“Black Opium Over Red”: The new fragrance by YSL Beauty

Over the sounds, you dream… The sound of liquid. A cup of coffee fresh from the expresso machine. Or the lavish swish of a spray of Eau de Parfum, a fragrant whisper scenting your skin. Over the touch, you experience… The feel of the bottle, all lacquered glass, smooth and cool and oh-so-covetable with its mysterious red round window. Over the taste, you thrill… Cherry. A new edgy, decadently delicious red note twisting BLACK OPIUM’s signature accords with a rich round juicy fruit. Over the smell, you feel… The scent of coffee and white flowers. The shot of pure energy and suavely sensual floral trail that have made BLACK OPIUM such a dare-to-be-different, can’t-do-without-it fragrance. Over the sight, you expand… The color red, as deep and vibrant as the cherry that gleams in the heart of the scent, as the light that radiates from the iconic bottle, a crimson wave washing over you as you bask in the glow of the new fragrance. Over red. Over senses. BLACK OPIUM EAU DE PARFUM OVER RED by YSL Beauty.

The Fragrance

“For this new opus, we wanted to take the Black Opium signature into a new universe. The iconic floral coffee accord of the fragrance reveals a form of indulgence tinged with reds, through a juicy and fleshy fruit: the cherry.”

Nathalie Lorson, Marie Salamagne, Honorine Blanc, Olivier Cresp.

BLACK OPIUM has always been about the irresistible indulgence of the senses, and with this new offering, all the senses are even more intensified.

Right off the top, an over red cherry accord pops out, its color vibrant, its scent luscious and almondy, so vivid you can fairly see the tempting fruit and feel its round, glossy smoothness between your lips.

The liqueur-like deliciousness of this brand-new cherry accord unleashes a maelstrom of sensations as you dive into the heart of BLACK OPIUM EAU DE PARFUM OVER RED…

The scent’s signature chiaroscuro heart is more contrasted than ever. Against the red-lacquer gloss of the cherry, suave orange blossom absolute turns crimson. The darkness of the shot-of-expresso accord takes on ruby hues.

Here, for the first time, BLACK OPIUM’s suave white floral accord stars a Jasmine Ourika Accord®: a capture of the unique olfactory quality of the flowers grown in YSL Beauty’s Ourika Community Gardens, near Marrakesh. An airier, fruitier version of the most sensuous of flowers.

As you deep-dive into the darkness, feel the powdery softness of another peerless ingredient fashioned for YSL: a premium vanilla infusion from Madagascar tempers the toughness of the coffee accord.

BLACK OPIUM EAU DE PARFUM OVER RED is built from top-quality materials crafted for YSL Beauty. In this made-to-measure range, the key natural origin ingredients of the fragrance were deconstructed, then reconstructed through cutting-edge techniques to liberate the quintessence of each note.