Bold, dark, and irresistibly addictive — Black Opium (W) Fragrance Oil brings the iconic coffee-vanilla-floral intensity of one of modern perfumery's most compelling feminine fragrances into your home, your candles, and your creative work.
Product Details
- Type: Premium Fragrance Oil — Designer-Inspired Type
- Scent Profile: Dark roasted coffee, white florals, vanilla warmth, patchouli depth
- Best For: Oil burners, wax warmers, candle making, wax melts, reed diffusers
- Suitable For: Luxury candle makers, designer-inspired fragrance creators, bold home fragrance enthusiasts
Why Choose Black Opium (W) Fragrance Oil
Black Opium by YSL became one of the defining feminine fragrances of its era precisely because it dared to combine the bold, dark intensity of coffee with white florals and a sweet, warm vanilla-patchouli base. The result was something simultaneously familiar and distinctive — a fragrance with genuine presence and character that refused to be ignored.
Black Opium (W) Fragrance Oil captures that bold, dark-sweet character for home fragrance and craft applications. In candle wax, the coffee-vanilla combination produces a genuinely luxurious, distinctive hot throw. In an oil burner, the dark, sweet, floral complexity fills the room with something unmistakably confident. As a wax melt, it is one of the most recognisable and requested designer-type fragrance profiles available.
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Black Opium (W) Fragrance Oil Applications
- Oil burner: 3–5 drops — allow 10 minutes for the full dark-floral-coffee complexity to emerge
- Wax warmer: Bold, dark, sweet wax warmer character — distinctive and immediately recognisable
- Candle making: 6–10% fragrance load for luxurious, designer-inspired candles with exceptional hot throw
- Wax melts: One of the most popular and highest-performing designer-type oils in wax melt applications
- Soap making: 3–5% in cold process or melt-and-pour for a bold, distinctive luxury wash bar
- Reed diffuser: 20–30% in reed diffuser base for continuous, dark-sweet ambient luxury fragrance
How to Use Black Opium (W) Fragrance Oil
- For oil burners, add 3–5 drops to a water-filled dish over a tea light — allow full development time for the complex profile.
- For candle making, incorporate at 6–10% into melted wax at 65–70°C, stir thoroughly, and pour.
- For wax melts, use at 8–10% for the fullest, most intense expression of the bold character.
- For soap, add 3–5% at trace and blend well before pouring into moulds.
- For reed diffusers, mix 20–30% with a carrier base for long-lasting dark luxury diffusion.
Safety Instructions
- For home fragrance and craft use only — not for direct skin application
- Avoid contact with eyes, nose, and mucous membranes
- Store away from heat, sunlight, and open flame
- Keep out of reach of children and pets
- Do not ingest
- If skin contact occurs, wash with soap and water immediately