Yves Saint Laurent
Black Opium Nuit Blanche
Black Opium Nuit Blanche, signed Yves Saint Laurent, is a dry and elegant woody fragrance. It opens on pepper, reveals coffee and orange blossom at its heart and rests on a base of vanilla, patchouli and cedar.
Main accords
Pyramid & evolution
Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.
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Opening First minutes
Pepper
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Heart ~30 min to 2 h
Coffee · Orange blossom
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Base Several hours
Vanilla · Patchouli · Cedar
What its composition says
- 3 materials in the base for 1 on top: the pyramid is built for staying power rather than for the opening.
- Coffee: its rarest material, which only 48 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue contain — about one in 41.
- Vanilla: conversely, a material of the common core — 35% of the catalogue contains it.
- Gourmand, woody, spicy and floral: 4 registers of raw materials share its palette, with gourmand supplying 2 of 6.
Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.
Scent profile
Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.
Wear time
Excellent
9 h and more estimated on skin
Projection
Generous
fills a room
Ideal seasons
Time of day
Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).
Ideal occasions
- Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
Avoid if…
- you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.
If Black Opium Nuit Blanche by Yves Saint Laurent seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.
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