Black Opium Crystal Jacket

Black Opium Crystal Jacket is a 2014 women's Oriental Vanilla from Yves-Saint-Laurent, built on a pear, pink pepper and orange blossom opening that gives way to a coffee-centered heart of jasmine, bitter almond and licorice. The base settles into vanilla, patchouli, cashmere wood and cedar. Collectors will recognize the familiar Black Opium architecture here, with vanilla dominant and coffee close behind, softened by sweet and white floral accords and lifted by warm and soft spice.

This is a scent for those who like their orientals gourmand-leaning and cozy rather than austere: the bitter almond and licorice keep the coffee from turning flat, while patchouli and cedar give the vanilla a dry spine. It suits evening wear, cool weather and anyone building a YSL reference shelf who wants the Crystal Jacket presentation as much as the juice. If you already know the original, expect the same core in a dressed-up bottle; if you are new to the line, this is an accessible entry point into coffee-vanilla territory.

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