Top Notes 
Mandarin orange
Calabrian bergamot
Heart Notes 
Sichuan pepper
Lavender
Nutmeg
Base Notes 
Ambroxan
Ceylonese sandalwood
Tonka bean
Virginia cedar
Papua New Guinean vanilla absolute
Patchouli
01/13/2021
INDIGOSPHINX
53 Reviews
INDIGOSPHINX
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I want to do it justice
The Dior Sauvage line can be likened to a notorious college fraternity organization whose reputation is so universally acknowledged that any opinion that deviates from the public consensus usually results in a complete dismissal of its validity.
Currently, there are only two camps of public consensus. The first is the niche-loving consumers whose refined taste and sophistication demand them to put a zero-star rating on any fragrance that appeals to the masses. After all, what other ways can one best demonstrate his distinction from the peasantry online?
The second group is an amalgamation of designer lovers, first-time fragrance buyers, and those who wear only one cologne all year until its last drop is squeezed out from the bottle. These are your Jeremy-watching, Instagram-scrolling, Johnny-Depp-simping folks.
Nothing wrong with being in either group. What is wrong, however, is that the reputation of Sauvage has imposed a fixed view on the vast majority of folks in either camp, who refuse to give the other camp’s opinion a second look.
A solid reviewer in the fragcom youtube community is AC Smells Good. His taste can easily be described as aristocratic, with vast Guerlain extraits and vintage Amouage whatnot in his collection. It would be reasonable to assume that he should vehemently reject Sauvage in all its iterations with utter disdain. However, despite not liking the EDT, he has made a tremendous effort in praising and recommending Sauvage Parfum. Why?
SO MANY BAD REVIEWS?!
so, i have owned the EDT, EDP, and this PARFUM version of Sauvage. And I really want to help you to discern what is true about this fragrance, because so many people, because of olfactory fatigue, bash this fragrance for its lack of performance...
Ok! so let's compare.
IMO, the EDP is the least sweet version of sauvage, while having the BEST performance and having the most prominent ambroxan note. If you owned the EDP, you'll know that when you spray it on your neck and the juice gets on your shirt collar, even after you wash it, you can smell a very prominent, beautiful and metallic medicinal ambroxan.
Parfum, while not having the beast mode of EDP, is still very viable. THE KEY to be able to smell it is to spray it at least half arm length away from yourself to let the midst cover a large area, and only do 1-2 sprays. if you do this on your stomach area, I guarantee you you can smell it strongly for at least 5 hours, afterwards it settles down a bit but never a skin scent.
The Parfum won't project more than 3 feet away from you after it settles, so it is significantly more office friendly. To tell you a story, when I first smelled Sauvage edt it was on someone else in passing, I didn't know what it was I was smelling. It smelled good but I laughed to myself, "Yeah, that guy was a complete assole." The scent was so intrusive to the public space that I don't think people in general would perceive it positively.
One note DIOR mentioned that I DO NOT perceive at all is the tonka bean. A lot of people say this fragrance is powdery. I don't get that at all. to my nose, after the initial mandarin sourness recedes, all I get is a very pleasant yet strong mixture of woods, resins, and ambroxan. You ask what do the resins (elemi and olibanum) smell like? The best way I can describe it is a balmy, smooth-textured medicinal sweet smell...
In conclusion:
IMO, Sauvage is the best blue scent DNA, the reason being that it has character. My collection mainly consists of old school classic scents like habit rouge edt, eau sauvage edt etc... But you know, once in a while I really miss the linear ambroxan stuff.
PARFUM for the win!
Currently, there are only two camps of public consensus. The first is the niche-loving consumers whose refined taste and sophistication demand them to put a zero-star rating on any fragrance that appeals to the masses. After all, what other ways can one best demonstrate his distinction from the peasantry online?
The second group is an amalgamation of designer lovers, first-time fragrance buyers, and those who wear only one cologne all year until its last drop is squeezed out from the bottle. These are your Jeremy-watching, Instagram-scrolling, Johnny-Depp-simping folks.
Nothing wrong with being in either group. What is wrong, however, is that the reputation of Sauvage has imposed a fixed view on the vast majority of folks in either camp, who refuse to give the other camp’s opinion a second look.
A solid reviewer in the fragcom youtube community is AC Smells Good. His taste can easily be described as aristocratic, with vast Guerlain extraits and vintage Amouage whatnot in his collection. It would be reasonable to assume that he should vehemently reject Sauvage in all its iterations with utter disdain. However, despite not liking the EDT, he has made a tremendous effort in praising and recommending Sauvage Parfum. Why?
SO MANY BAD REVIEWS?!
so, i have owned the EDT, EDP, and this PARFUM version of Sauvage. And I really want to help you to discern what is true about this fragrance, because so many people, because of olfactory fatigue, bash this fragrance for its lack of performance...
Ok! so let's compare.
IMO, the EDP is the least sweet version of sauvage, while having the BEST performance and having the most prominent ambroxan note. If you owned the EDP, you'll know that when you spray it on your neck and the juice gets on your shirt collar, even after you wash it, you can smell a very prominent, beautiful and metallic medicinal ambroxan.
Parfum, while not having the beast mode of EDP, is still very viable. THE KEY to be able to smell it is to spray it at least half arm length away from yourself to let the midst cover a large area, and only do 1-2 sprays. if you do this on your stomach area, I guarantee you you can smell it strongly for at least 5 hours, afterwards it settles down a bit but never a skin scent.
The Parfum won't project more than 3 feet away from you after it settles, so it is significantly more office friendly. To tell you a story, when I first smelled Sauvage edt it was on someone else in passing, I didn't know what it was I was smelling. It smelled good but I laughed to myself, "Yeah, that guy was a complete assole." The scent was so intrusive to the public space that I don't think people in general would perceive it positively.
One note DIOR mentioned that I DO NOT perceive at all is the tonka bean. A lot of people say this fragrance is powdery. I don't get that at all. to my nose, after the initial mandarin sourness recedes, all I get is a very pleasant yet strong mixture of woods, resins, and ambroxan. You ask what do the resins (elemi and olibanum) smell like? The best way I can describe it is a balmy, smooth-textured medicinal sweet smell...
In conclusion:
IMO, Sauvage is the best blue scent DNA, the reason being that it has character. My collection mainly consists of old school classic scents like habit rouge edt, eau sauvage edt etc... But you know, once in a while I really miss the linear ambroxan stuff.
PARFUM for the win!
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