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Black Opium Over Red(2024)
Yves Saint Laurent · YSL in-house perfumers · Gourmand
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A variant of Yves Saint Laurent's Black Opium, opening on cherry and black tea before a heart of coffee and cherry, closing on vanilla, amber, and musk, offering a fruitier reinterpretation of the original 2014 coffee-gourmand composition.
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This scent's vanilla note relies on vanillin, the compound that made vanilla affordable worldwide — first synthesized in 1874.
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Black Opium Over Red is a fragrance from Yves Saint Laurent, released in 2024 and composed by YSL in-house perfumers. It sits in the Gourmand family. It opens with Cherry and Black Tea, moves into a heart of Coffee and Cherry, and settles into a base of Vanilla, Amber, and Musk.
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