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The Perfume Bible / A closer look

Black Opium
meets Very Good Girl Elixir.

Compare the recorded scent profiles, then decide what to sample.

Shared ground

Bitter Almond · Vanilla

Both records list these notes. Shared notes do not guarantee the same smell.

The distinction

Concentration not recorded leads with vanilla; Eau de parfum leads with cherry. The table below separates their listed profiles and voting data.

At a glance
Black Opium bottle
Yves Saint Laurent

Black Opium

Concentration not recorded

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Carolina Herrera Very Good Girl Elixir bottle
Carolina Herrera

Very Good Girl Elixir

Eau de parfum

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ConcentrationConcentration not recordedEau de parfum
Listed bottle sizes10 mL · 30 mL · 50 mL · 90 mL · 150 mL
Checked 2026-09-21 · US catalog · Listed formats, not live stock.
Not yet verified
Brand originFranceUnited States
Made inNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Listed year20142024
Leading accordsvanilla · coffee · sweetcherry · almond · vanilla
Notes unique to this recordPear, Pink Pepper, Orange Blossom, Coffee, Jasmine, Licorice, Patchouli, Cashmere Wood, CedarBlack Cherry, Rose, Tuberose, Cocoa
Longevity / 53.32 · 16,042 votes3.31 · 573 votes
Projection / 42.33 · 15,701 votes2.21 · 556 votes

Scores are category averages, not hours or controlled measurements. Different vote samples are not a head-to-head wear test. “Unique” notes here means absent from the other record, not proof of a formula difference.

Compare the labels

Ingredients, side by side.

Read the declared lists for the editions shown. Shared entries do not mean identical formulas, proportions or scent.

A label comparison will appear when both ingredient lists are verified for the same market.

Black Opium

Ingredient list not yet verified for this edition and market.

Very Good Girl Elixir

Eau de parfum · US listing · 30 mL bottle; 10 mL megaspritzer

Alcohol denat., Parfum (fragrance), Aqua (water), Hexyl cinnamal, Linalool, Limonene, Coumarin, Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, Benzyl benzoate, Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Anise alcohol, Alcohol, Isoeugenol, Citral, Tris(tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol) citrate, Geraniol, CI 14700 (red 4), Benzyl alcohol, CI 60730 (ext. violet 2), CI 17200 (red 33), CI 19140 (yellow 5).

Source: Carolina Herrera official US product ingredient declaration · Checked 2026-09-22

These are published ingredient declarations, separate from scent notes. “Parfum” or “fragrance” can represent a mixture without listing every component. Formulations can change by market and batch; check the packaging on your bottle. A matching or missing entry does not establish suitability for an allergy.

Follow your curiosity.

A starting point, not a verdict

Concentration not recorded

Start here if the listed vanilla and coffee direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.

Eau de parfum

Start here if the listed cherry and almond direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.