Touch of Woman

My fav from La Rive. Bergamot & Peach play tricks with ur mind. Not so much Black Opium on me, same vibe/family definitely yes, same addicting resinous amber sweetness, but not an exact dupe (wearing all 3 perfumes on different spots right now). The EDT has absolutely nothing similar to this(weird plastic scent on me). Its got the same vibe, same Black Opium type of waxy ambery sweetness, not necessarily an almondy accord, yet it has the signature aromatic, syrupy, amber woody effect of the original that's not exactly plastic in the BO EDP but rather waxy if it makes sense (by the almond licorice cashmete wood blend). However in TOW these elements are lighter and embellished with different more girly fruity sweetness. To me TOW is way better, honestly, more dimensional more fruity, sweeter, flirty, less dark. The peach adds powdery depth as it always does in perfumes. Black Opium EDP's sweetness is gone very fast while TOW 's sweetness intensifies as hours pass by. The peach is sugared smooth by the vanilla and it's the star of the show here and holds well. BO EDP opens up almost like TOW but completely changes on me within 10 mins and the coffee ruins it for me, its a mess. It is a very improved version of BO, no stinky mess. Black Opium EDP has pink pepper/patchouli making it heavier than this. In Touch of Woman the bergamot is beautiful green and syrupy, but I dont see or smell pear,coffee, citruses or black currant, no cedar(mainly the notes of BO EDT and EDP). The white florals here are indolic aromatic within that licorice-like waxy woody essence of Black Opium - they render it subtly fresh beneath its powdery sweet resinous woody essence. Sofia Vergara's Love opening is closer to both BOs than TOW for instance because I do smell the coffee in it. Black Opium EDP actually is very stinky on me (has that fake bake self tan aftersmell). TOW for me is an entirely new perfume in the BO family, but has its very own sweet peach game going on. And i love it for what it is. Id never buy any of the BO even if they were cheaper. Update: for an exact BO dupe (like a mix of EDT and EDP) try Premiere Editions Black Opium, their version. Less sweet than TOW but more aromatic, and much better than the original on my skin - amazing. Update July 27th 2026: I repurchased TOW in Greece today cuz I lost it in the move from the US and I had 2 bottles but had one of em sold. I found it at a local grocery, I love its sugared ambery peach and the BO waxy woody base it has. Performs great in heat too. I had my US bottle for 9 years and it still smelled amazing. Some La Rive perfumes like Miss Dream and Hello Beauty which I loved both went bad really quickly. This is great quality tho.

I'm smelling THIS and BLACK OPIUM EDP right this second on my both wrists - they're really hard to distinguish. I applied them a minute ago. Touch of Woman is slightly fruitier and velvety, BO is more linear and the coffee note is more straight and bitter in BO. They are really similar! When I tested Black Opium in the store a few days ago, I had to spray tons of it all over myself in order to be able to smell it longer than only 5 minutes. With Touch of Woman it's not necessary - just 2-3 sprays do the job perfectly and the scent remains for hours! Here, in La Rive coffee is not listed but I'm sure there is as much "coffee" in this perfume as in Black Opium - only the quality will be lower - the price says it all. But somehow this perfume works miracles on my skin!!! Yay!:D Rarely do I find good dupes of high-end perfumes, but this time I have - Touch of Woman certainly works for me!:))) I'll be using this one with joy for the time being:D Update: After less than a quarter of an hour Black Opium is almost gone while Touch of Woman persists:D After almost 1 hour Blakc Opium is COMPLETELY GONE. Touch of Woman is here at its best - vanilla/coffee/cake are ruling!

First, I know my username is misspelled. I cannot change it :( Smells almost identical to Black Opium on the arm. A bit stronger. If you wore this, and then told someone you were wearing Black Opium, and they were familiar with the fragrance, but maybe not a fragrance snob, they would probably believe you. I know I would. It is missing some sort of smokiness that I can smell when I spray Black Opium, but it is spot on otherwise. This is yummy, sweet and simple. Love this! Longevity is about the same as the real deal, about 3-4 hours. At this price point, you can re-apply as much as needed. By the way, if you cannot locate this fragrance, and you want a Black Opium dupe/ style of fragrance, I highly highly recommend Justin Bieber's Girlfriend fragrance. It sometimes can be found for less than $10, I paid $13 for Touch of Woman. Girlfriend smells so so so similar to Touch of Woman. And so very similar to Black Opium too. I own all 3. JB is not paying me to say this, lol, but it really does smell so similar to both Touch of Woman and Black Opium.

I know that most people got it as a dupe for Black Opium- but I for once do not like Black Opium. What it is though, is a much, MUCH better perfume than Black Opium. It smells so good, so lovely- I think you can really sense the peach and the white flowers when you first put it on. Then when it settles down, it smells so soft and good on your skin... it's super sensual. The vibe it's giving is you going out to a nice dinner in a cozy restaurant with your loved one, only to come back home when it's rainy outside, and get a "you smell so good..." when your partner kisses your neck. That's literally the vibe it gives off. Cozy, sensual, intimate... and not overpowering at all. While Black Opium is so complex it gives me a headache from its strength, this one is more subtle but God does it sit way better on my skin. I know that I'll LITERALLY fly through this perfume- and the best part is? it's so cheap and affordable that I'll just grab a new one with no worries about my wallet. PLEASE do not hesitate and get it. You won't regret it one bit.

I bought this perfume to see if I'd like Black Opium since this is considered a good dupe for it. I was pleasantly surprised and this has become my fave La Rive so far. I find it very pleasant, and though I am not an over sprayer anyway, it isn't 'in your face' kind of scent. If Black Opium is anything like Touch of Woman, I don't understand the hate it gets. Now will have to try Black Opium to compare the two. For me, Touch of Woman is definitely a keeper.

I like this a bit better than Black Opium, but wouldn't say the scents are the same. On me, it's frosted blackcurrant and other berries with a caramel note and some spices and vanilla underneath. After a few minutes, some pear peeks out. But the berries and spices are what stay the longest. All in all, I really like this one. It's a 'purple' kind of scent, similar on me to Yves Rocher So Elixir Purple, and maybe a passing resemblance to Alien.

So pissed off. I ordered this as I heard it was a dupe for Black Opium - but it was taking such a long time to arrive I ended up just buying a bottle of Black Opium. I like this one better 😭 BO performs better, but it's not as smooth and gentle as this one. The original is TOO much in a side by side comparison. This is really just Black Opium but smoother and weaker. For the price it's a no brainer, you can just reapply. Get this one.

I like this perfume. Wear it daily, day or night. It has a slight sensual side to it. I would say that it is a cheaper body mist of YSL Black Opium, so if you’re on a budget this is a good choice. It doesn’t last that long though. Got some coffee and liquorice smell in it. Very soft sweetness, doesn’t make me dizzy.

What can I say? Another winner from La Rive! It is a watered down version of Black Opium but you can always do 2 - 3 layers to build up the intensity. For $8/bottle, go ahead and overspray. I love that it is not so strong so I can layer with other fragrances.

I love how beautiful, deep, and dark this fragrance is. It's sweet, but grown-up and dressed up! Perfect for date night or any evening event. But bring it with you in your purse to reapply pretty much every hour, as it does not last very long at all.

Fragrantica needs to update the notes, the notes according to la rive website: Top: pink pepper, pear, orange blossom Mid: coffee, jasmine, liquorice, bitter almond Base: vanilla, patchouli, cashmere wood, cedar

Really nice vanilla and coffee on me. Its beautiful! Longevity and projection are not very good though. La Rive perfumes are nice. I have several fragrances from this house.

Lovely dupe for YSL Black Opium. Sexy,sweet,bit spicy. Absolutely one of my favorites for winter. Lasting power is great as well. Love <3 90 ml EDP

I am not so sure about this one. I don't really like Black Opium, I find it too mature and sweet and cloying, but I like vanilla and coffee so when I found this dupe (I was initially looking for Fleur de Femme) at such a low price I told myself why not, and the comments here got me to think this was a toned down version of Black Opium. Well it is not toned down so much, the scent is pretty strong and sweet, still mature in my opinion. At least I don't get the liquorice note at all, thank god for that. Overall it is a pretty sweet and cloying scent, I would only wear this during very cold winter days, otherwise I get tired of the scent pretty quickly. Update: Wore this after a lonnnnng while! (Like 3 years.) It is still okay, very sweet. This is nice, a sweet floral vanilla. I am not sure how close it is to Black Opium since I tried Black Opium a very long time ago from a sample I had and I remember not liking it at all. I will try wearing this fragrance more often before the end of winter!

It's the best Black Opium's dupe I've tried for today. I had Zara's Gardenia, which turned into patchouli on a really bad base. (For the first 20-30 minutes it smelled like B.O,then it smelled similar to Oriental by Zara and Jimmy Choo EDP to me). Also tried Ajmal's Vanille Celeste, which was good for an hour while the base was soapy (not worth the price). I'm not a Black Opium addict, but I like the fleur of this perfume, sweet vanilla-coffee scent that isn't annoying for me... But I find Black Opium too expensive: it's not some "scent fatale" that can't be copied. That's why I'm looking for dupes. La Rive wasn't a disappointment for me. It's well-blended, soft, sweet, calm perfume. A lot of people have asked me what I was wearing when I was wearing Touch of woman. And I'm feeling good while I'm wearing it! It stays on my skin for 4-5 hours. Not bad. Good experience with La Rive.

For me this one is just another generic sweet fragrance, nothing special. I'm not an perfume expert and a lot of times can't name more than 1-2 notes in the fragrance :) I have Ferragamo Signorina Misteriosa, and Touch of Woman reminds me of that. Can't judge on comparison with Black Opium - only tried it once and wasn't too impressed thinking the same - generic sweet fragrance... I'm wearing it for the first time today and don't know yet how the longevity is. The good news - for the price you can purchase this one ($10-$12) it really doesn't matter if it's poor - you can reapply over and over without being afraid to run out :)

Touch of Woman does remind me of Black Opium, but it's not a perfect dupe. The most obvious difference is the absence of a coffee note, which is a defining feature of Black Opium in my opinion. It's kind of puzzling that they're even similar cause the notes are quite different. Peach instead of pear, no patchouli and not a hint of spices... Maybe one could say TOW is a simpler and even sweeter version of BO that consists mostly of vanilla. I wouldn't buy this, but it's worth a try if you like Black Opium but can't spend much. It smells nice and is super cheap (6-7€ for a giant 90 ml bottle!).

The first spray smells EXACTLY like a Bath & Body Works spray my aunt gave me in middle school. It's 2008, I'm 11 years old, on Christmas break in my room at night reading Breaking Dawn, so excited to be a teenager soon, and I have completely and utterly doused my room in this. It's very much a young girl's idea of what being "sexy" and "adult" is. (As an aside, this is what I imagined Bella would wear LOL.) The dry down has a sexy synthetic smell that I'm not sure I'm a fan of. I really like it for what it is, a 7€ impulse buy while buying toothpaste.

La Rive does successful slapdash dupes of sweet designer fragrances. La Rive's versions are very sweet and juicy. Touch of Woman, In Woman and Sweet Hope, for examples. I can smell the references to the specific design scents. Yet La Rive versions smell similar to each other, as well. In this regard they are similar to Cuba's fun dupes. They are not sophisticated, they are strong scents (especially on fabric), and I recommend you give one a try.

Very much like black opium, but without the complexity and without the coffee note. This is soft and luxe smelling, so I will definitely use my whole bottle, probably more for background scent, and then can ration my real bottle of black opium by spritzing on top of this one. Touch of Woman is still gorgeous in its own right, so nobody should hesitate to try this one if they like this overall scent profile.