first kiss / first "girlfriend", for the first time by an accident very close to death came... Many first times...
Perfume technically it is also the decade with which I associate the first intense and very most private experiences. Be it "Hugo Boss Bottled", "Armani Acqua di Gio", or "Kenzo Pour Homme". All of them fragrances that I constantly noticed as a child and teenager at the time of their new releases in my environment on relatives, acquaintances, etc.. For that reason alone, I still like them so much. The only thing I never came into contact with was the "YSL Opium Pour Homme". There was no one in my environment who used this perfume.
I was able to get to know it myself last year, but it only moved in some time ago. And what a terrific perfume this is nevertheless...
[...]
Behind the brand - as is usual with designer fragrances - is a fashion designer. Born in Algeria in 1936, the company's founder Yves Mathieu Saint Laurent was considered one of the great exceptional talents in the world of beauty at a young age and was supported on his way especially by his mother. Before opening his own haute couture house in Paris in 1961, he became the youngest ever head designer in 1957 at the age of just 21.
The world of the Yves Saint Laurent brand is marked by extraordinary passion, creativity and imagination. In the fashion world, he had a style-invigorating effect many times and is still considered a luminary today - after his death - especially in the elegant and upscale fashion for the ladies. The success story of the house continues consequently until today...
[...]
Its first fragrance was launched in 1964 with the name "Y" as a women's perfume.
"Opium Pour Homme" on the other hand is in the men's segment Saint Laurent's for me probably one of the best (if not the best) ever and one of those treasures, where I can smell out almost all the notes and recognize a real course.
At the beginning you smell quite clearly the anise note, which is often said to have a licorice-like aroma. And yes, partly I would confirm this. In conjunction with the currant, however, which is perceived quite discreetly in the background, this duo of the top note makes a fresh-spicy aromatic prelude.
The intense spices let the fruity nuance of the currant, however, hardly appear, because they retain the upper hand with the spicy ginger and black pepper in the further course.
To the base, the perfume gets with the so-called. Bourbon vanilla its oriental chord. The name owes the usually known spice vanilla of the island "La Réunion", an overseas department of France's located east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, where it comes from and is cultivated. Until 1848, the island was called "Île Bourbon" This vanilla makes the "Opium pH EdT" a beguiling seducer. Too sweet is the base I find not, because a slightly resinous-woody note I perceive as well, which I attribute to the tolu balsam and cedar.
[...]
Since the weather conditions are now reasonably in line with the season, it is currently often used. Because especially in dingy, wet-cold weather, this perfume gives me a very pleasant protective Wohlfühlaura.
So for the current colder season, I think it is perfectly suited. This kind of fragrances unfold mMn especially in cooler temperatures excellent and fully exploit their potential.
Older versions I have not met until now, so I can not draw any serious comparisons to those. However, the current version is so strong in the durability (9-10 h on my skin) as well as in the sillage, so I assume that this perfume fortunately has probably not fallen victim to any or hardly any reformulations so far.
Except for the cap made of plastic, which comes across a little cheap for my perception, I find the bottle in its narrow elongated shape and generally slightly old-fashioned appearance very nice, which also lies well in the hand. The sprayer is excellent and leaves an excellent scent jet when spraying.
[...]
Conclusion:
Probably very many users already know the fragrance. But those who are very inclined to spicy Orientals with a slight 'oldschool vibe' and have not yet had him under the nose, I would highly recommend this ingenious perfume.
One can expect a distinctive and unique fragrance, which is equipped mMn with a pronounced recognition value and has no equal.
I claim namely that you would always recognize him after the first acquaintance.
An immensely attractive and sensual perfume, which bristles with loud self-confidence only so.
[...]
Thank you to everyone who has followed my words!
Published in the mid-90s of the last century's, more precisely in 1995. A decade that shaped me very much. School enrollment, first consciously perceived World Cup (1994 in the U.S.), first kiss / first "girlfriend", for the first time by an accident very close to death came... Many first times...
Perfume technically it is also the decade with which I associate the first intense and very most private experiences. Be it "Hugo Boss Bottled", "Armani Acqua di Gio", or "Kenzo Pour Homme". All of them fragrances that I constantly noticed as a child and teenager at the time of their new releases in my environment on relatives, acquaintances, etc.. For that reason alone, I still like them so much. The only thing I never came into contact with was the "YSL Opium Pour Homme". There was no one in my environment who used this perfume.
I was able to get to know it myself last year, but it only moved in some time ago. And what a terrific perfume this is nevertheless...
[...]
Behind the brand - as is usual with designer fragrances - is a fashion designer. Born in Algeria in 1936, the company's founder Yves Mathieu Saint Laurent was considered one of the great exceptional talents in the world of beauty at a young age and was supported on his way especially by his mother. Before opening his own haute couture house in Paris in 1961, he became the youngest ever head designer in 1957 at the age of just 21.
The world of the Yves Saint Laurent brand is marked by extraordinary passion, creativity and imagination. In the fashion world, he had a style-invigorating effect many times and is still considered a luminary today - after his death - especially in the elegant and upscale fashion for the ladies. The success story of the house continues consequently until today...
[...]
Its first fragrance was launched in 1964 with the name "Y" as a women's perfume.
"Opium Pour Homme" on the other hand is in the men's segment Saint Laurent's for me probably one of the best (if not the best) ever and one of those treasures, where I can smell out almost all the notes and recognize a real course.
At the beginning you smell quite clearly the anise note, which is often said to have a licorice-like aroma. And yes, partly I would confirm this. In conjunction with the currant, however, which is perceived quite discreetly in the background, this duo of the top note makes a fresh-spicy aromatic prelude.
The intense spices let the fruity nuance of the currant, however, hardly appear, because they retain the upper hand with the spicy ginger and black pepper in the further course.
To the base, the perfume gets with the so-called. Bourbon vanilla its oriental chord. The name owes the usually known spice vanilla of the island "La Réunion", an overseas department of France's located east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, where it comes from and is cultivated. Until 1848, the island was called "Île Bourbon" This vanilla makes the "Opium pH EdT" a beguiling seducer. Too sweet is the base I find not, because a slightly resinous-woody note I perceive as well, which I attribute to the tolu balsam and cedar.
[...]
Since the weather conditions are now reasonably in line with the season, it is currently often used. Because especially in dingy, wet-cold weather, this perfume gives me a very pleasant protective Wohlfühlaura.
So for the current colder season, I think it is perfectly suited. This kind of fragrances unfold mMn especially in cooler temperatures excellent and fully exploit their potential.
Older versions I have not met until now, so I can not draw any serious comparisons to those. However, the current version is so strong in the durability (9-10 h on my skin) as well as in the sillage, so I assume that this perfume fortunately has probably not fallen victim to any or hardly any reformulations so far.
Except for the cap made of plastic, which comes across a little cheap for my perception, I find the bottle in its narrow elongated shape and generally slightly old-fashioned appearance very nice, which also lies well in the hand. The sprayer is excellent and leaves an excellent scent jet when spraying.
[...]
Conclusion:
Probably very many users already know the fragrance. But those who are very inclined to spicy Orientals with a slight 'oldschool vibe' and have not yet had him under the nose, I would highly recommend this ingenious perfume.
One can expect a distinctive and unique fragrance, which is equipped mMn with a pronounced recognition value and has no equal.
I claim namely that you would always recognize him after the first acquaintance.
An immensely attractive and sensual perfume, which bristles with loud self-confidence only so.
[...]
Thank you to everyone who has followed my words!
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