Black Opium Extreme Eau de Parfum vs Baddie Extrait
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Which Should You Buy?
Black Opium Extreme polarises, as a true YSL flanker should. For some, it's the rich, sophisticated gourmand the original should have been; for others, a patchouli bomb with weak performance. Love it or hate it, it's certainly a statement.
Baddie dupes Carolina Herrera's Good Girl, the almond-and-cacao stiletto-bottle bestseller. The almond-coffee opening and tonka-cacao-vanilla base are close matches, though the white-floral heart reads slightly less refined than Herrera's original. A bold, sweet, long-lasting gourmand at a fraction of the designer price.
Scent Profile
How They Wear
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Performance
Season and Occasion Fit
Seasons
A cold-weather scent - best worn in winter and autumn.
Occasions
This is a rich, warm, and somewhat heavy fragrance, making it less suitable for office or sport. Its seductive gourmand profile and reported strong projection (for some, at least) lend themselves perfectly to date nights, evening engagements, and cooler weather formal events.
Seasons
The dense almond-cacao-vanilla gourmand base suits cooler months, where its sweetness reads comforting rather than cloying.
Occasions
Bold and long-lasting, it's built for evenings out - date nights and formal occasions where its projection can shine.
Similarity Breakdown
How alike these two fragrances smell, scored from their full scent profiles.
Both lean vanilla, white floral, sweet
Adds almond and dark chocolate, drops cacao pod and patchouli
Where to buy
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