"It will be the Greatest, and
we will call it Opium"
(Yves Saint Laurent, 1976)
A show trying to identify Opium bottles through the years.
(Warning: for more infos about YSL batch-numbers and codes, see here )
OPIUM
date launch: year 1977.
Status: still in production.
1977- 1986: Bottles and boxes with "Yves Saint Laurent, Paris" label style
1986- 1993: Bottles and boxes with "YSL Parfums Corp." and/or "N.Y, Paris" label
1993- 1999: Bottles and boxes with "Sanofi" label. (Sanofi Era started in 1993, ended in 1999)
1999- 2007: Bottles and boxes with "YSL Parfums" and "Neuilly" label ( PPR-GUCCI Era)
(since 2004: 4-digits i.e. 1 number + 3 letters batch code)
(since 2005: long list of "ingredients" printed on boxes)
2008- 2011: Bottles and boxes with generic "YSL" label (without the word "Parfums") AND the "B.R.I" (l'Oreal). label
since 2011: Bottles and boxes with "YSL Beaute" label
(Warning: during transition periods, box and labels were mixed up, and used incorrectly)
(note: some pictures were taken from the web, Ebay, social networks. I'll remove immediately under request)
Please pay attention to images labeled WARNING.
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| Bottom of box, "YSL Paris" label, batch 4312 year 1984 (other numbers are not related with batches) |
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| Generic YSL Parfums Corp. label it means years 1986 to 1993 |
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| Bottom of box, "Parfums Corp." label batch 2321, year 1992 |
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| "Parfums Corp." label, batch 23371 year 1992
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| (from ebay) WARNING "Parfums Corp." label batch 41301 = year 1994 (NOTE: it should be a "Sanofi" label) |
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| "Parfums Corp." / N.Y.Paris style label label 61442, probably year 1986 |
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| from Fragrantica.ru "Parfums.Corp", batch nr.53171= year 1985 |
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| Uncommon label: "Parfums Corp." label, Made in USA (years 1986-1993) |
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| from Fragrantica.ru Parfums Corp. + barcode batch 1294 = year 1991 |
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| "Sanofi" label, batch 81261 year 1998 |
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| "Sanofi" label , batch 93571 year 1999 |
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| Bottom of box, "Sanofi" label year 1996. |
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| "Sanofi" label, batch 73091 year 1997 |
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| "YSL Parfums" label + NEUILLY batch 5AAA, year 2005 |
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| from Fragrantica.ru Neully Cedex (PPR-Gucci Era) batch 41181 = year 2004 |
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| "YSL Parfums" label + NEUILLY batch 8BAB, year 2008 |
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| WARNING there are two numbers. the batch code is the number ending with "1" or "2". in this case 03872 Years = 1980 OR 1990 OR 2000 (you have to check the box) |
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| (from ebay) WARNING: "Parfums Corp.", years 1986-1993 batch 4208 = year 1994 (it should be a "Sanofi" box) |
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| Opium with barcode on the box, without the long list of ingredients = between 1990 and 2004-2005 |
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| WARNING Opium with barcode and LONG LIST OF INGREDIENTS = after 2004-2005 |
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| from Fragrantica.ru Sanofi label batch 91941 = year 1999 |
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| "YSL Parfums" label + Neuilly batch 7CAA = year 2007 |
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| "YSL Parfums" label + NEUILLY batch 40262, year 2004 |
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| YSL Parfums + Neuilly + BRI (L'Oreal) batch 9BCA = year 2009
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"YSL Parfums" label + NEUILLY batch 6IAA, year 2006  (from ebay) WARNING: "Parfum Corp." (notice the New York label) years 1986-1993, batch number 50881 =year 1995 (it should be a Sanofi label)  (from ebay) "Parfums Corp.", (years 1986-1993) batch number 12941 = year 1991
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