Opium (Secret de Parfum)
Perfumer: Jean-Louis Sieuzac
81 ratings
From your scent profile
Yves Saint Laurent Opium (Secret de Parfum) is a floral, spicy oriental with a sweet, resinous, slightly smoky character, made for women and best suited to evenings and colder months. It has been discontinued.
Skunky's take: The flowers do the talking, the rest listens.
How does it perform?
From 86 community ratings, all out of 10.
Sprayed at breakfast, still around at dinner.
You will be noticed when you walk into a room.
Sits nicely on a shelf.
Easily worth what it costs.
Blind buy risk
96% of votes are positive and opinions barely differ.
Notes
They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.
Top notesfirst 15 minutes
Accords
From most dominant to most subtle.
- Floral
- Sweet
- Spicy
- Woody
- Oriental
- Animal
- Powdery
- Resinous
Floral
Sweet
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
Animal
Powdery
ResinousWhat does Opium (Secret de Parfum) smell like?
It opens with a brief lift of bergamot, lemon and mandarin orange, then moves into clove, jasmine, rose and myrrh, where the flowers deepen under spice and resin. The base of vanilla, benzoin, amber and patchouli leaves a sweet, powdery, earthy warmth.
Longevity and sillage are both rated very strong. Most voters pick winter and fall, and favour evening and night-out wear. It reads feminine and classic. Fragonard Rêve Indien and Dior Midnight Poison (Eau de Parfum) have a close profile.
How it changes through the day
First minutes
- Bergamot
- Lemon
- Mandarin orange
First hours
- Clove
- Jasmine
- Rose
Towards evening
- Vanilla
- Benzoin
- Amber
When to wear it?
Seasons and occasions, by user votes.
- 37%Winter
- 34%Autumn
- 20%Spring
- 9%Summer
Winter
Autumn
Spring
Summer- Evening32%
- Nighttime30%
- Casual19%
- Daytime11%
- Office8%
Go easy on it for the office: the sillage is strong.
Smells like this
The closest scents by notes and accords.
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58% matchMidnight Poison (Eau de Parfum)
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57% matchKL Homme (Eau de Toilette)
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56% matchOpium (1977) (Parfum)
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56% matchParfum Sacré (1990) (Eau de Parfum)
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Last updated: October 26, 2026