OPIUM: Vintage Bottles Parade.

"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.

Bottom of box, "YSL Paris" label, batch 4312
year 1984
(other numbers are not related with batches)

Generic YSL Parfums Corp. label
it means years 1986 to 1993

Bottom of box, "Parfums Corp." label
batch 2321, year 1992

"Parfums Corp." label, batch 23371
year 1992

"New York  Paris" label  = "Parfums Corp."
batch  61302 = probably year 1986   

(from ebay) WARNING "Parfums Corp." label
batch 41301 = year 1994
(NOTE: it should be a "Sanofi" label)

"Parfums Corp." / N.Y.Paris style label
label 61442, probably year 1986

from Fragrantica.ru
"Parfums.Corp", batch nr.53171= year 1985 

Uncommon label:
"Parfums Corp." label, Made in USA
(years 1986-1993)

from Fragrantica.ru
Parfums Corp.  + barcode
batch 1294 = year 1991

"Sanofi" label,  batch 81261
year 1998

"Sanofi" label , batch 93571
year 1999

Bottom of box, "Sanofi" label
year 1996.

"Sanofi" label, batch 73091
year 1997

"YSL Parfums" label + NEUILLY
batch 5AAA, year 2005

from Fragrantica.ru
Neully Cedex (PPR-Gucci Era)
batch 41181 = year 2004

"YSL Parfums" label + NEUILLY
batch 8BAB, year 2008

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)

(from ebay) WARNING: "Parfums Corp.", years 1986-1993
batch 4208 = year 1994
(it should be a "Sanofi" box)

Opium with barcode on the box, without the long list of ingredients
=  between 1990 and 2004-2005

WARNING Opium with barcode and LONG LIST OF INGREDIENTS
= after 2004-2005

from Fragrantica.ru
Sanofi label  batch 91941 = year 1999

"YSL Parfums" label + Neuilly
batch 7CAA = year 2007

"YSL Parfums" label + NEUILLY
batch 40262, year 2004

YSL Parfums + Neuilly + BRI (L'Oreal)
batch 9BCA = year 2009

"YSL Parfums" label, + NEUILLY + BRI (L'Oreal)
batch  8BAA = year 2008

"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

batch with numbers and letters 9BCA + BRI (L'Oreal)
= year 2009

Generic "YSL" label without the word "Parfums".
years 2008-2011





(....and more to add)