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Designer / Yves Saint Laurent / Black Opium Le Parfum
the one you wantYves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le ParfumUSD 205, 90 ml
USD 205USD 49
76% less
All 3 matches, ranked
ALT Fragrances Fleur Noire, the bottle
smells like it, for lessALT Fragrances Fleur NoireUSD 49, 100 ml

Smells like Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum.

3 bottles the community rates close to Black Opium Le Parfum, 76 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. vanilla, gourmand, sweet, for women.

Scent overlap

Both bottles' accords, strongest at the top, facing each other. A bar joined through the middle is one they share.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum5 accords
2of 9 accords shared, 22%
ALT Fragrances Fleur Noire6 accords
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Notes of Black Opium Le Parfum

What Yves Saint Laurent publishes. Black means ALT Fragrances Fleur Noire shares the note.

Top

  • pear
  • cinnamon
  • green mandarin

Heart

  • jasmine sambac
  • solar notes
  • orange blossom

Base

  • Madagascar vanilla
  • Bourbon vanilla
  • vanilla absolute
  • coffee
  • patchouli
  • vanilla orchid

Notes of Fleur Noire

What ALT Fragrances publishes. Black means Black Opium Le Parfum shares the note.

Top

  • Vanilla
  • Pear
  • Pink Pepper
  • Orange Blossom
  • Coffee
  • Jasmine
  • Bitter Almond

Base

  • Patchouli
  • Cashmere Wood
  • Cedar

The 3 worth trying, ranked

Similarity is the owners' vote plus the note overlap. Price is a typical US bottle price when the house publishes one. Bars are each match's own accords.

No. 1
ALT Fragrances Fleur Noire, the bottle
Fleur Noire
ALT Fragrances, 100 ml
70similar, reported by several owners, inspired by it
shares 5 of 12 notes
USD 49205
76% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Fleur Noire follows the original Black Opium coffee-vanilla structure, so it is brighter and less vanilla-saturated than Le Parfum, without the pear and cinnamon opening.

Buy Black Opium Le Parfum ifyou want the denser four-vanilla version with pear and cinnamon.
Buy Fleur Noire ifyou want the classic coffee-vanilla Black Opium style cheaply.
No. 2
Dossier Ambery Vanilla, the bottle
Ambery Vanilla
Dossier, 100 ml
65similar, reported by several owners, inspired by it
USD 49205
76% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Ambery Vanilla tracks the original Black Opium with pink pepper and liquorice up top, so it is sharper and lighter than Le Parfum's pear-cinnamon opening and heavy vanilla base.

Buy Black Opium Le Parfum ifyou want a richer, more intense vanilla-coffee for evenings.
Buy Ambery Vanilla ifyou want a lighter coffee-vanilla for daily wear at low cost.
No. 3
Vanilla 28
Kayali, EDP, 100 ml
55similar, reported by a few owners, a close alternative
shares 1 of 12 notes
USD 165205
20% less, typical price
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Where it differs: Vanilla 28 is a stripped-down tonka and brown-sugar vanilla with no coffee or white florals, matching only the sweet opening effect of Le Parfum.

Buy Black Opium Le Parfum ifyou want coffee and jasmine woven through the vanilla.
Buy Vanilla 28 ifyou want a simple, sugary vanilla without the coffee.

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Similarity figures come from owner ratings and published notes, never from a lab, and no bottle here is a copy of another. Brand names appear only to say what a scent is similar to.

Side by side, the way people actually decide

Two bottles, two prices, one honest sentence. Every match on the site has this card.

Read about ALT Fragrances Fleur Noire
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum
USD 205, 90 ml
ALT Fragrances Fleur Noire, the bottle
ALT Fragrances Fleur Noire
USD 49, 100 ml
70 similar, 76 percent less. Fleur Noire follows the original Black Opium coffee-vanilla structure, so it is brighter and less vanilla-saturated than Le Parfum, without the pear and cinnamon opening.

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