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Opium vs Belle d'Opium

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The scent fingerprint

What brings them together, what sets them apart

Exclusive to Opium

In common

Exclusive to Belle d'Opium

How they evolve on the skin

Notes shared by both perfumes.

Top notes the first half hour
Heart notes the central character (1 to 4 h)
Base notes the trail that remains (4 h and more)

What are they for?

Opium
Belle d'Opium
Seasons
Spring
Not its territory
Suitable
Summer
Not its territory
Not its territory
Autumn
Very suitable
Very suitable
Winter
Very suitable
Suitable
Moments
Office
Not its territory
Not its territory
Everyday
Suitable
Very suitable
Evenings & dates
Very suitable
Very suitable
Night
Very suitable
Suitable
How is it calculated?

These markers are an editorial estimate calculated automatically from the perfume's real accords and their intensity, following the classic reading of scent families (hesperidics and aromatics shine in summer and at the office, ambers and gourmands in winter and in the evening…). They do not come from user votes and do not replace a test on skin.

Why choose one… or the other?

Why choose Opium

  • cinnamon, orange blossom, pepper: all materials absent from Belle d'Opium.
  • Markedly more enveloping, carried by amber and warm spicy.
  • 49 years of existence (1977): it has proved itself for longer.
  • Less at ease in the “spring” context according to our calculated profile.

Why choose Belle d'Opium

  • Its pyramid opens on jasmine, calendula flower, narcissus, nowhere to be found opposite.
  • It is 33 years younger (2010 against 1977).
  • Notes that are uncommon with us (calendula flower, narcissus): the less conventional of the two.
  • No tracked point of sale to date.

The verdict

  • Most enveloping

    Opium — signature carried by amber and warm spicy

  • Most original

    Belle d'Opium — its notes are rarer in our catalogue (calendula flower, narcissus)

Each trophy applies to a specific use, not in absolute terms.

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