Sauvage Dior 2015 Eau de Toilette

Spring 2018 - Crime scene: drugstore in a small town in southern Germany.
As the weather became milder again and the flowers slowly began to bloom, I was looking for a new fragrance for the summer. I had always separated scents between cold and warm seasons. Not that I did not have a fresh summer scent at home, I just wanted something new, something different. Dior Sauvage was known to me until then - as a long "silent" reader in Parfumo. But I didn't pay much attention to it, for whatever reason. Well then, I was a little bored by my summer scents a la Issey Miyake and ADG.
I entered the shop and strolled along the shelves, the obligatory "can you be helped?" from the nice employee I denied with thanks, everything as usual. After a few minutes browsing, I had arrived at the praised shelf Chanel / Dior. Without great expectation to have tried everything more for the sake of tidiness, I reached for Sauvage edt and sprayed it on the test strip. beforehand - I already knew the fragrance since an acquaintance had bought and worn it after release 2015, but for the last 2 years I have not consciously noticed it anywhere. Yes, if you live in a smaller city this can happen. Well then, first impression: Wow, fresh, citric, spicy but not 0815. As I liked it basically, the next sprayer went on my wrist. I left the shop for the time being to follow my 2, 3 other to-do's in the city. The scent just wouldn't let go of me, by now a sticky, resinous, light sweetness had joined the scent, which had literally enveloped my wrist. So back to the drugstore, Sauavge laid on the cash register tape, cashier paying: May I give you two more specimens? Me: "no"

All joking aside, who turns down specimens?

I wore this fragrance all summer 18'except for a few exceptions, mainly to go out. It brought me many compliments and reminds me of carefree times at 30°, wine festivals and other evening events, at nice temperatures with good people. To me this fragrance has a very high quality effect, it has nothing to do with shower gel. Dior has set a trend with Sauvage, which many other well-known houses have followed since then and yes, some shower gel companies do it too, but it doesn't make the fragrance worse. If a €1.50 shower gel would now smell like Layton from PDM, would Layton be a shower fragrance? A good fragrance at an acceptable price will find its customers. In that sense: Dior, 1 plus with an asterisk, everything done right!