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Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Floral Shock ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 December 2016 8 Comments

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Floral Shock

Yves Saint Laurent has launched Black Opium Floral Shock, a new limited edition fragrance for women. Black Opium Floral Shock is a flanker to 2014's Black Opium, which was a flanker to 1977's Opium. 

A fresh and invigorating interpretation of the iconic Black Opium coffee signature, Black Opium Floral Shock delivers a shot of sensuality like the morning’s first jolt of espresso. The iconic coffee and vanilla accord is now combined with new floral notes of gardenia and orange blossom that add the instant cool feeling of a sea breeze—it’s Black Opium on ice.

Additional notes include pear.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Floral Shock is available now at Sephora, in 30 and 50 ml Eau de Parfum.

(via sephora)

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Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: flanker, limited edition, yves saint laurent

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  1. JadainGA says:
    30 December 2016 at 3:29 pm

    Did anyone ever catch a wiff of the Black Opium Blanche Nuit? Or was that just overseas (not the US)?

    Too many flankers to track them all! :) I’ll sniff this one when I run across it….

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    • Robin says:
      30 December 2016 at 3:40 pm

      I’m sorry, I honestly can’t remember if that one made it here!

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      • JadainGA says:
        30 December 2016 at 3:52 pm

        Basenotes has over 1500 new scents in their database just for 2016! There’d be no way you could get to them all! Glad you’re feeling better, BTW!

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        • Robin says:
          30 December 2016 at 9:19 pm

          Thank you so much!

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  2. kindcrow says:
    30 December 2016 at 7:33 pm

    “The iconic coffee and vanilla accord is now combined with new floral notes of gardenia and orange blossom that add the instant cool feeling of a sea breeze—it’s Black Opium on ice.”

    Gardenia and orange blossom equal ice? What the what??

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    • Robin says:
      30 December 2016 at 9:20 pm

      You didn’t know? (j/k, I have no idea what they mean)

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    • johanob says:
      31 December 2016 at 1:30 am

      Lol.Yeah.No,whatever the f the “iconic” accord was,I totally missed it.I have both Gardenia and Orange blossoms in my garden right now,and I am nowhere near the ocean.Heady and narcotic flowers yes,no sea-breeze though.Lol.

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    • solanace says:
      2 January 2017 at 3:36 am

      And iconic where, lol?

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