Eau Sauvage

And so we come to it, the one and only Eau Sauvage. It’s quite possibly the most sublime, masculine fragrance ever created. A beautiful fragrance is wonderful on many levels, but perhaps its greatest charm is in its ability to transport the wearer back to a particular time and place, and so it is for me with Eau Sauvage. It’s the height of summer, 1984; I’m 18 years old. Friday night’s ritual has just begun. Back then the weekend could never come around fast enough. That desire to escape the drudgery of the office nine to five felt even more pressing on swelteringly hot days. Home by six, wash, shave and exchange the grey suit and muted tie for something more relaxed; something to dance in. Maybe it’ll be the slightly oversized pale blue linen suit and loose-fitting cheesecloth, pastel coloured shirt tonight. Whatever I wear, it’s set off perfectly with a liberal splash of Eau Sauvage after shave. Even at eight o’clock as I set off to meet friends, the sun is still warm and the air is buzzing with life. My little Italian sports car has seen better days, but it’s as eager as I am to eat up the country roads and reach the city and the unknown adventures ahead. Tonight could be the night I meet the love of my life, the girl of my dreams. Meeting with friends, we decide on which nightclub to venture inside. We chat, we drink, we dance! My eyes meet those of a young woman across the dancefloor and we edge closer together. Later I drive her home, we kiss on her doorstep and exchange phone numbers, before I head off into the early morning moonlight. It’s still warm, as the wind whistles through my hair and I smile with contentment, listening to David Bowie on the cassette player. Eau Sauvage lingers in the air. A perfect night! This, then, is Eau Sauvage for me. It screams summer, it screams carefree days full of freedom without responsibility. It is all the adventures and possibilities of youth. I’ve set out what Eau Sauvage means to me in terms of the memories it elicits, because I think it’s important to make clear that my review of it highly subjective, being as it is, wrapped up with a great deal of nostalgia. On first applying the fragrance, it does seem to lead with the citrus notes of lemon and bergamot, but before one is able to pin it down, the aromatics come in, and blend perfectly. Sometimes I can pick out the basil, but just as I think I have it, it disappears back into the mix. It is the same, but to a lesser extent, with the rosemary. An oddity about this fragrance for me is that, considering there is no juniper note, I get a strong gin ‘n’ tonic experience from it. There's a bright, crisp, fizz evident in the opening. Then, as the tanginess drops away, jasmine, patchouli and sandalwood come in, making it a lot smoother, but the citrus remains noticeable, even when the scent dries down and the vetiver starts to dominate. I should add that I'm reviewing Eau Sauvage aftershave, which to me smells exactly the same as it did when I first used it. Eau Sauvage is my history, it will always remain in my collection. UPDATE: I've recently had the opportunity to test the EdT. To me, it smells the same as the aftershave, perhaps a bit stronger. Where it is different is the amount of time it is evident on my skin; compared to the aftershave, which lasts just a couple of hours, the EdT lasts for around 6 hours. My photo: https://www.fragrantica.com/fragram/fp/300947 Tested: 100ml full bottle Seasons / Occasions: Mainly for spring and summer. Suitable for relaxed, daytime and evenings Key thoughts: Fragrance of my youth. Reminds me of a refreshing, aromatic gin 'n' tonic Overall rating: 10/10 (due to nostalgia) 9.5/10 (more objectively) Buy again: Yes

A wonderful fragrance only brought down by its performance. I'm not usually the type to care much about that sort of thing, and I tend to consider most frags fairly strong, but this one is noticeably weaker to me. Which is a real shame considering how good the juice is. I wish the price were a bit lower to reflect the cut performance of modern formulations. (Not that I've smelled the vintage myself, but with the projection's longevity this short it's not hard to believe.) Know ahead of time that it's going to settle into intimate range fairly quickly if you intend to buy a full bottle. I'm not some dudebro that needs to announce himself to the building before the door opens, but this is a touch too subtle for my taste. Hopefully it sticks to clothes better in future wears. Besides that? Pure class. Not a single complaint about the scent itself. In fact, this is the first time I've truly loved citrus in a fragrance. That might sound odd given how ubiquitous citrus notes are in anything but winter fragrance nowadays, but they're usually blended far too loud, and scream overtop the rest of the composition in my opinion. Especially so in many modern frags that have that artificially hyped-up sort of citrus that almost feels like you're snorting the fruit's juice rather than smelling it. I bring it up to clarify how this frag is the opposite of that - and at the time of writing - is the sole example of such an interpretation of the note that I'm aware of. The citrus here sits comfortably along with the rest of the composition, blending in beautifully with the greenery and adding a fresh, tart zest of cleanliness that I'm not used to having in fougères. It's elegant. Doubly so because of the note's realism by not oversaturating itself. It's not a headache-inducing yellow to keep the children distracted by the pretty colors. The slightly muted nature of it really goes a long way for me in selling the scent's sophistication. A citrus-leaning fragrance not stabbing me in the nose? Has hell frozen over? Am I having a stroke? In all seriousness, this scent was added onto the favorites pile pretty much immediately. I knew within 2-3 minutes that I'd struck perfumery gold again as long as the drydown didn't suck, and it doesn't. The citrus and fougère structure both have this wonderfully musky, subtly floral profile that holds everything together and adds finishing cohesion. These two accords overlap in a way that feels slightly soapy, yet ultimately human and lived in. I think this is probably the part that some people consider "outdated". I guess I can see how it might come across as off to a nose that only understands heavy molecule-driven scents. This fragrance doesn't make everything as bright as possible, or pump enough Ambroxan into the air to make a ww1 vet have flashbacks of the trenches if they were still around. Personally I think the vintage approach is what makes it so good. It feels more naturalistic, even if it isn't. Modern perfumery can sometimes feel weirdly sterile with how notes can float in empty space. I hope you get what I mean and I'm not talking nonsense here. The current aversion to animalics or anything but the absolute cleanest of musks can ironically make fragrances less personable at times. These elements are often what I appreciate the most in vintage perfumery. So no, I don't find the scent "dated". It's old-school yes, but in a good way. It's not grandpa feebly hobbling around, it's a lense into another era. It's olfactory art that reflects back an after-image of the world it was created in.

(222mL splash from the mid 1980s) I've lathered myself in this - bathed myself in it; back of arms, inside of arms, back of hands, and neck... and it's either weak or I'm anosmic. Has the age of my bottle compromised its integrity? Or, is its close-to-the-skin subtlety and short lifespan part of the original intent? One day I'll do an arm-by-arm comparison with my other vintage bottle and find out; yes, I have two bottles because, regardless of this issue, I can't imagine myself not having plenty of this perfume to last me my life. I'm not the only one that has taken issue with its strength and longevity, and I'm also far from being the only one that thinks this is classic 70s/80s masculinity in a bottle. It's a square-chiseled jaw with subtle brown stubble, refined yet understated clothes, piercing eyes and a disarming smile. The lemon and bergamot top fades very quickly on skin, but lasts a good amount of time on the blotter (maybe this bottle is not as compromised as I suspect?). The first dry down, which happens quite quickly on blotters and skin, goes straight into a smooth but very dry herbal and floral heart. The top is the piercing eyes, the herbs and florals are the disarming smile because that middle is so comforting and smooth. It's rare, particularly these days, for herbs to not have a bracing and sharp vegetal green quality. Eau Sauvage's heart manages to smell like an herbal suspension. Then comes the square-chiseled and stubble coated jaw line in the form of ample oakmoss - real oakmoss! - musks, and touches of vetiver and woods. That real, glorious oakmoss and musk base is what triggers modern noses into immediately saying Eau Sauvage smells too old school or retro. However, we must note that the reason why it smells old school/retro is because we can't use real oakmoss anymore and haven't been able to for quite some time; had it still been permitted today, more masculine perfumes would smell like this - and how much better our life would be. Because this feels a bit dated to modern noses, and because the base is very much the star player when the overall life of the fragrance is considered, not many would want to pull this off nor could they pull it off. It will take a confident gentleman of a particular style to be able to handle Eau Sauvage in today's world. If we were to flash back to the 70s and 80s, when tons of men everywhere wore this, I cannot help but notice the correlation between how much masculinity has culturally changed to how much masculine perfumes have changed with it. This perfume had its heyday, and deserving of that and many more it is. But, perhaps today, we should not mourn that its heyday has passed and it is relegated to the shelves of connoisseurs and collectors since, after all, that's where the most beautiful things inevitably go.

Eau Sauvage isn't very common in Texas, at least, not my area. I eventually got tired of going into stores, asking for Eau Sauvage, and getting a "Eau Sauvage? Right over here..." Only to be directed to the modern Sauvage and realizing they said "Oh, Sauvage?" Suspend your disbelief, that really happened. Fear not, a 100ml tester from Jomashop solved my problem pretty quick. That place is a menace to my wallet... Make no mistake, this is some fine stuff, but in every sense of the word. Eau Sauvage is a product of its time in regards to its power, or lack thereof. The opening is an amazing shock of lemon and lemongrass, and is close to Guerlain Vetiver for my all time favorite opening. But the whole "When life gives you lemons" vibe doesn't stick around too long, and what persists is a soft musk of light florals and fuzzy woodiness that's mostly a clean vetiver. Apparently the old formulations had a higher dose of oakmoss, but good luck getting a bottle. The modern formulation reminds me of a warm spring night, with the scent of budding flowers and dewy greenery blowing in with the wind. “Ethereal” is a word that people aptly use often in Eau Sauvage reviews. I mentioned that Eau Sauvage doesn't have a lot of power, and that's true, but it's light in a different way. I've gotten over eight hours with two sprays (The atomiser is very nice), but it's gentle wafts, not a steady buzz like Eau Sauvage's younger relative. As much as a full bottle costs for this stuff if you don't use a discounter, I could see why one would be upset. However, this isn't a modern room filler, and may've been used by Austin Powers types back in the day, but this ain't for clubbing. It's tasteful, it's refined, but it also can come off a little "old." I've talked to some who don't care for the warm spice. Because of this, Eau Sauvage is also better suited for something more elevated than a t-shirt, unless it's that part of the summer where you really can't bear to wear another layer... I don't usually bring up the bottle unless it's particularly noteworthy, but Eau Sauvage's is. The silver fishscale cap and band around the rippled glass is a serious case of midcentury European elegance. Even though this is a 100ml bottle, it's pretty compact when compared to something like the overbuilt beasts from Guerlain. Oh, and a magnetic cap. Who doesn't like a magnetic cap on a bottle of fragrance? Overall, Eau Sauvage takes 1st prize from me for "Sunshine in a bottle." BUT. If you're looking for a more casual or modern take on this citrus/white floral profile, Issey Miyake's L'Eau D'Issey Pour Homme is my suggestion. It's like a high resolution version of Eau Sauvage, everything is sharper, but you still have that warm spice thing going on. I own and enjoy both, for what that's worth.

Dear lovers of the best fragrances, artistic editions and timeless pieces of art... It is my honor to be able to present you one of these from the entire global offer! It's hard to capture all the emotions and beauties and articulate them in a couple of sentences! The year was 1966 (9 years since the death of Dior himself (1957)). It was a very different world than it is today-perhaps the most aptly beautiful way to say "Time went slower!"-when he was treated to the release of this lucky beauty! Most of the times when you smell fragrances from the 80s, 90s or even the early 2000s, you often recognize this different old vibe in them. But it's the other way around - After all these years (Let's repeat, we're talking about the year of release 1966!) it still smells completely modern or without time limit - it will smell the same even in 20,30 years! The secret of this work of art lies in the perfectly composed pyramid fragrance profile! The beginnings of the fragrance are extremely refreshingly citrusy (fresh strong juicy lemon, refreshing bergamot, basil...), the middle develops into one of the most beautiful aromatic experiences on the market (Jasmine, Hedion, iris, patchouli, lavender...), and the end leads you to creamy and dry finish (vetiver, musk with ambergris!)! In most of the other cases, many profiles are well thought out but poorly executed - which makes this fragrance light years apart from the others! It's perfectly conceived but even better executed! To this day, it is still like one of the mighty final boss-guards of the "Perfume Art", who easily sweeps away the ridiculous competitions at the door - like old Ronaldo in his best form at the time beating a 5-year-old child with a ball or Mike Tyson knocking out a new member of the boxing team club (To show him who is the boss in the hall haha)! The only, but really the only "disadvantage" is perhaps the longevity, which I don't blame it for in the slightest - it is so well made that if I spray it enough - it is quite enough for daily use! It was not even made to fill and suffocate people and rooms, but rather to make the person who perceives you happy and has the honor to come close and enjoy its beauty and your company! As proof that it is still on sale, it speaks for itself - how successful it is at this! But I'm looking forward to the fact that the rest of the uninitiated will never use this - and we have this gem only for ourselves - let them continue to use their sweet molecules ;)

@oTEMPE5To, As someone who has both a recently-opened 2021 bottle and a brown box vintage travel 30ml splash in their shaving kit, I can confirm that yes, the vintage (at least in its present condition) will tend to be much, much more fleeting. I get surprisingly good performance from my newer bottle (a nice 5 hours generally, with the skin scent discernible on my wrist long after that), and in my experience this will tend to firm up even more as the bottle ages a bit. As for differences between new and vintage: Bryan Ross ('frompyrgos.com') has observed that aging vintage fragrances tend to undergo a 'blurring' of notes that can result in a 'perfumey' effect in the heart along with the expected turning or fading of top notes -- this former might explain the 'old-ness' you are describing. I have vintages of ES as well as Chanel Pour Monsieur, and both have become a touch acrid and alcoholic in their citrus top notes with aromatic but rather softened floral heart notes. Both go through their development (head-heart-base) at an accelerated rate, and fade from my skin quickly, generally within 30-45 minutes. My freshly-opened bottle of Eau Sauvage has bright, almost piercing medley of citrus and green top notes, the fizzy hedione/floral heart, and an elegantly light woody-herbal aromatic base. Note separation is lovely and longevity is decent. Incidentally, I also have about 10 ml left of a 2018 bottle I've been using for two years... It has undergone a few minor changes: it's a little less bright up top, but has a much gutsier herbal presence (things like the rosemary and caraway are more in evidence) in the base and a stronger vetiver effect. This lasts about 6-7 hours on me. Overall, my 'sweet spot' for Eau Sauvage is after about a year of bottle aging, but I'm loving my new bottle right now. I find (for me anyway) longevity is not a problem -- it wears close to the skin after the first 90 minutes, but remains a very pleasant, albeit increasingly intimate, presence for 3.5 hours or so after that before becoming a very appealing, for-your-nose-only skin scent that lasts until I'm home from work in the evening. Eau Sauvage holds together well through the transitions and fades away gently rather than falling apart or revealing an ugly synthetic base -- a perfect drydown. Reapplying with a travel atomizer is recommended if, like me, you crave that lemony hit midway into the working day. I hope this helps!

I remember being a kid and Dior smelled gross to me. I didn't like the sour bitter tartness of natural ingredients. Has a rindy insecticide smell. Now that I'm much older I can finally appreciate these timeless fragrance masterpieces. My first impression now is a bright citrus opening. It's really mellow at first. Takes a few minutes for it to settle and the citruses really brighten up. Citruses, herbs, light florals, woody musk. High quality composition. Timeless French luxury. I wanted to recommend a couple fragrances similar to this but this one did its thing and changed my mind. It kept developing, kept getting better. And what smelled like it was going to be a short lived EDC type citrus kept on going. It's not great performance, of course it smells watered down compared to what once seemed to be. It's an oakmoss scent. It would be great if a few sprays were super potent and lasted all day. It's good to dream. Alas it's a citrus herbal freshie with a version or Dior's high quality house musks. Starts out smelling so natural. Balancing the bitter sour tart citruses on a wire. I'm not worthy of ranking or scoring this. I already had "masterpiece" floating around in my head, that pretty much means 9/10 because performance is wanting. I'm now a full grown vintage adult. Vintage timeless fragrances is where it's at. You can really see lots of inspirations and similarities coming from this one. It's the elder blue statesmen. A bit of ambrox and a touch of calone. Now imagine when this came out in 1966. How much softer it likely was compared to other mens fragrances of the time. It probably wasn't Grandpa juice then. I think my Dad was in highschool then before beginning his worldly adventures. I can remember this smell more and more as I get to know it again. This is where I must mention that the performance changes after wearing this everyday for awhile. After about 2 weeks it just started sticking to me more permanently. Like my body has absorbed it and started producing it like its own musk. Even out of the shower still sticking. Getting away with using way less now. Went from about 1ml a day to now about 1/2 a ml per day. I have taken a day off here and there to wear something else and it hasn't interfered yet. I've used it about 5 days out of a week since I got it. I guess this one likes me back. Worth it.

Maybe the best ever... smell... Period...? Eau Sauvage is absurdly good. It is wild water, indeed. Wildly spectacular. Almost unbelievably so. I am already a colossal fan of the 2017 Parfum version (“ESP”). Which in my opinion is likely the best overall men’s fragrance ever made. Eau Sauvage EDT is of course the inspiration behind my beloved ESP. And frankly, the original EDT is even better smelling, while it’s around . I struggle to review fragrances made before I was born, and with this being a 1966 release, there’s truly nothing I can add here but as someone in my late twenties, I’ll do my best to add my impressions. This one despite its age is completely timeless. There could be no legitimate claim that this scent is in any way dated. It has no “old man” elements whatsoever. Clean, but not sterile; this one maintains its sensual side, without delving too far into the realm of clean and fresh so as to lose its sexiness, as many overly clean citrus scents, in my experience, are wont to do. Eau Sauvage opens with the most realistic lemon note I’ve ever smelled, apart from the fruit. A lofty, floral, and mossy elegance then swells up like a cloud around the wearer to lift and support this citrus base. Despite its relatively tame nature, the sillage here is almost shocking. As the citrus begins retreating, the cloudy moss, spices and florals dance perfectly around the fleeting lemon until they’ve taken its place, but the metallic citrus edge holds on all the while. A gorgeous jasmine note persists for quite some time. The volume is then turned down gradually until this one disappears, for me, between 4 and 6 hours after application. The finale smells of musk and amber, an amber in the direction of ambergris moreso than amber wood or similar chemicals. I know many take issue with the longevity aspect of this fragrance, but I think recent batches have done something to counteract this, as my review and several others can attest to. Regardless, if this one were to only last all of 15 minutes, it would be worth the price of admission for such an experience. Truly sublime, this one will withstand the test of time.

While I think so much of the talk online about 'old money' or 'quiet luxury' aesthetics is superficial, grasping, and deeply symptomatic of greater social anxieties, I expect that it also revolves around an understandable desire to have things in one's life that provide the security of an aura of quality & discernment rather than just the representations of status. Eau Sauvage is, though modern, a classic in the manner of 'old money'... created by a talented and influential perfumer, it emerged out of the heyday of Dior that also happened to be an all-time high-water mark of French chic. Both modern (the exemplary use of a novel molecule) and traditional (hearkening back to the timelessly elegant eau de cologne), it has demonstrated great staying power as an emblem of personal style as memorable as it is discreet. Presently, 'preppy' aesthetics have become popular again, perhaps as a countermeasure to the craziness of hype-driven TikTok fashion. As this reassessment unfolds, it's worth remembering that Eau Sauvage was named in the (for-better-or-for-worse) notably popular 'Preppy Handbook', as *the* fragrance for anyone of any gender. I suspect it aligns better with the old money projections of Ralph Lauren's brand better than his own fragrances... In any case, Eau Sauvage endures, in its own bubble of accomplishment that transcends trends or even bourgeois notions of 'good taste.' And the fact that its not absurdly expensive underscores a truth about the real 'old money' ethos: it is and always has been less about exclusivity than sensibility. Good luck out there.

This is the peak. It's 60 years old and perfumery still hasn't quite lived up to this one. The smart and talented ones knew they couldn't possibly surpass this masterpiece and had to innovate new genres and rehash old ideas in new packages to keep the industry moving. I kid of course, but it's still amazing that after so many years I can't find anything that truly beats this for me. It's utter perfection. The bracing, natural opening of Calabrian bergamot and Mediterranean herbs. The heart of jasmine and carnation with hints of iris or rose. Tangy, sour vetiver in the base with a touch of leathery labdanum and moss. There's even a sort of marine accord in here, even years before Roudnitska's student did such wonders with ambroxan. That seabreeze, wild water whipping through the bergamot and lemon crops, lifting the dusty scent off of late spring blossoms. Reformulations, be damned. I don't get caught up in the reformulation debates or concerns unless something gets truly ruined, and after sampling multiple vintages, this is still every bit the prize it always was. The famous overripe fruit note. The transparency of hedione. The inability to detect one wrong step in this formula. It wears close, but it lasts. The dusty drydown of hay and vetiver with a tinge of lemon will stay with you for at least 6 to 8 hours. It's not meant to announce itself. It's meant to be a joy for those who get close to you. I know this review sounds like a love letter, but it's the only way one can express the delight that is Eau Sauvage.

Hello fragrance fam, on today's reformulation guide were covering Eau Sauvage EDT by Dior! Known for its classic Eau De cologne style scent, that includes bright citruses amidst herbal and floral notes. EAU has always been a mild scent with new versions getting 3-4 hours of longevity, and older versions at 4-5 hours. To keep things simple we're going to catagorize our list into three main reformulations. * USA, visit our web store VintageDecants If you would like to sample this fragrance in it's vintage formulation, along with hundreds of other discontinued and rare fragrances to choose from. 1. Pre-1980s: These are EDC formulations. The box will be brown with the words "pour homme for men" on the front. In these versions they have a more pronounced sweet musk note. The liquid will often be light yellow. 2. 1980-2005: These are EDT concentrations, they come in a brown box that will have "Eau de Toilette" typed on the box and bottle. In these versions the basenotes like basil, vetiver and sandalwood are more balanced. The liquid will often be a deep yellow. 3. Post 2004: These versions come in a white box, with "Eau de toilette" removed from the front of the text on the bottle. Often the color of the liquid will be a pale almost clear yellow. In these versions the basenotes have been turned down, and the citrus and white floral notes turned up. Hope this helps, and enjoy the journey!

New bottle this month at a brick and mortar shop. Fantastic. Subtle sillage after the first two hours -- certainly detectable for hours after: a soft, warm, luminous aura. Longevity just fine on me. I like to top it up after about four or five hours on a hot summer day, but that's about half my collection lol. @oceansoflorewi: there's a lot of talk online about how amazingly potent vintage fragrances are. The truth is, there are so many variables (storage temperature and consistency, exposure to UV light, etc.) that assuming a vintage formulation will necessarily be stronger may lead to disappointment. Having tried all kinds of vintages (mostly classic masculines, such as Old Spice, Chanel Pour Monsieur, Chanel Antaeus, Dior Fahrenheit, Polo Green, Armani Pour Homme, among many others, including Eau Sauvage), I will say that among the various potential hazards of vintages, including paint-thinner-like openings, stunted top notes, acrid heart notes, blurry note separation, or an imbalanced fragrance pyramid, an abbreviated longevity is certainly one possibility I've experienced. When it comes to vintages, caveat emptor is rule one... You may not want to rely on them to form your impressions of a fragrance, let alone a house. Rule two? Keep an open mind about how contemporary formulations hold up -- at least with these, you can try before you buy.

Class in a bottle ! It is a very herbal, green and mossy fragrance with a citrus blast in the top and some earthy undertones. Good for higher temperatures. At the moment of writing this it is one of my signature scents.The only downside is that the performance isn't the best (probably because of all the reformulations), around 6 hrs on skin and 1-2 hrs of projection. I haven't tried the Parfum but I cannot find it in stores to test it, atleast where I live (plus the fact that Dior nowadays only markets the new Sauvage line and the Homme line), but I heard a lot of people online say that it is stronger and better, so if possible I would suggest to try that one too. When wearing this age doesn't really matter if you are into more elegant fragrances (think of Old Money), it all depends of how you dress and overall personality. Great for spring and summer seasons. Overall : Scent : 10/10 (very unique I must say) Sillage : 10/10 (smells so good in the air) Projection : 6.5/10 (you need to spray more if you want more projection) Longevity 7/10 Price Value : 6/10 (quite expensive at retail price, but you can get it at discounters at a good price) Versatility : 8/10 (can be used in both daytime and nightime during warmer weather) Personal note : 8.5/10 (if it performed better and if it was a bit cheaper it would have been a 10/10 for sure).

According to a recent article published by The Independent UK, "French president [Emmanuel Macron] uses copious amounts of Dior Eau Sauvage as a way of asserting his power." He reapplies at all hours of the day, and people can smell him before he walks into a room. Therefore, let all of us yammering about Eau Sauvage's lackluster performance celebrate the wisdom brought to us by Macron, fearless leader of La Republique and defender of (what's left of) Western democracy: Dior Eau Sauvage DOES perform powerfully and assertively. (as long as one is willing to use a half-bottle at a time.) I'm sure French folks familiar with their country's politics can wield this fact more humorously than I can. Onto the actual fragrance: Yeah, it's a banger. Timeless. Well-behaved and subtle, with a classy charm. If you don't like lemon, this scent will teach you to love it. Ballsy Gen-Z kids who wanna play a different wavelength from today's mainstream candy-sweet juice can rock this hard. The smell of Eau Sauvage on your cuff takes you back to times when college was a vehicle of upward mobility. When your employer contributed to your retirement savings and climate change's utter devastation of the world you live in was easier to ignore. Yeah, nice stuff. I've received compliments from women from their 20s through their 40s, so it's not a dated DNA.

Came across this at the store and immediately fell in love, even took a paper home just to smell it for the next couple of days, and I bought it as soon as I could. Considering how long it's been around, I'm surprised it hasn't been cloned by any cheaper brand. It smells elegant yet versatile, slightly casual leaning. Although it's true that it's citrus heavy, but the musky green background is very present, and after some time it becomes just as prevalent if not more. The performance is less than perfect, but getting around 5-6 hours on a citrusy EDT isn't bad, if you put your nose right next to your skin you can still smell it way past the 6 hour mark, but it's so faint that I wouldn't count it. Projection itself is pretty strong within the hour, but it's arms length at best after that. It's true that you only see old people wearing this (my grandfather used it), but there is nothing about Eau Sauvage that makes it unwearable for younger guys, it's bright enough to have a youthful side, you can definitely pull it off in your 20s in a work/study setting or a date. It's also fairly uncommon, ironically it's so simple and classic that it loops back around to being unique, you are guaranteed to be the only one who smells like that in a room.

My preserved vintage of Eau Sauvage is an impeccable Roudnitska artifact. It's modern through the lens of the cultural decade, a sleek lemon eau fraiche that was given a flesh and pith, seasoned with the sweat squeezed out of swarthy spices. It marked the debut of Hedione, and for me to smell it here is to appreciate it in a whole new way, it has me imagine what its forerunners would be like had the pheromone-like molecule existed years before. Here, it seals all the aromatics with its wet jasmine tea cellophane. Then, it winds down to a smooth finish of moss, sandalwood and musk. Overall, this a testament of the genius in unadorned simplicity. It is an institution in which so much has already been said. Sadly, it has over the decades become just a bit too watery in the middle and the bottom has fallen out. Much like all of the Dior classics, it is no longer respected by those who now possess its trademark. Its own flankers have outshined it in recent years, and young whipper snappers scoff at it as a grandpa scent, wondering why it even shares shelf space with the likes of "junior" Sauvage and all the vague and sweet-orris-loaf Hommes and their own flankers. In spite of the cruelty of time, it will forever be an icon.

This ain’t your TikTok-famous Dior Sauvage nonsense. This is Eau Sauvage — the real Sauvage — the kind your grandfather splashed on before chopping wood, fixing the truck, and not complaining about his feelings, Wi-Fi speed, or ‘toxic masculinity. It opens like a slap of cold lemon and rosemary — the kind of scent you’d catch in a barbershop where the guy cutting your hair dosent have time for your skin fade nonsense... because you’re getting a side scissor cut and a lecture about life and respect. None of that cake-batter softness or bubblegum flirt vibes here. This is grown-man territory. It smells like confidence, clean shaves, and manhood. If your old enough to grow a real mustache, this smells just like your OG capt fawcett's wax. This is timeless, you can rock it today without looking like you’ve stepped out of a time machine. Sure, it won’t last 10 hours. But neither does your attention span, and you still manage to function. Eau Sauvage sticks around just long enough to get the job done — then it steps back and lets your actions do the talking. Still stuck between this and some syrupy, fruity, trendy TikTok fragrance? Let me make it easy for you : leave the cake to the kids. Wear Eau Sauvage. Be a man.

For those that love this...I am one of you. It's become my summer fragrance and it's exactly that old school barber shop scent that really makes it pop. It's not dated though, far from it, and whatever folks are complaining about reformulation has been done to Eau Sauvage, as far as I'm concerned, I'm glad it's been reformulated. The opening citron is the best, utterly fantastic. For those also wondering if it lasts long enough, sillage etc... Man, all I gotta say..wear scents that you love, that speak to you..and this one is a gorgeous summer scent. Also makes me wanna get some business done, I mean, maybe it's the MadMen vibe I get from it ...but if I've got a daytime meeting, this is the stuff I wear 100 % of the time. SideNote: Lot of folks talking about 'dumb reach' and 'beast mode' fragrances. If it's dumb, why you reaching for it bro?And beast mode, dont get me started. Enjoy the scents you enjoy what do you care if it can reach across the room to choke out others and the thing lasts for 24 hrs. Is this really the most important thing?? Let 'em get close to really smell the scent and Re-spray if you want it to last...anyway, I say wear whatever in the hell makes you feel good. Nuff said.

Here in Canada, the range of fragrances in the men's section of Sephora stores can be very dull: other than some unisex mainstream niche fragrances (hit and miss for me), it's strictly safe bestsellers and major new releases only...Except Eau Sauvage. It is far and away the oldest fragrance in the store. Obviously, they are keeping it around for a reason. It's certainly still relevant to me. Also: I agree with the comment a few posts below touting the powers of the aftershave; I have a big 200 ml bottle of it -- perhaps a bit heavier on the 'phosphorescent citrus and greens' opening, it feels a tad less complex than the edt (missing for example, the ghost of powder and some of the floral beauty in the heart), but is still deliciously quenching and indeed lasts and projects well. The deo stick is a solid buy too. If you want to make the whole impression last longer, wearing these alongside the edt is a great idea; it also conjures up something of the aura of the time when most people had relatively few fragrances, and matching grooming products and toiletries were more the norm... The identification with a signature scent was more immersive and defining -- an idea that still intrigues me.

Eau Sauvage is quite possibly the pinnacle of what a man should smell like, and I’m kicking myself for taking this long to acquire a bottle. To think this was released in 1966 is baffling, for it does not smell outdated, vintage or like an ‘old man’, instead it is undeniably classic and timeless - Roudnitska was a genius. The scent is lead by this overdose of bright sparkling lemon, both juice and peel, but tempered by a mature herbaceous facet from the basil and rosemary which saves it from leaning into surface-cleaner territory. With an earthy, mossy base of vetiver and patchouli to ground it, where this scent shines is the jasmine. Roudnitska is credited as being the first, with this scent, to utilise the newly discovered jasmine isolate, dihydrojasmonate, which enhances the citrus aspect. It’s utterly stunning. Quite possibly the greatest citrus-aromatic ever created, and it still holds up today. Forget about the current Sauvage, and instead smell as though you at least have some class. Originally it was to be called ‘Favori’, which means favourite, which to me is quite fitting as this is easily my favourite masculine Dior has ever released.