Yves Saint Laurent has launched Black Opium Le Parfum, the "most intense and radical interpretation" of 2014's Black Opium, which was a flanker to 1977's Opium.
BLACK OPIUM LE PARFUM is the most intense and radical interpretation of BLACK OPIUM by Yves Saint Laurent. An unexpected high rush, exalted with a quartet of faceted vanillas that sublimes the original signature into an ultimate pleasure.
BLACK OPIUM LE PARFUM sublimes the iconic coffee floral signature in a new singular and radical intensity. The iconic coffee notes and bouquet of white flowers are twisted by an exceptional and complementary quartet of vanillas. In synergy, this quartet made with beautiful varieties of vanillas, create a unique fragrance that is both deep and balmy, with woody inflections and powdery- almond facets. A scent, definitely, black opium, a supreme symbol of thrill. Bold, wild and powerful.
Black Opium Le Parfum was developed by perfumers Nathalie Lorson, Marie Salamagne, Olivier Cresp and Honorine Blanc.
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum is available in 10, 30, 50 and 90 ml Eau de Parfum.
(via yslbeauty)
Oh my, I never knew before that “sublimes” was a verb–and a transitive one at that. Goodness gracious. (Or, wtf is going on with translations here?)
Sublimer is a French verb, I’m assuming it’s been used as a direct (and offbeat) translation here.
English is a real mongrel of a language and will not only steal words from anywhere, but also turn one part of speech to another at the drop of a hat (“detergent” started life as an adjective, and even had a verb form, “deterge”, before it was ever a noun), and so it is with “sublime”: it was once a verb meaning “to elevate to a state of excellence.”
I’m sure this has something to do with the translation, of course, because we really don’t see “sublime” as a verb any more. But it’s not without precedent.
This scent has the potential to be really nice: almond-vanilla coffee laced with flowers? I’d check that out.
That part is fun, but so is the idea that throwing in a lot of vanilla makes it singular and radical.
Just what I was about to say!
Skipping, unless I happen to encounter it at a store that I normally go to anyway.
Ditto.
I really like this bottle better than the others. I used to wear the original. The dreaded bad association ruined it for me though.
I’ve probably mentioned this on here before, but I also wore the original. Working in Aberdeen, Scotland for a US company in my first oil-related job, we as ‘admin ladies’ were given GBP 25.00, a lot of money in 1977!, Harrods gift vouchers for Christmas. My mum (my parents lived in Surrey, where I grew up latterly) & I had a lovely day out in London & I used the entire value of the gift voucher to acquire a bottle of the original Opium – it was absolutely gorgeous, & not something I would have been able to afford myself at the time – had many compliments & “what’s that divine smell?” type questions for pretty much as long as the bottle lasted. Fond memories indeed.