By now I accumulated a good amount of fragrances in my collection but none of them hits me like black opium. I own almost every flanker. There is a reason it is so popular: it just smells sooooo good I can’t get enough of it
Its still my most complimented fragrance. Idc if people say this is generic or its a `bitch`fragrance (someone literally said that to me. Its sweet, powdery, has a coffee note and I love this since the minute I first smelt this. Has amazing longevity and really good projection. Great review !!
I never buy original fragrances. There is a shop called fragrance academy that makes dupes of known fragrances for way less. So I used to smell the originals and then go and get the duped versions. And even though the dupes are excellent I went and bought an original black opium just to honor the brand. They deserve to get payed! Since it came out it has been the most amazing scent I have smelled. Duped or original it is just glorious. They nailed it 👍👍👍
I agree with you that it's not overrated even though it's super popular. It smells absolutely beautiful. To me I get a lot of vanilla and fruit, which I love. The downside is that it doesn't last on me at all, but I think that's my body chemistry, plus I run warm which I know "throws a fragrance" right off your skin. 😮💨
Male co-worker was wearing it today and I asked him what cologne he was using and he told me his sister perfume, it smells very good. I’m getting it for me and my wife, win win.
It smelled like it'd go on a guy to me tbqh, didn't realize it was a sample of perfume not cologne. Well that would explain why it immediately smelled good to me. It doesn't smell like a grandma either, on a woman I feel like it'd smell like the cool older girl.
We discovered this in Tunisia this month. My wife and I both really like it. The coffee comes out nicely in the mid. It's subtle but it keeps revealing itself throughout the day. Thumbs up!
I love it. I hate when I read comments saying it’s like a VS body spray like if u can’t tell the difference between Black Opium and a VS body spray u need get there nose checked
So true. It's my lesbian friend's favourite scent on me, and my husband compliments me every time I wear it. People who are not into perfume especially like it.
You are so straightforward and smart. I’m so happy I found this! I’ve been thinking about ordering this for some time now, but read a lot of reviews saying it smells like old lady perfume. So I backed off from it but it always draws me back in. So screw it after this review I’m winging it!
Yep, had people stop me, chase me lol also many nurses and 1 doc turn around to ask what I had on in the drs office. Absolutely sexy. If that’s grandma then grandma is snapping necks 🤷🏽♀️
I've been buying different perfume so I could decide what scent do I love.. and I realized, something Citrusy and super powdery is not my type and I expected that Black Opium will be that super strong, classic perfume. I'm glad it didn't give me headache and didn't made me nauseous. Ahahahah me and my sensitive Nose.
Hii, I have the exact same concern as you about fragrances being too strong for me or nauseating, and I loooove the sweet scent Black Opium has, do you have similar recommendations? ❤️
I'm starting to being open with new scents and I agree with you😆. I love far away and Imari from avon when I was a kid, it smells like my grandma and my teacher , for me they smell good but for old it smells like a old lady . I don't care if they said I smell like an old lady, at least I smell good like them.
I actually had no idea of its "reputation" and how popular it was. I have emptied a few testers over the last years and finally decided to soon purchase a bottle. It has become a very comfortable scent for me to feel beautiful and sultry but still like myself to me. Out of curiosity just looked for reviews and hear a lot of connoiseurs bash it a bit ;) well I am following my intuition, I guess my taste is not that unique then ;)
That’s so funny when you said lesbians. 😂 My girlfriend just treated herself to some YSL fragrances and babyyyy ALL of them have it’s own different vibe. But that black opium hits different. Lol Love your review. New subscriber here!
As a man, I am going to call myself out here. This is in my collection, with a back up bottle on the way. I really dig this scent. I usually don't buy fragrances to impress others, but instead, for my own benefit. It's totally uplifting, and smells ridiculously good. So, yeah, as a guy, I don't mind saying that I rock this.
@@s1rchr1s The main thing you got to look at, is do you like it? What does it do for your mood? It is something you can't get enough of? Does it make you feel confident? In my case, that would be yes on all accounts. If it does the same thing for you, I would say go for it.
Im not gonna lie i was testing stuff out in Ulta and sprayed this and it hit me like damn i dig this. Not knowing jt was a womans scent. Went and asked my wife and she was like ohhj that smells so good on you.
I have no idea what that smells like but you make me want to buy the biggest bottle . How do you feel that it compares to good girl? I’ve been searching reviews trying to find comparisons. Thanks for the great review .
I'd say it is definitely a different step in a different direction compared to good girl (going off both the originals and not the flankers) good girl has more lilac in it while black opium is based on a more jasminey sweet scent. Good girl is sweet but not as sweet as black opium by a long shot. They both however have a kind of warm embrace with a slight musky tone to both as they dry down. And black opium definitely has more black coffee tones where good girl seems to have an ever so slight powdery, but heavy tonka bean/ coco bean vibe. Nonetheless this is all based on my own skin, but I hope it helps anyway!
if you just spray it into your clothes and let your body warm it. It will change and last a lot longer than letting your body's metabolism canabalize it.
I don’t own a bottle but my sister does and whenever she sprays this it smells soo good. One time I went to school and I came back home from the door I was smelling something nice and I was like someone is in my house .. only for me to get into the room and I saw my sister I was like oh 😂
When I first tried this, it was during the Summer months and I HATED it. I tried it again this week and it smells SO good! It really is soooooo much better in the colder months. I will most definitely be buying a full bottle. Glad I gave it another try! (Plus, my hard to impress husband likes it on me, too!)
I’ve been looking for an alternative every day perfume other than black opium, cz it’s 41 degrees out there, any recommendations, same fragrance family? I love love love it in the winters !
Lo fanno perchè così pensano di essere migliori degli altri. Io ho tantissimi profumi, in passato ho avuto anche Black Opium, lo adoravo ma poi, come per altre fragranze che ho, lo mettevo di rado e quindi l'ho regalato. Ma per chi ama i profumi dolci, è unico.
"...and i know its still a designer perfume" 5 to 10 yrs ago there was no such sentence... with all niche now we start to think designer is the new Avon... but designer is good honestly i tried some niche lower class only like Montale and did not like it. For exmaple roses musc smells straight like bulgarian rose oil. I don't think thisnis better than any designer perfume. But mayb u talk about better nichw i will never afford or sniff. I will test at some point but do not care to own nichem Blacl opium is an amazing scent ❤
Sniffed this one at Ulta today and I liked it but it didn't sweep me up like My Way, which I bought a small bottle of... But turns out My Way vanishes on my skin after about 5 minutes(!) even with several sprays. Guess I just don't have the skin chemistry for it? Might look more into this one. Looking for that feminine but not excessively feminine scent. Lesbanese friendly 😉
I love love love the smell of it. Wish I could wear it as a man but I've heard it may not be great for a man to wear as women may not like it on a man.
I was wondering what you thought of this. It makes me smell like a vanilla hot chocolate . I got recommended ysl libre intense because I like vanilla in cold weather and my god, that shit actually smells like grandma, this smells youthful and like pudding!
Lmao I received it as a sample with my order and thought it was a Men tester. Tried it and it's definitely a feminine parfum. Smells good, strong scent and long lasting.
I actually have a question, i went to a shop and sprayed black opium on my hand and it didn’t last more than 2-3 hours. What should i do? I’m really lost i really wanted to buy this perfume but it didn’t last on me for long. Are there any perfumes that are close to black opium that i should try?
Haha imma buy this so i can vape my black opium whilst wearing black opium!!😂. I will still always only love dolce and Gabbana blue. I wear the female version because it smells better than the male.
This shit slaps the performance is out of this world and a nuclear projection. I am a man and I love it on my skin one of the bet gourmand scents that I have smelled. And yes I would love this on a woman because I think this is easily the sexiest womens fragrance that I have smelled. Idk how people can say that this is a grandmom scent🤷♂️ To me its a scent that all ages can pull off but its really playful and sweet so it may be more for the younger people. For men especially but for women I think its probably good for all ages. But I still cannot think any old women pulling this off easily. They have to like super boujee and wearing mink coat or some shit like that. But yeah this is a masterpiece.
On my skin this comes across like artificial candy sweet & I can't stand it. I got it because it smelled so good on a friend tho. I REALLY tried to like it lol
I have been telling many people that black opium is especially attractive to straight men. My female friend hates black opium because her ex-boyfriend once brought home a girl who sprayed black opium all over the house. She was seriously threatened, so she started telling me that she hated black opium. She is a person with very strong self-esteem, she can't accept the taste of letting her ex-boyfriend be taken away in her impression.
I don't see it as sexy. It's warm, feminine and classy. I guess in the west trashy girls people wear it to the club (where I would never even step foot) and that's what shaped peoples opinions.
@@trafficklecone i already grabbed one , and compliments im getting were tons ! Here mens were either using ysl y or sauvage elixir , so mine stands out cuz no one uses it 👏🏼
Mass appealing fragrances will always be easier to wear and give more compliments than weird niche scents.
but they will never be as interesting to wear for the wearer
Agreed what’s the point If after drydown there’s one middle note that makes the whole perfume standout and it smells awful till then
By now I accumulated a good amount of fragrances in my collection but none of them hits me like black opium. I own almost every flanker. There is a reason it is so popular: it just smells sooooo good
I can’t get enough of it
Thank you for this review. I get tired of ppl saying something smells old lady because they don't like it.
Its still my most complimented fragrance. Idc if people say this is generic or its a `bitch`fragrance (someone literally said that to me. Its sweet, powdery, has a coffee note and I love this since the minute I first smelt this. Has amazing longevity and really good projection. Great review !!
how long does it stay on your body and skin please
@@nana__yaa__ lasts about 6 hours on clothing. But on skin is about 8
@ Thank you
I never buy original fragrances. There is a shop called fragrance academy that makes dupes of known fragrances for way less. So I used to smell the originals and then go and get the duped versions.
And even though the dupes are excellent I went and bought an original black opium just to honor the brand. They deserve to get payed! Since it came out it has been the most amazing scent I have smelled. Duped or original it is just glorious. They nailed it 👍👍👍
What’s the website for the dupes???
No shame in dupes, best way to try a great variety of scents. :)
Do not lie, please! There is no such online shop as "Fragrance Academy".
I agree with you that it's not overrated even though it's super popular. It smells absolutely beautiful. To me I get a lot of vanilla and fruit, which I love. The downside is that it doesn't last on me at all, but I think that's my body chemistry, plus I run warm which I know "throws a fragrance" right off your skin. 😮💨
I LOVE IT ON ME! It’s the only perfume that I’ve found that lasts on me and that people can definitely smell. Like literally a head turner.
Male co-worker was wearing it today and I asked him what cologne he was using and he told me his sister perfume, it smells very good. I’m getting it for me and my wife, win win.
It smelled like it'd go on a guy to me tbqh, didn't realize it was a sample of perfume not cologne. Well that would explain why it immediately smelled good to me. It doesn't smell like a grandma either, on a woman I feel like it'd smell like the cool older girl.
Aww “it gives you a hug” - it really does!
We discovered this in Tunisia this month. My wife and I both really like it. The coffee comes out nicely in the mid. It's subtle but it keeps revealing itself throughout the day. Thumbs up!
I love it. I hate when I read comments saying it’s like a VS body spray like if u can’t tell the difference between Black Opium and a VS body spray u need get there nose checked
So true. It's my lesbian friend's favourite scent on me, and my husband compliments me every time I wear it. People who are not into perfume especially like it.
You are so straightforward and smart. I’m so happy I found this! I’ve been thinking about ordering this for some time now, but read a lot of reviews saying it smells like old lady perfume. So I backed off from it but it always draws me back in. So screw it after this review I’m winging it!
Yep, had people stop me, chase me lol also many nurses and 1 doc turn around to ask what I had on in the drs office. Absolutely sexy. If that’s grandma then grandma is snapping necks 🤷🏽♀️
😂 i need to smell this
@@oober5150 🤣😂🤣 me too!
@@jojocluddy2534 😂
😂😂😂
😄😂😂 indeed.
I bought Givenchy interdit and the smell was HORRIBLE!! 🤮 I returned the next day and switched it with Black opium. Cant go wrong with YSL fragrances
Ysl is HEATT
Givenchy linterdit is sooooo damn great 😐😐
I agree, I don’t get the hype over L’Interdit.
I've been buying different perfume so I could decide what scent do I love.. and I realized, something Citrusy and super powdery is not my type and I expected that Black Opium will be that super strong, classic perfume. I'm glad it didn't give me headache and didn't made me nauseous. Ahahahah me and my sensitive Nose.
Glad you like it!
Hii, I have the exact same concern as you about fragrances being too strong for me or nauseating, and I loooove the sweet scent Black Opium has, do you have similar recommendations? ❤️
the haters that diss this fragrance are just mad it smells bad on them
Very muchhh!
I'm starting to being open with new scents and I agree with you😆. I love far away and Imari from avon when I was a kid, it smells like my grandma and my teacher , for me they smell good but for old it smells like a old lady . I don't care if they said I smell like an old lady, at least I smell good like them.
Or they can't afford it 🙈
They can't afford it so they have to hate. Lol
Black Opium makes every "perfumes people hate" list that has ever been made. 🙄
Black opium is such a distinguished smell , I work in retail and when someone has this perfume on you can definitely smell it from a mile away.
I actually had no idea of its "reputation" and how popular it was. I have emptied a few testers over the last years and finally decided to soon purchase a bottle. It has become a very comfortable scent for me to feel beautiful and sultry but still like myself to me. Out of curiosity just looked for reviews and hear a lot of connoiseurs bash it a bit ;) well I am following my intuition, I guess my taste is not that unique then ;)
That’s so funny when you said lesbians. 😂 My girlfriend just treated herself to some YSL fragrances and babyyyy ALL of them have it’s own different vibe. But that black opium hits different. Lol Love your review. New subscriber here!
You couldn’t have said it better! This perfume stands by its name! Addictive ❤ if ya grandma wears this, Imma hang out with her!
You make me wanna go and buy it right now 😄 your description is great
As a man, I am going to call myself out here. This is in my collection, with a back up bottle on the way. I really dig this scent. I usually don't buy fragrances to impress others, but instead, for my own benefit. It's totally uplifting, and smells ridiculously good. So, yeah, as a guy, I don't mind saying that I rock this.
I'm a freshman do you think it would be suitable for me or no?
@@s1rchr1s The main thing you got to look at, is do you like it? What does it do for your mood? It is something you can't get enough of? Does it make you feel confident? In my case, that would be yes on all accounts. If it does the same thing for you, I would say go for it.
Cute! Enjoy with your backup bottle! 😊
Im not gonna lie i was testing stuff out in Ulta and sprayed this and it hit me like damn i dig this. Not knowing jt was a womans scent. Went and asked my wife and she was like ohhj that smells so good on you.
Just smelled this one today, it was lovely and intoxicating. The lady I asked about it was nice enough to show me the bottle and it was the green one.
girl ok u convinced me
Ayyy
Doesn't last long
Me too I’m exited for my bottle !
Thank you for posting this. I was curious about it. I enjoy your channel.
I just got my hands on a sample of this (i am just starting my journey into fragrance) and I really like this a lot!
I have no idea what that smells like but you make me want to buy the biggest bottle . How do you feel that it compares to good girl? I’ve been searching reviews trying to find comparisons. Thanks for the great review .
I'd say it is definitely a different step in a different direction compared to good girl (going off both the originals and not the flankers) good girl has more lilac in it while black opium is based on a more jasminey sweet scent. Good girl is sweet but not as sweet as black opium by a long shot. They both however have a kind of warm embrace with a slight musky tone to both as they dry down. And black opium definitely has more black coffee tones where good girl seems to have an ever so slight powdery, but heavy tonka bean/ coco bean vibe. Nonetheless this is all based on my own skin, but I hope it helps anyway!
it smells like mint and old lady
if you just spray it into your clothes and let your body warm it. It will change and last a lot longer than letting your body's metabolism canabalize it.
I love coffee ☕️ so I blind brought this .I wanted to luv this one so bad but it did not project well on me . Good review . ✨
Same!
The OG Black Opium is to strong on me so i tried the Floral Shock and i'm lovin' it 😍
I don’t own a bottle but my sister does and whenever she sprays this it smells soo good. One time I went to school and I came back home from the door I was smelling something nice and I was like someone is in my house .. only for me to get into the room and I saw my sister I was like oh 😂
I'm abit late to the fragrance game, I was so ready to hate on this but oms I really do love it.
🔥🔥
Yes! This is one of my favorite perfumes of not THE favorite!!
When I first tried this, it was during the Summer months and I HATED it. I tried it again this week and it smells SO good! It really is soooooo much better in the colder months. I will most definitely be buying a full bottle. Glad I gave it another try! (Plus, my hard to impress husband likes it on me, too!)
I’ve been looking for an alternative every day perfume other than black opium, cz it’s 41 degrees out there, any recommendations, same fragrance family?
I love love love it in the winters !
@@noorulhuda5286 I recommend Flowerbomb, Libre Parfum, even Black Opium Le Parfum. If I think of anything else, I'll try and post it here. :)
@@noorulhuda5286Dior Hypnotic Poison and Maison Margiela Coffee Break...oh and Kilian Love Don't Be Shy.
One word this fragrance is DOPE!
That's the wintetime hitter right there! My favorite for cold weather
Great review
Thank you!
I'm a guy and yes, I rock with this fragrance. Smell super good on my skin also
same here
Finally god!!!! Idk why the fragrance snobs hate on just a damn great smelling fragrance that performs!!!
Lo fanno perchè così pensano di essere migliori degli altri. Io ho tantissimi profumi, in passato ho avuto anche Black Opium, lo adoravo ma poi, come per altre fragranze che ho, lo mettevo di rado e quindi l'ho regalato. Ma per chi ama i profumi dolci, è unico.
I’m a guy and I wear this and the Extreme flanker, I f*cking love it 👌🏽
You’re elite
Nice love the video Melissa stay motivated dream Big 1 Mill on the way
"...and i know its still a designer perfume"
5 to 10 yrs ago there was no such sentence... with all niche now we start to think designer is the new Avon...
but designer is good
honestly i tried some niche lower class only like Montale and did not like it. For exmaple roses musc smells straight like bulgarian rose oil. I don't think thisnis better than any designer perfume. But mayb u talk about better nichw i will never afford or sniff. I will test at some point but do not care to own nichem Blacl opium is an amazing scent ❤
Thank you for this review.
Thanks for watching :)
I rock this pretty much more than mostly of men's designer fragances made for night out.
Thank you for another great video❤❤❤❤
Sniffed this one at Ulta today and I liked it but it didn't sweep me up like My Way, which I bought a small bottle of... But turns out My Way vanishes on my skin after about 5 minutes(!) even with several sprays. Guess I just don't have the skin chemistry for it? Might look more into this one. Looking for that feminine but not excessively feminine scent. Lesbanese friendly 😉
I hate this fragrance honestly but I haven't tested it on my skin so I'll put it on my body next time to see if it changes.
Same here I got a sample and it reminded me of Elizabeth Taylor perfumes.
I love Black Opium too! Could you please give us your opinion on Lancome La Nuit Tresor? 😊
Can you do a review of the new Le Purfum? Love your channel.
I love love love the smell of it. Wish I could wear it as a man but I've heard it may not be great for a man to wear as women may not like it on a man.
Love your review in this!! ❤️❤️ just found your channel and instant sub. Love how your speak about smelling sexy women
I can't wait I ordered some
I just watched a review about how it can smell a bit like a sweet rum :') I like it but now I cant get the sweet rum out of my mindddd
I love this fragrance! I wear it every day and its got people sniffing you like crazy
I was wondering what you thought of this. It makes me smell like a vanilla hot chocolate . I got recommended ysl libre intense because I like vanilla in cold weather and my god, that shit actually smells like grandma, this smells youthful and like pudding!
Great video! You got yourself a new subscriber, can you tell me which Roja perfume comes closest to black opium?
Dossier Albert vanilla is an exact dupe for less money. I love this fragrance
Whaaat, I didn’t know you were on TH-cam!
Yessss! It’s been about a couple months haha
Lmao I received it as a sample with my order and thought it was a Men tester. Tried it and it's definitely a feminine parfum. Smells good, strong scent and long lasting.
Hi would you go for this one or the coco chanel noir? I don't like powdery smells Please help. Thank you!
I actually have a question, i went to a shop and sprayed black opium on my hand and it didn’t last more than 2-3 hours. What should i do? I’m really lost i really wanted to buy this perfume but it didn’t last on me for long. Are there any perfumes that are close to black opium that i should try?
Man im a guy one day i wear it to office and the amount of compliment i got from people were insane
🔥🔥🔥
ordered mine today! i ordered a test piece oud of black opium and i'm hoping it smells the same
Got a 10ml awhile ago great scent I need to get a bottle
The best of all time I just ordered Le Perfume in the shiny all black bottle. Are you getting it too? New subbie
Melissa I saw some girls at Sephora smelling this one earlier today 🙂
Haha imma buy this so i can vape my black opium whilst wearing black opium!!😂. I will still always only love dolce and Gabbana blue. I wear the female version because it smells better than the male.
Omg I love both of the D&G Blue so much!!! That's my everyday scent. I Love Love by Moschino is a good dupe for it btw
This shit slaps the performance is out of this world and a nuclear projection. I am a man and I love it on my skin one of the bet gourmand scents that I have smelled. And yes I would love this on a woman because I think this is easily the sexiest womens fragrance that I have smelled. Idk how people can say that this is a grandmom scent🤷♂️ To me its a scent that all ages can pull off but its really playful and sweet so it may be more for the younger people. For men especially but for women I think its probably good for all ages. But I still cannot think any old women pulling this off easily. They have to like super boujee and wearing mink coat or some shit like that. But yeah this is a masterpiece.
I got really shy when I’m wearing this, since the compliments are just cherry on top
I am late to put a comment in here. But, today is the 3rd time I bought a bottle of Black Opium for my wife. Its crazy sexy smell. Addicted.
the Intense one is a head turner.
Thank you
I like the way you described it.
❤️❤️
Yeah, Black Opium gets a bad wrap but it’s just so damn good. 🔥🔥🔥
It really is
Hi, can I ask if this scent more for men or women?
What do you think about the Black Opium Illicit Green?
On my skin this comes across like artificial candy sweet & I can't stand it. I got it because it smelled so good on a friend tho. I REALLY tried to like it lol
Does it leave a good trail?
I have been telling many people that black opium is especially attractive to straight men. My female friend hates black opium because her ex-boyfriend once brought home a girl who sprayed black opium all over the house. She was seriously threatened, so she started telling me that she hated black opium. She is a person with very strong self-esteem, she can't accept the taste of letting her ex-boyfriend be taken away in her impression.
I don't see it as sexy. It's warm, feminine and classy. I guess in the west trashy girls people wear it to the club (where I would never even step foot) and that's what shaped peoples opinions.
as soon as you said please do not rub it in I immediately subscribe.
Agree totally!
Hmm...I wear TF Black Orchid so I wonder how this will work on a man. Any thoughts Melissa?
That one is incredibly unisex, you’ll smell amazing
@@melissanacional9662 Awesome thanks!
I have a question does it similar to the Versace Crystal Noir ?
In my opinion not that much. This one is sweeter and spicier.
i have both and crystal noir is way more spicier in my opinion and this is way sweeter!
Trying to get my wife one she a fan on Versace
Could a man pull off black opium? Or layer it with something? (I’ve never smelt)
I looooove this perfume. But the lasting power sucks.
This scent is very popular among scent lovers
Quick question , can men wear this ysl black opium ? Coffee + vanilla sounds "men" enough fr me 😂
of course
@@trafficklecone i already grabbed one , and compliments im getting were tons ! Here mens were either using ysl y or sauvage elixir , so mine stands out cuz no one uses it 👏🏼
@@Qwerty-ov2kb thats so awesome 👏
Yes black opium intrigued me way more than Libre, I did not like the way libre smelled at all
Lol subscribed. You got a very cool personality, giving me free spirit. I’m buying this as a gift for someone 🎁
Thanks for the love!
Is it kinda like Chanel madam.?
This stuff is so yummy and toasty if I could spray it in my mouth I would! 😋
I love black opium
You are sooooo beautiful!
Thank you so much!
This perfume smelled horrible! When I first sprayed it on and then the notes hit 😮💨😮💨 it smells beautiful once it dries
Can you send me this perfume
What is the age demographic for this???
You sold that shyt
unisex?