Black Opium - 82 Eau de Parfum vs Black Opium Extreme Eau de Parfum
Black Opium - 82 EDP
| EDP | Concentration | EDP |
| F | Gender | F |
| 2020 | Year | 2021 |
| £ | Price Tier | ££ |
Black Opium Extreme EDP
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Which Should You Buy?
No. 82 leans hard into YSL Black Opium's coffee-vanilla signature and captures the addictive gourmand opening well, but the white floral heart is thinner and the overall composition is louder and flatter, missing the original's smoky bitter-almond depth and long-haul projection.
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.
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Season and Occasion Fit
Seasons
The warm coffee-vanilla gourmand profile is built for cool weather, feeling comforting in fall and winter but cloying in summer heat.
Occasions
A bold, sweet coffee signature suits evenings and date nights best; too intense and sugary for daytime office wear.
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.
Similarity Breakdown
How alike these two fragrances smell, scored from their full scent profiles.
Both lean coffee, sweet, vanilla
Adds cacao pod and patchouli, drops cedar and pear
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