Description
“The original YSL Opium perfume is one of these fragrances. After I created “Euphorisme d’Opium” for the YSL Retrospective at Denver Art Museum, I was contacted from far and wide to create an original fragrance that represents the sensuality and depth of “Opium Parfum” (Euphorisme is based more on the spicier, original eau de toilette formulation). It’s almost a kind of insanity, this love and reverence for one perfume…hence Fou d’Opium.” – note from the brand.
A rich, provocative, and super sexy animalic-spicy oriental fragrance with notes of Aldehydes, Ambergris, Australian sandalwood, Bergamot, Brazilian vetiver, Bulgarian rose absolute, Bulgarian rose otto, Carnation, Castoreum, Centifolia rose absolute, Cinnamon bark, Citrus oils, Civet, Clove bud, East Indian patchouli, Egyptian neroli, Grandiflorum jasmine, Incense, Muguet, Orris concrete, Peach, Pimento berry, Plum, Siam benzoin, Spices, Tolu balsam, Vanilla absolute and Ylang ylang. Fou d’Opium was launched in 2015. The nose behind this fragrance is Dawn Spencer Hurwitz.
killer1000 – :
I’m surprised to see that I never reviewed Fou d’Opium, given that Opium was for many years one of my two signature scents and Fou was my first and still most loved DSH purchase. Fou extrait is as if Dawn Spencer Hurwitz and Monsieur Laurent somehow went into the shop and made a fresh bottle of vintage YSL Opium extrait for me. It’s definitely animalic, as the vintage parfum was (and is if you, like me,are lucky enough to have some) Longevity is excellent. I like to wear a few dabs with some vintage YSL edt or edp (such as Secret de Parfum) as well as sometimes wearing it solo. It is worth every penny I paid for it even though I have several bottles of the YSL extrait on hand – it’s not just a dupe. Like everything I own from DSH it’s just magnificent, with shifting layers of gorgeous carnation, spices, resins, and who cares what making it alive and intriguing for the entire time it lingers. Not for everyone but if you’re a true vintage Opium parfum lover I highly recommend considering it. =)
blak – :
This is like something overly sweet with mild animalic as i tend to smell sharp plums and peaches with some neroli and lime ( i believe that’s where the sharp factor comes from) and some balsamic note. As a matter of fact, after 4 minutes no animalic no more, the sharpness goes out, and it goes quite vintage with a tiny element of urine somehow and doses of honey. Some tiny dose of cloves comes in, slight incense, and the honey remains.
It could be thought of animalic as a cause of it’s vintage element, but i personally don’t see it that much animalic rather than quite pleasing. I kind of like “Opium” by YSL and this seems kind of a good version of it somehow since the creator mentioned this although i see it more near “La Nuit” by Paco Rabanne.