Opium Oriental Limited Edition

The description of the note families here is entirely off. This is not fruity or sweet or vanillic at all, at least, not the way people expect nowadays. If this has any fruit, to speak of, it's a whisper of orange bitters overlayed on a base of myrrh and pepper. The florals are creamy and very musky, almost not reading as florals at all but more of a retro beauty product like ponds cold cream. The overall picture is more of a dense, peppery, musky affair. The musk floats on top and is what people smell on you. The pepper and spices stay close to the skin. It's more of a mood than a perfume. Like - you wouldn't think someone had on perfume wearing this, it would just be part of the person's aura. Definitely retro, and not for little girls.

This was (and is) not a flanker, but simply Opium Eau de Toilette released in a limited edition bottle for 2005. It was a good time still for Opium, right before L'Oreal got a hold of it and took it down for good. If you like vintage versions of Opium and find this at a reasonable price, it's a good one, and you be assured that it's not the weak, watered down stuff they sell now.

the fragrance!!! you never forget it!!!!!! bottle vonderful!!!!!!

Please let me know if you have one for sale I will be generous !

It's creamier with a bitter undertone (oakmoss?) while the current EdT feels thinner yet sweeter with a cinnamony vibe; I'd say the similarity is 90-95%, but the best part about this version is the gorgeous black bottle with the golden spray top!

嗯,像小时候用的蜂花牌香皂。这大概就是香水的意义了吧...sample已收藏

I agree to the temporalgrace below. This is not a fresher version of Opium, but just a little different. Powerful enough to make you think that you'll never wear it on Springtime, and as much tenacious as you expect from an Opium version. It lasts all day! Indeed, It opens with fresh notes of osmanthus and jasmine but after 2 minutes the familiar Opium scent takes over and embraces you in its oriental hug. Although the notorious beloved narcotic and sweet feeling of the original is somewhat missing, you're still on the same path walking side by side with balsamic and spicy notes. The Opium's base notes seem to be almost all of them here. I think that incense and woody notes are more strong in this version, maybe there's tobacco also? that's why seems less sweet but more dry and smoky at its heart notes. Overall, a great fragrance and a very nice unisex interpratation of the classic formula. The bottle is beautiful for decorating purposes also.

Beautiful and blossomy on a paper strip. You get pure lily of the valley and jasmine with hardly any spice. On skin, everything blends together into a creamy, musky bomb. Gotta go easy with this one.

My bottle smells exactly like the original EDT, it does not seem to match the notes listed on Fragrantica for this scent.

The bottle is absolutely lovely, and the fragrance still was made with oakmoss. This year of Opium was very good~

This is THE REAL THING!!!!!! I'm so happy to have it! One of my top 10!