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Opium Pour Homme(1995)
Yves Saint Laurent · Jacques Cavallier Belletrud · Amber
At a glance
Created by Jacques Cavallier Belletrud for Yves Saint Laurent, Opium Pour Homme opens on star anise and blackcurrant, moves through a heart of pepper and galanga, and closes on bourbon vanilla, tolu balsam, and Atlas cedar, extending the provocative Opium name into a spiced, resinous masculine oriental distinct from the original 1977 feminine 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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