Yves Saint Laurent is celebrating 4 decades of luxury with the unveiling of a special edition of the iconic ‘Opium’ fragrance. Twenty hand-numbered transformed bottles of Opium Extrait de Parfum were created by artist and gilder Manuela Paul-Cavallier into a contemporary expression of the luxury brand. Paul-Cavallier reworked on the bottle using various meticulous techniques, and added touches of striking gold as a symbol of the metal cherished by Yves Saint Laurent at that time. The fragrance combines top notes of mandarin with middle floral notes of jasmine and miniature carnation, and a base comprising amber and patchouli—all of this housed in a bottle with a black silk tassel and attached bead, inspired by small Japanese lacquered cases called inrō.
