Cat without claws Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Baby Cat Collector

In 1977 Yves Saint Laurent introduces Opium: a groundbreaking perfume. A revolution in a flacon. A new idea of ​​femininity: sultry, provocative, addictive. In 2014, the iconic Opium’s legacy and boldness continue to amaze: the French fashion house unveils Black Opium, reinventing addiction in a new, contemporary light, reshaping for the modern woman.

A modern, young and vibrant interpretation of addiction. Black Opium, a fragrance like a shot of adrenalin, the necessary energy for a life more and more intense.

To celebrate the festive season, Yves Saint Laurent offers a wild twist on a holiday classic: The iconic Black Opium flacon is now adorned with the wildest YSL Print: The feline sparkling Babycat. Just as bold and glamorous as its ambassador: Zoë Kravitz.

The new collector flacon houses the French Maison’s best-selling Black Opium original Eau de Parfum with its signature blend of black coffee, white flowers and creamy vanilla for a warming and sensual scent, created by Marie Salamagne, Nathalie Lorson, Olivier Cresp and Honorine Blanc. The one gift to put on your wish list or to spoil someone special this season.

Top: pear accord, mandarin essence
Heart: vanilla, orange blossom, white flowers
Base: black coffee accord, cedarwood essence, white musk, patchouli

 A captivating floral gourmand scent, twisted with an overdose of black coffee, for a shot of adrenaline. Energy, sensuality, coupled with that unique YSL edge. The signature black coffee accord is paired with creamy vanilla, enriched by the softness of white flowers and orange blossom, against a base of patchouli and comforting white musk, for a women’s fragrance that bewitches with its trail.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Baby Cat belongs to this collection and comes in a black lacquered bottle with a bright red sequined animal print (with the pink color of the juice seen through the center of the glittering flacon). This collector’s edition reportedly represents a confident and daring woman who embodies the new spirit of the French Maison.

How to use:

For light intensity: spray in a cloud around your head and shoulders, let the fragrance fall gently around you.
For medium intensity: spray in a y-shape across your body, beginning at one shoulder and finishing at the other. If you are wearing jewellery it is a great alternative to spraying your neck.
For added intensity: apply perfume directly to your pulse points and / or hot spots (wrist, inner elbow and lower neck). Here the heat of your body will allow the fragrance to reveal its full trail. Include shoulders and back to intensify your perfume trail.

For the winter holiday season, Yves Saint Laurent prepared other collector’s editions of its best-selling perfumes in flacons decorated with animal prints (like Libre, Mon Paris…..) along with various gift sets and a make-up collection called ‘Dress Me Wild’.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Baby Cat is available as 50ml Eau de Parfum, at selected stores worldwide. Come into the beautiful world of Yves Saint Laurent.

 

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Intense

 

French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent will launch a new edition of their iconic perfume Black Opium, Black Opium Intense in a black/blue sparkling flacon. The new perfume, as well as the packing, says it all – that it is a new more mature, more intense, and more powerful perfume for women.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Intense wasn’t created by one or two perfumers, but by four! Created by Nathalie Lorson, Olivier Cresp, Honorine Blanc and Marie Salamagne, Black Opium Intense is describes a modern/powerful woman, truly confident and stylish. Black Opium Intense has a new modified composition made of coffee blended with absinthe and seasoned with floral accords.

Top notes: Boysenverry, Blue absinthe
Heart notes: Orange blossom, Sambac jasmine Black coffee
Base notes: Sandalwood, Vanilla,

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Intense a magical, bold, seductive and independent woman, appropriately portrayed by gorgeous actress Zoë Kravitz (Lenny Kravitz’s daughter) , the new face of the advertising campaign for the line. She follows her intuition and her desires, and nothing can stop her. She is attracted by the energy and the possibilities that the night brings. Another famous face in the new campaign is Presley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford.

The dark blue flacon is illuminated from the inside with the blue liquid of the perfume. Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Intense is available as 30, 50 and 90ml Eau de Parfum Intense.

 

 

 

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Gold Attraction

This year, and special for the winter holidays, French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent launches a new pair of limited edition perfumes. The fragrances Black Opium and Mon Paris are presented preserve the original shapes, yet decorated with golden sparkling logos to add a touch of glamour and holiday mood.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Gold Attraction Edition

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Gold Attraction Edition is described to be ‘an addictive gourmand of black coffee, white florals, and vanilla’. The new edition is all about an energetic morning coffee next to aromatic flowers.

A highly addictive feminine fragrance from Yves Saint Laurent. Fascinating and seductively intoxicating, the opening notes of adrenaline-rich coffee and the sweet sensuality of vanilla recline into the softness of white flowers for a modern, young, and vibrant interpretation of addiction.

Created by famous perfumers Nathalie Lorson, Olivier Cresp and Honorine Blanc, Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Gold Attraction Edition opens to impress with a glamour spirit of fresh tangerine, pear notes along with floral accords of orange blossom and jasmine. The base seduces with a nice entrance of coffee aroma mixed with cedar, patchouli, and sweet vanilla.  

 

An exciting twist on the original, the Black Opium Gold Attraction Edition features a matte black bottle with the YSL logo made of golden shimmer.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Gold Attraction Edition is available as 50ml Eau de Parfum. 

Yves Saint Laurent Mon Paris Gold Attraction Edition

Created by perfumers Olivier Cresp, Harry Fremont and Dora Baghrice, exotic white blossom of Datura, pink pepper and pear, creamy white musk and patchouli aim to conjure a passionate and unforgettable journey to ‘the city of light’ Paris, and the love story that happend there.

The sparkling, fruity white chypre scent from Yves Saint Laurent, inspired by Paris, the city of Romance now comes in the Mon Paris Gold Attraction Edition flacon adorned with a golden, glittering YSL logo broche and a black Lavallière that is ‘inspired by the modern allure and the edgy couture style of the Yves Saint Laurent woman.

Yves Saint Laurent Mon Paris Gold Attraction Edition is available as 50ml Eau de Parfum. 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoë Kravitz Is The New Face Of Yves Saint Laurent’s Iconic Black Opium Perfume

Yes she has a famous last name; the beautiful actress, singer, and model is the daughter of rocker Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet. Despite having famous and successful parents, she’s never lived the entitled lifestyle. She chose to go her own way instead and built a career for herself.Zoë Kravitz is expanding her existing role as the Global Makeup Ambassador for YSL Beauté to also become the new global spokesperson and international face for the iconic Black Opium perfume!

As a woman who speaks as she finds and is imbued with an innate magnetism, mystery, and charisma, she’s the definition of Black Opium. The new Black Opium campaign starring Zoë Kravitz will be revealed worldwide on August 18th, 2018.

With a new film to be released on 16th November this year Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the accolades that began when the star first hit our screens and was hailed as one of the ‘actors to watch’ by Variety magazine, look set to continue. Best known for her mesmerising performance in the hit HBO miniseries Big Little Lies, she transfixes audiences worldwide, but is also revered by the world’s glossiest magazines for her innate sense of style and ability to wear looks that reflect her strong personality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Sound Illusion

This summer, Yves Saint Laurent is going to impress and delight its wearers, as well as me, with one new modern perfume named Black Opium Sound Illusion. The new perfume inspires a new glam/rock feeling full of mystery and energy.

As the sun goes down and the music turns up, scent your way into summer with Black Opium Sound Illusion.

The populair collection Black Opium of the French fashion house presents its newest limited edition flacon for the upcoming summer. Festival season is on its way! Confidant & bold, the Black Opiumwoman embodies the new Yves Saint Laurent spirit. Free and self-confidant, she expresses a femininity that’s glamorous yet impertinent. Always searching for new experiences, there’s nothin’ that will stop her. In this Sound Illusion edition, she is ready to live the illusion of a vibrant summer night.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Sound Illusion opens with an addictive of gourmand floral accords quickly attracting nicely introducing black coffee beans for a shot of adrenaline, instant seduction calming with woody notes to create a base of lingering sensuality and sweetness due to vanilla and almonds.

This aroma cannot stop loving it due to different mixed aromas in one flacon. This oriental/floral perfume has a festival look – as if inspiring a glam night in New York, shinning from the center, as if lit from within.

The Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Sound Illusion flacon gets dressed in summer vibes with a sparkling & hypnotizing, black glittering equalizer.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Sound Illusion is available as 50ml Eau de Parfum. 

 

 

 

 

Special edition perfume to mark Yves Saint Laurent’s four golden decades

Artist and gilder Manuela Paul-Cavallier was called upon by Maison Yves Saint Laurent to transform its iconic bottle of the Opium fragrance into one that speaks of contemporary expression to mark the brand’s 40 years of success and audacity.

Charismatic and passionate well-known figures including Jerry Hall, Linda Evangelista, Kate Moss and, more recently, Emily Blunt, have all fronted this very unique perfume.

Leveraging on her know-how as a gilt restorer, Paul-Cavallier, who was trained in Italy, reworked on the bottle using pointed brushes and applied various meticulous and highly skilled techniques, and completed the craft with touches of striking gold as a symbol of a metal object that was very dear to Yves Saint Laurent at that time.

The scent’s bold bottle also stands out, finished since 1977 in an opaque red lacquer with a glass window offering a glimpse of the fragrance within. The bottle, which is inspired by small Japanese lacquered cases called inrō, is accompanied by a black silk tassel with a bead, bringing a couture touch to the design.

The new scent from the anniversary edition evokes memories from the story, based on the legendary Opium fragrance which began in 1977, has a symbolic meaning to the addiction of life and love, described literary as ‘translating the passion that can unite two people right from their first spellbinding look’. The new Opium artisanal fragrance bottle has a bordeaux silk tassel with a bead added to bring a couture touch to the design. The emblematic tassel is hand-made by a Moroccan female cooperative.

 

Uncap the bottle and the top notes linger of mandarin, combined with middle floral notes of jasmine and miniature carnation, and a base comprising amber and patchouli, created to shake up the codes of ready-to-wear and couture. The scent’s bottle is made to look bold and outstanding in association with the various faces of the Opium women who were feisty and audacious with an attitude.

Just 20 hand-numbered bottles of the 40th-anniversary edition Opium Extrait de Parfum will be available. They go on sale from early November, priced €2,000 for 15ml.

 

 

 

 

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Pure Illusion

Yves Saint Laurent is one of my favorite brands that crafts thrilling, daring and sensual perfumes. Men and women. This year, the brand presents a new limited edition perfume Black Opium Pure Illusion – a new interpretation of the iconic brands Black Opium perfume from 2014. The original version is very intense and elegant, while the new updated versions are more freshly, airy, flowery and sensual.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Floral Shock, which was launched early this year, became one of my favorites in my wish list perfumes. It has a breathtaking, elegant, yet moderate and freshly, at the end, aroma making my day joyful and pleasant due to this scent.

Top notes: Orange blossom, Pear, Pink pepper
Heart notes: Almond, Coffee, Jasmine, Licorice
Base notes: Cashmere, Cedar, Patchouli, Vanilla

 The contrasts between light and darkness on the bottle is reflecting the character of the composition. Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Pure Illusion is composed by famous perfumers Nathalie Lorson, Marie Salamagne, Olivier Cresp, and Honorine Blanc. It opens with spicy pink pepper, orange blossom along with dark coffee notes, jasmine, almond notes. The base calms with sweet vanilla, patchouli, cedar, and cashmere accords. All these notes together create a pleasant and harmonious aroma during the whole day.

 

The new glass bottle takes the same form of its predecessors, but is this time decorated with black glittery and electric pink lines.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Pure Illusion, launched as a limited collector’s edition for 2017, is available in bottles of 50ml Eau de Parfum at the announced price of 86 EUR.

 

 

 

Yves Saint Laurent Opium Vapeurs de Parfum

Yves Saint Laurent Opium, created by Jean Amic and Jean-Luc Sieuzac , a beautiful feminine oriental fragrance, was a sensation when launched in 1977. It’s still a timeless, and one of the most sensual feminine fragrances.

The original Opium fragrance, which has been an example perfume and a timeless scent in the perfumery world, now passes its charm and seductiveness to a new, lovely version with amazing delightful fresh notes.  

This time YSL launched a fresher, luminous and lighter version to its original perfume yet with refined and long-lasting elegant notes. Even though it has a gentle and sensual aroma, Opium Vapeurs de Parfum still preserves its original oriental and spicy character.

Created by Dominique Ropion as a floral/oriental fragrance, Yves Saint Laurent Opium Vapeurs de Parfum is described as sensual on the edge, light and fresh in the middle and addictive yet calming at the end. It blends accords of tangerine, pepper rose, Sambac jasmine, orange blossom sensually revealed on the woody base of vanilla, patchouli and amber.

 

Yves Saint Laurent Opium Vapeurs de Parfum preserves the spirit and design of the original fragrance updated with pinky/creamy shades and a golden stopper.

Opium Vapeurs de Parfum will be launched later this spring. And will be available as 50, 75 and 125 ml Eau de Toilette Légére.