Black Opium Nuit Blanche

I own and like black opium very much but black opium Nuit blanche was a love at first sniff,I've just tried it once on my wrist so I can't write a real review,I can just say they are more than 80% similar so if you're looking for a totally different fragrance,it will dissapoint you.it's original BO with some changes and those changes make it Devine IMO Unlike other reviewers I find nuit blanche sweeter, than original,but it's less heavy.lets say it's sweeter but in a very creamy way.I also find coffee well pronounced here.I couldn't detect caramel and milk in my first and only test,but they're there for sure.making it's sweetness buttery and edgeless.and I can get more orange blossom here...original black opium had a hint of fruitchouli thing and I believe that's what put me off at the first place,but in nuit blanche instead of fruitchouli sharpness,there's milk and creamy and powdery notes I'm definitely going to buy BONB EDIT: Now after owning BO and BONB for months and doing plenty side to side tests I'm ready to compare these two I can easily say BONB is a BO flanker when I first spray it.they have a very similar DNA of vanilla-pear-coffee in first phase.but as time passes they go to different directions.BO stays intensely sweet with a prominent dark,bitterish thing(I guess coffee note)in the background while BONB develops to a bit less sweet(I was wrong about it being sweeter) ,smooth scent of floral-vanilla wrapped by warm,creamy notes..after an hour when I smell BONB I can't see anything similar to BO anymore,it's more similar to Diesel Loverdose Tattoo IMO but better Unlike my first experiences with BONB,now I can detect rice note in it which adds a unique milky rice pudding thing,also adds kind of calmness and soothing quality that is to die for.I can also detect magnolia here not just orange flower BONB is like a love child of original BO and Kenzo Amour or Diesel Loverdose Tattoo so no wonder I loved it at first sniff.I believe you'd better try this one even if you didn't like the original Black Opium because it's not much similar Except in the opening part.BONB has a moderate longevity on my skin,not bad but not great either but it's pretty longlasting on clothes. sillage is softer than BO but I can still smell a soft cloud of my perfume around me right now I own BO, BONB and BO edt and like them all,each in different situations but all in all BONB is my favorite ❤❤❤❤

“Black Opium Nuit Blanche” Yves Saint Laurent – 11.03.2016 I really like this version of Opium and I like it for all the wrong reasons. When we are young, we have very a “childish” palate. The only thing we like is what tastes sweet. It is only over the years that our palate refines and we learn to appreciate salt, sour and savory tastes. We learn (or become educated?) to love coffee, or spices like turmeric, Campari and gin, green tea, grapefruit.... (Brussels sprouts??). It is only when we grow older that we move from milk chocolate to 99 per cent cocoa solids. “Opium Nuit Blanche” is a childhood taste. And it is beautiful because of that. It is almost identical to the “Black Opium” and has absolutely no resemblance to the original, vintage “Opium”. “Opium Nuit Blanche” (just like “Black Opium”) is soft as cotton and has no edges. It has mass appeal for the younger generation who grew up in cities and have no idea what real plants smell like. I can see it suitable for all ages but, I can also understand why it would appeal mostly to the young. The notes are warmly floral, aerial, balmy-cosmetical and sweetly spicy. A note of dark coffee is well connected with sandalwood in order to provide a dark raw undertone although the coffee note plays mostly a rounding role (side by side with vanilla) so, the aroma does not become “properly” dark. The dry down is softly vanillin, still fruity and musky. “Opium Nuit Blanche” embraces all the above with a touch of freshness/fruitiness so as to transform into a perfume more suitable for the spring time and for the summer evenings. Opium, in both these versions, is, in my view, Yves Saint Laurent’s desperate attempt to stay current. Having said that, and without reading too much into it, the perfume is sweet, modern and sexy, it has a good longevity and projection and it is very versatile. There is no complexity of notes to create the definition of a sophisticated pleasure. Instead, like many perfumes which fall under the same trend of the moment, it is the headless chasing of a sugar hit (without the deep delayed satisfaction.) It may not appeal to those who have a fuller spectrum of tastes and have waved a sweet farewell to the sweet perfumes. "Opium Nuit Blanche" is what it is. And for what it is, it is fabulous. Thank you for reading Enjoy the good perfume quest. Regards Josephine.

Blind buy! I discovered how I didn't give Black Opium much of a chance, and really enjoy its weirdness after testing in store. Something draws me in about the original Black Opium as well. I also realized, as much as I love Coffee Addict by Theodoros Kalotinis, I usually don't want to smell like "just" coffee. I like scents that are a blend these days. Based on the reviews, I had to try Nuit Blanche again. I just got in it the mail today (after my Amouage disaster a few days ago LOL) and I absolutely love it at first spray (about a half hour has passed). Nuit Blanche is a smoother, more well-blended version of Black Opium IMO, and it's hard to pick out the individual notes. I do not find it dirty, dusty, or masculine at all! The original Black Opium DNA is quite prominent I do agree Nuit Blanche is less syrupy than the original, and definitely feels more vanillic and way less "bitey." I don't mind the Black Opium original's coffee-bite so much (the patchouli is well blended enough to let the flowers and coffee shine). But, Nuit Blanche's rice and vanilla lead me to a slight reminder of how Kenzo Amour used to be, without the overt powderiness. I recently learned I looove syrupy sweet orange blossom fragrances (Flowerbomb Nectar, Kilian Love Don't Be Shy Original, and more recently Black Opium flankers). Orange blossoms from real life (e.g. calamondin) are literally intoxicating, and Love by Kilian is the closest I can find. But, I really like the zesty coffee-vanilla-orangey white flower combo of Black Opium. Flowerbomb Nectar has a nice kick of zesty gunpowder spice and a heavy dose of syrupy sweetness. Edit: there is definitely a spice I detect midway. The drydown is a pleasant earthiness with vanilla (sandalwood?) Well done.

پشمک با طعم قهوه ... . بر خلاف نسخه های قبلی سری بلک اپیوم سن لورن که هیچ وقت برام جالب نبود . نسخه بلانش بارقه ای از امید در من ایجاد کرد . بهترین دلیلش هم حضور نت برجسته شیر و خامه جهت اعتدال ساختن و گرد کردن نت زبر قهوه هست . عطری به غایت شیرین و زمستونی که تحملش برای هر کسی راحت نیست . . این عطر بر سه محور وانیل - قهوه - مشک بنا شده که شکر کاراملایز شده مقدارش انگار بیش از حده و نت قهوه کمی تو ذوق میزنه . نت اسپایسی که خیلی مشهود نیست در کنار حالتی فلورال در لایه های قهوه و وانیل چیزی شبیهه به دسرهای خوشمزه ایتالیائی مثل تیرامیسو رو القا میکنه . ولی قهوه همچنان تو ذوق میزنه . . آنچنان که باید و شاید شاهد بازی عطر نیستیم . دلیلشم کاملا مشخصه انبوهی از نتهائی با وزن ملکولی سنگین. . تو قلب عطر حدودا نیم ساعت بعد از اسپری وانیل و قهوه کمی ارامش نسبی میگیرند تا نرولی در کنار حس نت مشک حالت شیکتری به خودش بگیره تا بتونند ظرافت و زنانگی یک عطر رو بیشتر اثبات کنند . تقریبا از اینجا به بعد خیلی دوستداشتنی تر میشه . و منو بیاد صورت دخترها تو زمستون که لپهاشون از سرما گل انداخته و ماتیک پر رنگ زرشگی زدند می اندازه که تو شال و کلاه خودشون فرو رفتند ... :V . این عطر علیرغم سنگین بودنش خیلی جوانگرایانه عمل کرده و بیشتر مناسب بانوان جوانه . . گرچه در لیست فهرست ترکیبات این عطر اثری از میوه دیده نمیشه . ولی در درای داون کاملا و بوضوح قابل درکه و من مطمئنم در این عطر هم مانند نسخه های قبلی از نت گلابی که شبیهه کمپوت هست استفاده شده . . نویت بلانش کامپلکسی قوی و سنگین از ترکیبات شیرینه . اگر فکر میکنید به عطرهائی با دوز شیرینی عطرهائی مثل نینا ریچی . سی آرمانی . لاوی ست بله لانکوم . انجل موگله و ...... علاقه مندید حتما اینو تست کنید .

I just tested this last night (with husband in tow) and immediately, as soon as it left the nozzle, I said, "Spice...pepper? Coffee, licorice or anise, sweetened condensed milk (caramel/milk), vanilla, white musk. I was really surprised to see that this really does smell exactly as it reads, and to my surprise even unfolded in that order for me. It was a random sample with a purchase, so I had no idea what to expect. It was fun to test this and guess the notes and see that it really is obvious what it's genetics are before reading them and looking for them pre-test. My husband got the coffee/licorice/sweet/musk right off. I do love this fragrance. I think it's better than Black Opium OG in my opinion, at least on me. The coffee stands up and shouts in this but there's plenty at play in supporting characters. However, the performance wasn't there for me. It smelled gorgeous and unique, like a stand-alone fragrance, or what could have been the OG Black Opium, absolutely delicious... but it was gone in 30 minutes. The sillage was non-existent, becoming a skin scent on me as soon as it began to phase into the dry down. That was the most beautiful opening though, and the heart was short lived but lovely. Sadly, the poor performance wasn't FSB worthy for me to excuse the value/performance imbalance. When I first sprayed it, I thought it was love. But this love was fleeting and unstable.