OPIUM Deodorant (the breath of four* raging Chinese dragons), the hinges split and the bolts fly apart.

A lustful oriental, magical deodorant, spicy with pure bliss, incredibly sensual, mysterious, addictive, intoxicating.

A resinous deodorant, divinely sinful, extraordinarily intoxicating, with men surrendering to its charm.

A deodorant of forbidden euphoria, a seductive bombshell, breathtaking, a deodorant 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 OPIUM fragrance (1977) is an intangible universal cultural heritage.

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

Twenty-nine (29) OPIUM fragrances have been launched 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 is from the First Era (1963 - 1986), made in France; production took place 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, golden-hued flowers of fire, all details in the same color; two black (blue)/gold/black (blue) borders at 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, as is the product's protective insert, everything is dreamlike.

Heavy glass bottle, with three equal-sized panels on both the front and back, rounded edges on both sides for a secure grip, all details in cinnabar (red).

Cap integrated into the glass bottle, lacquered Bakelite, in cinnabar (red), with a gold-colored strip at the bottom, beautiful.

The beautiful red packaging and the 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 global leader in luxury perfume glass packaging, and the case 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), and we had exclusive sales rights 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.

AROMATIC RAW MATERIALS: (PLANT-BASED – 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 (Virginia cedar - 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) - Opoponax (Commiphora erythraea var.glabrescens - Iran) - Castoreum (Castor fiber) - Ambergris.

Aldehydes.

A lustful oriental, magical deodorant, spicy with pure bliss, incredibly sensual, mysterious, addictive, intoxicating.

A resinous deodorant, divinely sinful, extraordinarily intoxicating, with men surrendering to its charm.

A deodorant of forbidden euphoria, a seductive bombshell, breathtaking, a deodorant of ecstasy and carnal pleasures.

The OPIUM fragrance (1977) is an intangible universal cultural heritage.

Period advertisement (1977) : No fragrance had ever caused such a sensation.

THE   PRODUCT   IS   UNTOUCHED

THE   PRODUCT   HAS   NOT   BEEN   USED

AUTHENTIC   AND   RARE 

MADE  IN  FRANCE    EMB  60350       

PRODUCT CODE : 51127

ÁÁÁ      EDITION

PRODUCTION  1982 

four* = To reach all four points of the compass.