Midnight Addiction

Black Opium....what can I say. I bought a purse spray from Sephora to try it out. I wasn't crazy about it bc it disappeared after about an hour or so. Then Bath & Body Works launched Into The Night in 2019, and I blind bought the eau de Parfum, shower gel, fragrance mist and body cream. At that time it was supposed to be a dupe of BO. Meh. Both disappeared fairly quickly, and I wound up dropping my purse spray of BO on my bathroom floor (oops!) which quickly lit up my bathroom. I will say it made my bathroom smell nice lol Welp fast forward to present. I had bought a bottle of Black Opium Intense from Sephora, and it lasted a bit longer than the OG. I've let it macerate for a couple of years, and now it is divine!!! And now comes Midnight Addiction. Even the name sounds sexy...ooo. Anyhow, I purchased a purse spray of MA, from B&BW, and tested it alongside BOE... WOW. Exact match. Then I sprayed some BOE on my wrist, let it dry down, then sprayed Midnight Addiction on top and...WHOA.... it's like MA intensified BOE to the ultimate extreme and made it stronger! Needless to say I was blown away. I did the same side by side test of Into the Night with Midnight Addiction and MA literally stomped on ITN. ITN is a lot more berry-centered, whereas MA is more plum and coffee centered, which is awesome. I will be purchasing the Eau de Parfum of MA, as well as the body cream and a travel spray of the body mist. My next test is to see how MA interacts with Coco Noir......I'll be back with an update. Take care everyone.

I don’t have Black Opium, just Black Opium Over Red, which I love but is very berry-forward and quite different from this. In Midnight Addiction I smell all sorts of spice that I don’t see in the notes - cinnamon, clove, cardamom, anise. I love a fragrance that makes me smell like a bakers’ spice rack. I also love that I don’t get a ton of sweetness. It’s very smooth and clean. This is delicious! I started with the small body spray but now have this in EDP and I’m so glad.

I was not fully expecting this to be a dupe for YSL: Black Opium, but it absolutely is and it's better! I have not been the biggest fan of Black Opium as I think it's to sharp for me. This does not have that strange off metallic coffee note. I ended up returning the the body mist and got the perfume!

I don’t know what it is, but I like it better than Black Opium. It’s softer, sweeter—-if anything, I’m slightly anosmic to it. Like I want to smell more but it’s not strong enough for me! The body cream helps extend the scent a lot.

no need for a long paragraph, sexy and mouth-watering. 10/10