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Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Illicit Green
Yves Saint Laurent

Black Opium Illicit Green

Citrus
Fresh
Floral
Jasmine
White Floral
Fruity
Green
EDP · 2022 · womens

Black Opium Illicit Green is YSL's 2022 riff on their bestselling Black Opium, pivoting the original's dark decadence toward something brighter and more verdant. This EDP takes the vanilla-coffee DNA of the original and introduces a green, fruity top end that fundamentally shifts the fragrance's personality.

The composition opens with fig leaf and green mandarin, creating an immediate freshness that's almost herbal against the expected sweetness. A pear note adds juicy brightness before the heart develops fig, jasmine, and orange blossom, balancing floral elegance with gourmand fruitiness. The base stays true to Black Opium's signature with bourbon vanilla, coffee, and patchouli, though here they read less dark and moody, instead grounding a more approachable overall scent that blends woody, green, and sweet elements.

This works well for someone who wants the recognizable comfort of Black Opium but prefers something less heavy and linear. It's a versatile daytime option that keeps gourmand appeal without the nightclub intensity. Suits year-round wear, though the green opening makes it especially pleasant in warmer months. The Homesteader, The Sensualist, and The Romantic.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Citrus
53%
Fresh
20%
Floral
90%
Jasmine
33%
White Floral
67%
Fruity
73%
Green
100%
Woody
100%
Patchouli
47%
Earthy
47%
Vanilla
60%
Sweet
67%
Gourmand
93%
Coffee
70%
Fragrance Notesbrand verified
Top · 0–30 min
Fig Leaf
Fig Leaf
The green, milky, and slightly sharp scent of freshly torn fig leaves rather than the fruit itself. Fig leaf is one of perfumery's most vivid green notes, with a raw, sap-like quality and a distinctive slightly sour, green-milk character. Used to add an intense, photosynthetic naturalism to green and woody compositions.
Green Mandarin
Green Mandarin
Unripe mandarin has a sharper, greener, more tart quality than its ripe counterpart. Green mandarin is more angular and bitter than sweet mandarin, with a clean, slightly medicinal citrus sharpness. Used when a fresher, more austere citrus note is needed rather than the warm sweetness of fully ripe fruit.
Pear
Pear
Gentle, watery, and slightly floral, pear is one of fragrance's most delicate fruit notes, with a clean sweetness that is closer to flowers than to heavy tropical fruits. It adds a soft, luminous freshness to compositions and pairs naturally with rose, iris, and light musks. Often the note that makes a fragrance feel effortlessly elegant.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Fig
Fig
Green, creamy, and milky with a slightly earthy underpinning, fig is a fruit note that doubles as a green and woody note depending on whether you emphasize the fruit or the leaf and wood. The milky quality of fig sap gives it an unusual creaminess that pairs beautifully with musks and light woods.
Jasmine
Jasmine
Intoxicating, heady, and slightly animalic, jasmine is one of the few flowers that smells as rich in a bottle as it does climbing a garden wall at dusk. It has an almost fleshy, indolic quality that stops it reading as purely 'clean.' Jasmine is a workhorse in both feminine and masculine perfumery, adding depth and soul.
Orange Blossom
Orange Blossom
Sweeter and more honeyed than neroli (both come from the same tree), orange blossom is a floral note with a warm, almost edible quality. It floats between citrus and floral families, adding richness without weight. A signature note of classic Mediterranean and Middle Eastern perfumery.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Bourbon Vanilla
Bourbon Vanilla
Named after the Bourbon Islands (now Reunion), Bourbon vanilla is one of the world's most prized vanilla varieties with a rich, creamy, slightly smoky, and exceptionally complex character. It has greater depth and less simple sweetness than Tahitian varieties, making it the preferred choice for serious perfumery work.
Coffee
Coffee
Bitter, roasty, and slightly smoky with a warm, stimulating energy, coffee in perfumery reads as sophisticated rather than caffeinated. It adds depth to oriental and woody fragrances, and its slight bitterness stops adjacent sweet notes from becoming cloying. A note that perfumers love for its ability to make everything smell more complex.
Patchouli
Patchouli
Dense, earthy, and darkly sweet, patchouli is the scent of damp soil and dried herbs with an almost chocolatey richness. It polarizes people because in high concentrations it's overwhelming, but as a supporting note it adds depth and longevity that almost nothing else can match. The backbone of countless oriental and chypre fragrances.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The HomesteaderBest match83% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.

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The Sensualist83% match
You fill the room without trying.

Warm, smooth, projecting. Leather, tobacco, dry amber, bold woods.

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The Romantic82% match
Your fragrance is a love letter you never stop writing.

Warm roses, vanilla, amber, creamy musks. Soft, evolving, intimate.

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Scent Profile
Citrus53%Fresh20%Floral90%Jasmine33%White Floral67%
Fragrance Family
Floral Oriental
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Black Opium Illicit Green is YSL's 2022 riff on their bestselling Black Opium, pivoting the original's dark decadence toward something brighter and more verdant. This EDP takes the vanilla-coffee DNA of the original and introduces a green, fruity top end that fundamentally shifts the fragrance's personality. The composition opens with fig leaf and green mandarin, creating an immediate freshness that's almost herbal against the expected sweetness. A pear note adds juicy brightness before the heart develops fig, jasmine, and orange blossom, balancing floral elegance with gourmand fruitiness. The base stays true to Black Opium's signature with bourbon vanilla, coffee, and patchouli, though here they read less dark and moody, instead grounding a more approachable overall scent that blends woody, green, and sweet elements. This works well for someone who wants the recognizable comfort of Black Opium but prefers something less heavy and linear. It's a versatile daytime option that keeps gourmand appeal without the nightclub intensity. Suits year-round wear, though the green opening makes it especially pleasant in warmer months. The Homesteader, The Sensualist, and The Romantic.
What are the notes in Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Illicit Green? +
Top: Fig Leaf, Green Mandarin, Pear. Heart: Fig, Jasmine, Orange Blossom. Base: Bourbon Vanilla, Coffee, Patchouli.
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Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Illicit Green belongs to the Floral Oriental fragrance family. It is an EDP.
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