Yves Saint Laurent · 2012
Opium Vapeurs de Parfum Parfum
Longevity
5–10 hmost of 24 people
Projection
Variesreports split
Season
Warmer monthsmost worn
floral
powdery
romantic
sweet orange blossom powder, warmed by vanilla
Scent Notes
Floral
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What the community says
Often worn in warmer months
Scendira's summary of what people post on perfume review sites, updated 25 Oct 2026: 41 describe how long it lasts, 26 how far it projects and 75 how it smells. Most other posts only name Opium Vapeurs de Parfum.
How long it lasts41 people
5–10 h
for most people
0 h3 h6 h9 h12+ h
Most people get 5–10 hours. From 24 people who said how many hours. The dot is the middle answer (6.5 h).
Lasts on many people, not everyone
How far it projects
Too early to call
In words
Early reports, from 26 people so far, are mixed.
When people wear it
Warmer months
most worn
Warmer months
Summary in words
Yves Saint Laurent Opium Vapeurs de Parfum: what people say about it.
In short: Often worn in warmer months.
Most often worn by women.
Most people get 5–10 hours of wear (24 people who said how many hours; the middle answer is 6.5 hours).
Lasts on many people, not everyone (41 people).
Too early to call: Early reports, from 26 people so far, are mixed.
Of the 35 mentions of a season, about 3 in 4 are about warmer weather.
People wear it most for: warmer months.
Each person counts once per topic. Reported experiences, not verified purchases; skin, climate and batch change how a scent wears.
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How we count
- It sums up what 150+ people have said about this perfume in community discussions and perfume reviews, up to 25 Oct 2026.
- Each person counts once per topic, however often they posted. A count or bar only appears once enough people have described that topic.
- These are reported experiences, not verified-purchase reviews or a rating. Skin, climate and batch all change how a scent wears.
- Scendira’s AI reads each review and post and tags what it says (how long it lasts, how far it projects, how it smells). We count each person once per topic; the sentences here are written from those counts.
Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
Think sweet orange blossom powder, warmed by vanilla: that is Yves Saint Laurent Opium Vapeurs de Parfum. It opens with mandarin orange and pink pepper, moves into orange blossom and jasmine and settles on benzoin, vanilla and patchouli. It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
This parfum works across all four seasons and is a daytime scent. It suits date nights. Released in 2012.
Wearers report that it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something floral and powdery for date nights.
- Sample first if: floral is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike powdery fragrances.
Around $51.
Explore more: More from Yves Saint Laurent · Floral perfumes · Pink pepper perfumes · Orange blossom perfumes
Concentration
Parfum
Occasion
Date
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans feminine
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Date
Yves Saint Laurent has been releasing fragrances since 1964; Scendira lists 313 of them, with 77 in stock live. The catalogue divides cleanly into the vintage-heritage arm (Opium 1977, Rive Gauche 1971) and the modern gender-fluid line, Libre, Y, MYSLF, Myself, Libre Le Parfum. Prices in stock run $9 to $390. Community's top five right now are the divisive-and-loved Opium Pour Homme EDP (star anise vanilla cedar, 1995), Opium Parfum (1977 amber incense spice), 6 place Saint Sulpice (smoky leather resin, 2017), Y EDP (fresh apple sage aromatic, 2018) and Rive Gauche pour Homme (fougère star-anise, 2003). Family lean is gourmand-forward on the feminine side, fresh-aromatic on the masculine side.
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FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like sweet orange blossom powder, warmed by vanilla. It opens with mandarin orange and pink pepper, moves into orange blossom and jasmine and settles on benzoin, vanilla and patchouli.
Wearers report that it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
It works across all four seasons. It is a daytime scent. It suits date nights.
It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
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