OPIUM Soap (the breath of four* raging Chinese dragons), the hasps are torn off and the hinges are broken.

The soap comes in a beautiful opaque case (with small holes in the base and white compressed paper to absorb moisture), made of Bakelite for carrying and storage, in cinnabar red, bearing the name and logo of the house.

A sensuous, oriental, magical soap, spicy, pure bliss, incredibly sensual, mysterious, addictive, intoxicating.

A resinous soap, divinely damned, intensely intoxicating, with men surrendering to its charms.

A soap of forbidden euphoria, a seductive bombshell that takes your breath away—a soap 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.

The OPIUM fragrance (1977) is an intangible part of our global cultural heritage.

It is the third women's fragrance launched by the house of 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 soap is from the First Era (1963–1986), made in France. It was 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, flames in golden hues, with all the details in the same color; two black (blue)/gold/black (blue) borders across the center, and all the other details above and below in black (blue)/gold. At the bottom, YVES SAINT LAURENT appears on a black (blue) border. The inside of the box and the product's protective insert are purple, all dreamlike.

Lacquered Bakelite case in cinnabar red, based on an antique Japanese Samurai design called Inro*, with all details in gold.

Inro* a lacquered case for carrying small items such as coarse salt, spices, herbs, opium, etc. It was hung from their belt or beneath the kimono.

The fragrance was to be named after the bottle design.

The beautiful red packaging, a work of art, was designed by renowned designer Pierre Dinand.

The case was made by French craftsmen at MBF PLASTIQUES, a global leader in plastic packaging for luxury products.

The product was imported, packaged and manufactured in France, and distributed in Greece by VIONIKI SA (158 Alexandras Avenue, Athens), with exclusive sales through us as authorized distributors.

PERFUMERS : Jean Louis Sieuzac, Jean Amic and Raymond Chaillan, using raw materials from Roure Bertrand Dupont, required 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 (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 sensuous, oriental, magical soap, spicy, pure bliss, incredibly sensual, mysterious, addictive, intoxicating.

A resinous soap, divinely damned, intensely intoxicating, with men surrendering to its charms.

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

The OPIUM fragrance (1977) is an intangible part of our global cultural heritage.

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

THE PRODUCT IS INTACT

THE PRODUCT HAS NOT BEEN USED

GENUINE AND RARE

MADE  IN  FRANCE    EMB  76750       

PRODUCT CODE: 51115

The production code is on the logo on the soap's cellophane wrapper and on the bottom of the box.

ÁÁÁ      EDITION

PRODUCTION  1981 → (1306)

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