This dupe for YSL Black Opium is less than $20 a bottle
*Bulk buys enough to last until Christmas*
As far as beauty buys go, perfume is top tier-level indulgence at its finest.
The thing we don’t really love, however, is that most of our go-to fragrances often have less than realistic price tags.
So when we are on the last few dregs of our favourite sweet perfumes, you better believe we’re siphoning every last precious drop of the damn stuff as if our lives depended on it.
But if the idea of being between bottles and the anxiety of going without the comfort of an olfactory is all too much, we a) completely understand, and b) have a salve to soothe your fragrance mourning.
Introducing the delightfully opportunistic concept of fragrance dupes.
We’ve already found some stellar dupes for discontinued fragrances, and a plethora of Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 dupes. And now, we’ve even hunted down a dupe for the Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Eau de Parfum ($129.99 at Chemist Warehouse).
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Eau de Parfum
Yep, turns out the sweetly addictive black coffee and white floral fragrance has a very inexpensive doppelganger roaming the back alleys of online perfume outlets.
Black Addiction by Mirage Brands for Women Eau de Parfum ($19.90 at Kogan) boasts a fragrance profile of warm vanilla notes, comforting amber, refreshing pear, spicy pink pepper, and zesty orange blossom.
Black Addiction by Mirage Brands for Women Eau de Parfum
YSL’s Black Opium has distinct touches of cedarwood, patchouli and black coffee for a slightly richer experience than it’s budget-friendly counterpart, but the essence of the fragrance lives on in the strikingly similar Black Addiction perfume bottle it’s housed in.
Scared to dabble in the world of gourmand scents? Your guide to wearing sweet fragrances during the day.
Main image credit: @yslbeauty
Briar Clark got her start in the media industry in 2017, as an intern for Marie Claire and InStyle. Since then, her keen interest in fashion and beauty has landed her gigs as a Digital Content Producer and Beauty Editor with titles like Girlfriend, Refinery29, BEAUTYcrew and beautyheaven. She loves the way seemingly innocuous topics like skin care and style have the ability to put a smile on people’s faces or make them think about themselves a little differently. A big believer in self love and experimentation, Briar has made a point of becoming the Australian beauty industry’s unofficial guinea pig for unusual treatments and daring hair trends. When she’s not testing out the latest beauty launches, Briar is big on broadening her horizons, mostly in the form of food but she’s also partial to travelling to new destinations both near and far (and of course, allocating an extra bag to bring their best beauty offerings home with her).
