The better-than-half-price deal is part of the beauty store’s huge Black Friday selection
When it comes to perfumes, few brands are as widely recognised as Yves Saint Laurent. Now, shoppers at Boots can get their hands on a massively reduced bottle of one of the designer fragrances as part of the Black Friday sale.
The Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Eau de Parfum Over Red has been cut in price and, at the time of writing, was one of the best deals in terms of discount on the Boots website. Originally, the 50ml perfume bottle should cost shoppers £105, but the Black Friday deal cuts that down by more than half to £49, saving shoppers a huge £56.
The Boots website described the perfume as being “captivating, unparalleled in provocation, deliberatively seductive”. It uses notes of black coffee, orange blossom and vanilla from the original YSL Black Opium with a twist of cherry accord and jasmine flower.
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There are similar perfumes on offer during Black Friday at other stores. For example, Superdrug has a range of deals, including the Calvin Klein Euphoria for Her (was £82, now £31 for 100ml), and The Perfume Shop has slashed the price of Vera Wang’s popular Princess scent (was £66, now £19.99 for 100ml).
However, dozens of shoppers were pleased with the Boots deal and have been praising the perfume for years. One said: “I always get compliments whilst wearing it.” Another wrote: “Amazing, luxurious and smells divine! This scent is my all-time favourite.”
A third put in their review: “I have fallen in love hard and fast with this perfume. I’ve always been a fan of the original YSL Black Opium and this takes the classic scent to a new level. On my initial wear I thought the cherry in the scent faded quickly on my skin, but hours later a co-worker asked me if I was wearing a new, fruity perfume. I was surprised he could still smell it!”
Someone else said: “This scent is similar to the regular black opium but the cherry adds a fun twist. I get compliments on it all the time.” A fifth shopper suggested: “This is a perfect perfume for winter.”
However, a few shoppers did share some issues they had, with one shopper putting online that the scent was “overpowering and instantly gave [them] a headache”. Someone else warned that they “can’t smell it anymore after 10 minutes”, and a third said: “This reminds me of a cough medicine. If you like this, you will probably love this perfume.”.
However, many people were praising the perfume and claiming that its scent reminded them of an even more expensive one, which is priced at £290 for the 50ml version in Boots. One claimed: “Compared to Tom Ford Lost Cherry, it is slightly sweeter and lasts way longer!”
Another suggested: “This scent reminded me a lot of the Tom Ford Lost Cherry perfume but I loved the mix of the Black Opium on top of the cherry. It’s become one of my go-to scents! A third person put: “Like a sexier version of Tom Ford’s Lost Cherry. It’s gorgeous!”
