OPIUM (the breath of four* raging Chinese dragons), the hinges are torn apart and the doors are broken down.

A lascivious, oriental, magical fragrance, spicy with pure bliss, incredibly sensual, mysterious, addictive, suffocating.

A resinous fragrance, divinely hellish, extraordinarily intoxicating, with men surrendering to its charms.

A fragrance of forbidden euphoria, a seductive bombshell that takes your breath away, a fragrance of ecstasy and carnal pleasures.

It will be the Greatest, and we will call it Opium (It will be the Greatest, and we will call it Opium).                                  (Yves saint Laurent - 1976)

AWARD (1979) from the Fragrance Foundation: YVES SAINT LAURENT OPIUM Fragrance of the Year – Women's Prestige - Fragrance of the Year – Women's Prestige.

The fragrance OPIUM (1977) is an intangible part of the world’s cultural heritage.

It is the third women’s fragrance launched by YVES SAINT LAURENT PARFUMS.

Twenty-nine (29) OPIUM fragrances have been released to date, but the first is unrepeatable.

In 1963, the American cosmetics company Charles of the Ritz began working with YVES SAINT LAURENT.

This fragrance belongs to the First Era (1963–1986), was made in France, and produced at the Yves Saint Laurent factory, which belonged to the same group as Charles of the Ritz, which owned 80% of Yves Saint Laurent.

Cinnabar-red box, gold-colored flowers of fire, all details in the same color, two black (blue)/gold/black (blue) borders in the center, all the rest above and below in black (blue)/gold, with YVES SAINT LAURENT at the bottom on a black (blue) border; the inside of the box is purple, and the product protector is the same color, everything is dreamlike.

Bottle encased in a cinnabar-red lacquered Bakelite holder, based on an antique Japanese samurai design called Inro*; in the middle and on the right side of the bottle is the round window, all details are gold-colored, and there are four small supports for the bottle on the base.

Inro* a (lacquered) case for carrying small items, coarse salt, spices, herbs, opium, etc.; it was hung from their belt or beneath the kimono.

The fragrance was to be named after the design of the bottle.

White spherical half-dome cap, with a gold-colored band at the bottom and a base in the same color.

The beautiful red packaging and bottle, a work of art, were designed by the famous designer Pierre Dinand.

The bottle was made by French craftsmen at Pochet du Courval, bearing the HP trademark, a world leader in glass packaging for luxury fragrances, and the holder by the craftsmen at MBF PLASTIQUES.

The product was imported, packaged and manufactured in France, and distributed in Greece by BIONIKI SA (158 Alexandras Avenue – Athens); we had exclusive sales as authorized distributors. 

PERFUMERS : Jean Louis Sieuzac, Jean Amic, and Raymond Chaillan, using raw materials from Roure Bertrand Dupont, needed thirty (30) attempts to complete this unique fragrance.

FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS: (BOTANICAL – MINERAL – ANIMAL) AND SYNTHETIC (CHEMICAL):

Bergamot (Calabria) - Lemon (Citrus limon - Sicily) - Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) - Neroli (Citrus aurantium – Orange blossom - Calabria) - Plum (Plum) - Clove (Syzygium aromaticum – Sun-dried buds - Zanzibar) - Black pepper (Piper nigrum) - Coriander (Coriandrum sativum - India) – West Indian bay leaves (Bay leaf West Indian – Pimenta racemosa – Caribbean).

Jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum – Grasse) - Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata – Madagascar) - Rose (Rosa damascena – Bulgaria) - Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus – India) - Orris root (Iris pallida) -  Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) - Peach (Prunus persica) - Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum).

Sandalwood (Mysore) - Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin – Leaves - Malaysia) - Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides – Java) - Cedarwood (Cèdre de Virginie - Juniperus virginiana – Red cedar) - Benzoin (Siam - Styrax tonkinensis – Thailand) – Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia – Bourbon Vanilla – Réunion) - Musk (Moschus moschiferus – Tibet) - Benzoin (Java – Styrax benzoin - Indonesia) - Frankincense (Boswellia carterii - Yemen) - Labdanum (Cistus ladaniferus) – Tolu balsam (Myroxylon balsamum – Colombia) - Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha – Yemen) - Opopanax (Commiphora erythraea var.glabrescens - Iran) - Castoreum (Castor fiber) - Ambergris.

Aldehydes.

A lascivious, oriental, magical fragrance, spicy with pure bliss, incredibly sensual, mysterious, addictive, suffocating.

A resinous fragrance, divinely hellish, extraordinarily intoxicating, with men surrendering to its charms.

A fragrance of forbidden euphoria, a seductive bombshell that takes your breath away, a fragrance of ecstasy and carnal pleasures.

The fragrance OPIUM (1977) is an intangible part of the world’s cultural heritage.

Period advertisement (1977) : Never has a fragrance caused such a sensation.

THE   PRODUCT   IS   UNTOUCHED

THE   PRODUCT   HAS   NOT   BEEN   USED

AUTHENTIC   AND   RARE

MADE  IN  FRANCE    EMB  60350       

PRODUCT CODE : 50125

The production code is on the bottom of the box and bottle.

ÁÁÁ      EDITION

Inside the box is an information leaflet about OPIUM products.

Opium is one of the most counterfeited fragrances in history: someone estimated that there are ten fake bottles for every genuine one. Therefore, it is likely that many people have never tried real Opium; they have always worn a fake fragrance, writes

about Opium, on the blog (Raiders of the Lost Scent) by an exceptional fragrance expert. 

PRODUCTION  1982 →  (2207) 

PRODUCTION  1982 →  (2215) 

Four digits on the box and five digits on the bottle, the same digits plus the digit (1) or (2).

four* = So they reach all four points of the compass.