Black Opium Yves Saint Laurent 2022 Eau de Parfum Illicit Green
The Illicit Green flanker grafts a verdant detour onto Black Opium's silhouette.
The scent fingerprint
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- Lactonic50
- Sweet50
- Floral50
- Fruity
The note pyramid
- Pear
- Fig Leaf
- Green Mandarin
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
- Fig
By the editors · 2 min readThe Illicit Green flanker grafts a verdant detour onto Black Opium's silhouette. Pear and fig leaf open with a cool, slightly tart brightness; green mandarin extends this before the composition tilts floral: orange blossom and jasmine layer over fig in a white-floral-green heart that reads as modern rather than classic. The base reasserts the Black Opium lineage — bourbon vanilla and coffee return the warmth they always brought, patchouli binding them to something earthier.
The contrast between the fresh green opening and the rich warm base is the structural gamble here, and it largely pays off. It works best when that gap between cool and sweet functions as deliberate tension rather than confusion.
Scent twins
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