I won't say this is repulsive, because I can see that it is a well-loved scent and it definitely didn't make me run to the sink to scrub away. I don’t like flowery, “girly” perfume that are sweet, so this perfume gives me just the perfect feminine, mysterious, smoky scent. YSL Black Opium Le Parfum - Dark Coffee and a Dark Vanilla quartet give this version of Black Opium a rich, elixir like feeling on the skin and senses. Cacao with coffee (not as dark and close to skin one as in J'ose by Eisengerg for example) and some juicy feel from fruits.

NO, You certainly cannot be wearing such a bold, powerful statement scent to work, you will chase people away. To me the extreme version smells like a bar of dark chocolate with chili, warming, slightly bitter, dry and quite festive. The Jasmine starts to shine through and it dries down into pure pleasure, not for the faint hearted. minutes later and there's a sweet creamy floral element to it, a familiar jasmine and orange blossom like the original again, but this continues to have a sort of "heaviness" and darkness to it as a scent, from presumably the coffee, cocoa, and patchouli.Agree with Duskfall below, and honestly thing it’s a great fragrance, but veers a tad too much away from the original. Please read the full reviews and consider your own needs and preferences before making a purchasing decision. hours later and I can very much smell patchouli (though it's not dirty) and some vanilla, though only directly on my skin on one arm, and a bit more faintly on my other, where I applied slightly less. This impacts the ability of the fragrance to last and around eighty percent of the oils in an EDT fragrance will evaporate within three hours of application. YSL Beaut

It is on the base of Vanilla (that not that sweet) and Patchouli is also there, cooling and clean similar to Guerlain Black Perfecto.It reminded me of a girl that is completely different from myself and I think this is where the discomfort came from. This enduring parfum leaves a fragranced cloud in its wake since the concentration of essences is quite high. This makes them hard to review for someone like me who loves the original: They all smell pretty good, but they're not very creative and it's unnecessary to own several of them. The fragrance contains notes of cacao, coffee, orange blossom, jasmine sambac, patchouli, bourbon vanilla.