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Ugh fine... I get it
I've been unfair to Sauvage. We've all seen the jokes about it, we've all seen how popular it is, and we've all probably tried it before. I've tried it several times before, and only now does everything click about it. I love to be a hater, especially of blue fragrances, and Sauvage is certainly no exception.
Except I don't really hate how Sauvage actually smells; it smells fine. It's citrusy, peppery, aquatic fresh. Nothing to complain about there. But what does stand out about it is that it is STRONG. Needlessly so. It's loud, it hangs around for ages, and it refuses to die. Sauvage completely obliterates every other scent in its vicinity.
But its strength suddenly makes a lot of things make sense. It's well-known by now that self-care and fragrance content are having their moment on social media, especially TikTok. If Sauvage is what gets the kids and the bros into fragrances, no wonder they think everything else is weak. Sauvage is so strong that just about everything else pales in comparison to it. If this is what the bros are all wearing when they go clubbing, of course they want something else that can possibly stand up to it.
I understand now why people are going bonkers for it. It smells fine, it's really strong, and it lasts for ages. However, it's also invasive, despite the smell itself being pretty inoffensive. Sauvage demands everyone's attention in all its loud okayness. If everyone I knew were wearing this, I'd get pissed off by it pretty quickly. It's absolutely not safe to wear to work because it really does fill a room. But somehow, it's not the worst masc fragrance Dior are selling, so I guess it gets a point for that.
At 175 AUD for a bottle, this is a little bit more expensive than some other blue fairings. But then Mugler's fragrances are also expensive and are also nuclear strength, so I guess it's worth it? I wouldn't buy it though, it's pretty lacking in character and its strength would certainly annoy me.
Except I don't really hate how Sauvage actually smells; it smells fine. It's citrusy, peppery, aquatic fresh. Nothing to complain about there. But what does stand out about it is that it is STRONG. Needlessly so. It's loud, it hangs around for ages, and it refuses to die. Sauvage completely obliterates every other scent in its vicinity.
But its strength suddenly makes a lot of things make sense. It's well-known by now that self-care and fragrance content are having their moment on social media, especially TikTok. If Sauvage is what gets the kids and the bros into fragrances, no wonder they think everything else is weak. Sauvage is so strong that just about everything else pales in comparison to it. If this is what the bros are all wearing when they go clubbing, of course they want something else that can possibly stand up to it.
I understand now why people are going bonkers for it. It smells fine, it's really strong, and it lasts for ages. However, it's also invasive, despite the smell itself being pretty inoffensive. Sauvage demands everyone's attention in all its loud okayness. If everyone I knew were wearing this, I'd get pissed off by it pretty quickly. It's absolutely not safe to wear to work because it really does fill a room. But somehow, it's not the worst masc fragrance Dior are selling, so I guess it gets a point for that.
At 175 AUD for a bottle, this is a little bit more expensive than some other blue fairings. But then Mugler's fragrances are also expensive and are also nuclear strength, so I guess it's worth it? I wouldn't buy it though, it's pretty lacking in character and its strength would certainly annoy me.
Andasu
