Layering Lab
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First · Yves Saint LaurentBlack Opium Eau de ToiletteEDT · 2015 · ★ 3.85
Second · Yves Saint LaurentOpium Pour Homme Eau de ParfumEDP · 1995 · ★ 4.63From your collection:Save fragrances to pick from them here


Contrast pairing
Black Opium Eau de Toilette × Opium Pour Homme Eau de Parfum
Fruity, white floral and coffee meets powdery, soft spicy and anis. They share two accords and one note.
The blend
How the pair leans
Each bar adds the two accord profiles, assuming one spray of each. Gold is Black Opium Eau de Toilette, blue is Opium Pour Homme Eau de Parfum. It's arithmetic on the data, not a test on skin.
Black Opium Eau de ToiletteOpium Pour Homme Eau de Parfum
fruityboth
woodyboth
powderysecond
soft spicysecond
anissecond
vanillasecond
ambersecond
fresh spicysecond
white floralfirst
coffeefirst
What each brings
Notes apart, notes in common
Only in Black Opium Eau de Toilette
Pear
Citruses
Green Mandarin
Coffee
Tea
Jasmine
Orange Blossom
White Wood
White Musk
Pear
Citruses
Green Mandarin
Coffee
Tea
Jasmine
Orange Blossom
White Wood
White MuskIn both
Black Currant
Two shared accords:fruitywoody
Only in Opium Pour Homme Eau de Parfum
Star Anise
Sichuan Pepper
Galanga
Bourbon Vanilla
Tolu Balsam
Atlas Cedar
Star Anise
Sichuan Pepper
Galanga
Bourbon Vanilla
Tolu Balsam
Atlas CedarWhy it might work
- Notes in commonBoth list black currant, so the two have a shared base to meet on.
- A shared threadFruity and woody run through both.
What to watch
- One will leadOpium Pour Homme Eau de Parfum is voted eternal and enormous; Black Opium Eau de Toilette moderate on both. Expect Opium Pour Homme Eau de Parfum to lead and Black Opium Eau de Toilette to fade first.
A starting pointOne spray of Opium Pour Homme Eau de Parfum, two of Black Opium Eau de Toilette over it.Weighted toward the one that fades first. Adjust to taste.
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