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Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Extreme
The original reads: floral · sweet.
The genuine fragrance
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Extreme
floral · sweet
Accords cited from Nordstrom (Yves Saint Laurent)
Listed for womenThe scent, note by note
How Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Extreme is built
Notes as published by Nordstrom (Yves Saint Laurent), mapped into our controlled vocabulary. How they wear varies with skin and concentration.
Accessible alternatives will appear here as we verify genuine matches from cited sources. The fragrance above is the real thing.
The honest verdict
Which one should you buy?
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Extreme is the real thing, listed first. We show an accessible alternative only when its cited accords genuinely match the original, so if none appears above, we have not verified one yet. We never invent a match.
Common questions
Where can I buy Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Extreme?
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Extreme is the real designer fragrance, sold at most major retailers. When one of our partners carries it, a direct buy link shows up here. The "smells-like" alternatives below are for anyone who wants the profile for less.
What does Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Extreme smell like?
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Extreme opens with Jasmine; drying down to Coffee, from notes Nordstrom (Yves Saint Laurent) publishes. Those notes read as floral, sweet, the coarse families Nordstrom (Yves Saint Laurent) cites. How it wears depends on your skin and the concentration. We only publish notes and accords we can trace to a source.
What's the closest accessible alternative to Black Opium Extreme?
We rank the "smells-like" alternatives to Black Opium Extreme by how closely their cited accords match the original, cheapest first. A dupe is meant to evoke Black Opium Extreme, not match its formula, and we say as much. If we can't verify a genuine match yet, we leave it off.
Is Black Opium Extreme for men or women?
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Extreme is listed as a women's fragrance by the retailer. That's a marketing label, not a rule: fragrance has no gender, and plenty of "women's" scents are worn by anyone. We show how it's sold and leave the wearing to you.
What fragrances share notes with Black Opium Extreme?
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium (shares Coffee, Jasmine); Mancera Gold Incense (shares Coffee, Jasmine); Carolina Herrera Good Girl (shares Coffee, Jasmine). These share specific notes with Black Opium Extreme, a closer match than a shared accord family. We rank them by how many of Black Opium Extreme's cited notes they actually share, weighting rarer notes heavier than ubiquitous ones. Each is its own fragrance with real, sourced notes, not a copy of Black Opium Extreme, and has its own page.
What fragrances are similar to Black Opium Extreme?
Black Opium Extreme reads as floral, sweet. If that's the corner you like, you'll find Paco Rabanne 1 Million Elixir, Carolina Herrera 212 Sexy and Carolina Herrera 212 VIP nearby. We rank them by how many of Black Opium Extreme's cited accords they actually share, weighting rarer families heavier. They're their own fragrances, not copies of Black Opium Extreme, and each has its own page.
We list the genuine original first, always. Fragrance Hunter earns affiliate commissions on outbound links across the site, on both original bottles and accessible alternatives, at no cost to you. Because we earn the same either way, what pays us never sets the order we rank things in; the ranking answers to the cited accords, not a sponsor (how we pick, and how we earn). Accessible alternatives are imitations of a named original; related fragrances are independent houses' own creations that stand as originals in their own right. We label which is which, and never present an imitation as the original. Prices are indicative, set by the retailer, and change. Accords are coarse scent families cited from brand or retailer sources; an alternative evokes the profile, it is not the same formula.