Yves Saint Laurent OPIUM ~ Eau de Toilette 30ml 1oz vintage early-mid 1990s

For those who crave that which made Opium a runway success from the day of its launch, but is looking for  a bottle with not quite the killer vavavoom of the late 1970s to 1980s formula, then this will be perfect for you, for this was the gently reformulated formula produced after having sold off the division to Sanofi in the early 1990s as can be seen by the sticker to the base of the bottle .

For YSL parfums, crippled with dept after their court battle over the perfume Champagne, sold the parfum division to Sanofi in 1993 to be sold off again by Sanofi only few years later ( These boxes were marked with the Sanofi name to the base flap & bottles)...Date batch code 81041 to base of bottle

OPIUM was created in 1977 by Jean-Louis Sievzec  & became a runaway success from the day of its launch, it has had a few new interpretations over the years, forget what Opium has been forced to become, this is exquisite 

Top notes are mandarin orange, lily-of-the-valley and bergamot; middle notes are red myrhh, jasmine and marigold; base notes are amber, patchouli, opoponax and vanilla