Manuel81

...that was my first thought when I first smelled this perfume a few weeks ago.
After reading so much good about this fragrance here, and since I have the Sauvage EDP in my collection (signature fragrance), I recently went to Douglas to test both fragrances in a direct comparison
The disillusionment followed at the same time, because in the top note the WRITER reminds me more of the La Rive Extreme Story, but ZERO of Sauvage !
Pretty disappointed, I left the store and went to the metro for shopping

I could hardly believe it, but the fragrances could be called identical twins ...so at first sight there was NO difference for me !
Only the Sillage was a little bit stronger with the Sauvage than with the Writer .... and suddenly I regretted not to have taken him for just 18 Euro.
Well, no matter ... this week I got it, and it is a really great / fresh scent, nothing earth-shattering, which the Sauvage EDT is not, because you can not compare it with the EDP .... the Sauvage EDP is for me currently one of the best men's fragrances I ever had !
The durability is top, and is at loose 8-10 hours .
The Sillage is ok, but the Sauvage EDP works much better for me in this respect
A small tip in passing, the La Rive is not so bad in direct comparison to the Writer, even if overall something synthetic, and from the performance worse

Not so easy to test a fragrance in the current situation, but this one you can easily smell through 3 masks.

Beside this one it was the WRITER , the AQUAMAN of Davidoff and 2 of Yves Saint Laurent .
I wore the AVIATOR from Paris Bleu today by the way......then I applied 3 more fragrances to test, but ONLY the Joop Homme ICE got stuck in my nose
In my opinion an exceptionally good spring/summer scent, but which is definitely UNISEX
To be honest, this time I find it quite difficult to describe this fragrance in any way, so I do it by classifying it
Fresh / Sweet / Fruity / Woody / Aquatic with a touch of powder ...this is probably the best way to describe him.
The Sillage is VERY powerful, and equal to the UR HOMME, the durability also seems to be quite good, because even after a shower, he is still well warmer
A direct comparison to the normal HOMME can not be drawn here, it is not so that you just throw the HOMME with COOL WATER in a pot, and out comes HOMME ICE.
TESTING is definitely worthwhile here !!!

This scent has literally beamed me into the past ... and this although I have NEVER possessed it myself.
A colleague at work wore this fragrance a long time ago, and he just didn't want to tell me which perfume it was, since it must have been sometime between 2001 - 2002, it must have been the UR - Le Male that burned itself into my brain
About 6-8 months ago I got a sample of the original at Douglas . briefly sprayed on, was not my case ........so back to the perfume shelf, where it is still standing now
With the nose close to the arm it smelled like moldy fruit .
Since I have now made good experiences with the La Rive Extreme Story, I have now decided to give more attention to perfumes of this ultra low budget brand .... You can find enough lists in the net, regarding what is to be assigned to which fragrances
Last week I tested this one .... and again this scent of mouldy fruit drew me into the nose ..........only 30 minutes later while I was shopping this irresistible scent suddenly drew me into the nose, which reminded me of that time, first I thought it was someone who had passed me wearing this scent, but no .... It was me who smelled so good!
At home I made the A/B comparison .... and found out that today's Le Male is less pithy than this one, but much sweeter .
Similarly, the fragrances are undisputed, but this cheap one here was the one that reminded me of back then, and NOT the original !
The Sillage is clearly stronger for the first 40 minutes at Le Male, only after that the La Rive has an advantage .... and the original collapses
The durability is also ok, and is on my skin at a good 6 hours ......on clothing it is still present even after days ......
I also think it's great that this La Rive, apart from the first 10 minutes .......doesn't smell synthetic at all .
All in all a great & impressive performance For 'n Appel and 'n Ei

Who would have thought that one would discover such a fragrance in the clearly arranged repertoire of men's fragrances (Rossmann).
Actually, I wanted to test the "brit rhythm", which is currently on offer ... but it was too boring for me, or expressed differently, I already have several similar sweet/spicy fragrances in my collection
This one was actually too expensive for me with 35 Euro for 30 ml, but testing is ALWAYS possible, as you know .
WOW, what a fresh / woody peppery explosion of scent !
All of a sudden the price was completely FURTHER I just had to have it NOW !!!!
To be honest, I know absolutely nothing comparable, the fragrance has an extremely high recognition value .
It begins as said Fresh / woody peppery, the Sillage is the first 90 minutes quite strong, only after that he is more gentleman like .
After about 2 hours, an oriental touch of spicy sweetness is added .
Now to what that has confused me a little bit, if you look at the comments here so you get the impression that almost everyone here perceives the fragrance differently, from powdery sweet to woody dry, everything is there .
For testing at home I sprayed the fragrance on 2 different parts of the body .
Once on the upper side of the forearm, and in the crook of the arm (VERY RECOMMENDED)
After almost 3 hours I had 2 completely different scents on me
On the arm he has got a slightly feminine powdery sweet note.
In the crook of the arm where it is considerably warmer, it has retained its original woody fresh DNA, even after almost 8 hours
And thus we are then also directly with the durability, which is at least with me at 8 hours, even after 10 hours the smell was still easily perceptible
Ps . In the first 40 minutes I recognize a "slight" similarity to the HORIZON by Davidoff.
Whoever finds the scent OKAY will love this one !

...exactly the impression this forum gave me.
In autumn last year I got a sample at Douglas by chance ...and I was fascinated from the first second on !
Since I personally would rather wear the fragrance in the spring/summer months, I have now added it
After some research in the net I found out that there are now 4 versions of SAUVAGE .
Yesterday it was now so far, and I have sprayed all 4 versions, Very Coll Spray / EDT / EDP & Parfum .
That was quite a challenge for my nose, I can tell you.
I take now times the EDP as a starting point, the smell begins VERY fresh & spicy ... I personally like the tickle in the nose. Later so after 20 - 30 minutes a slightly woody / smoky vanilla note is added and the fragrance becomes a bit more pleasing & darker. But the freshness remains throughout the entire fragrance process, and for me that is easily 8-9 hours! In the background I also take a very light but unobtrusive sweetness was .
The EDT begins a bit fresher & also much more intense, I find it almost a little scratchy. Furthermore, I miss the vanilla note that I found so great at the EDP, and which makes the fragrance regarding the season, actually, universally usable, the Sillage is clearly more violent at the EDT, but the fragrance does not last so long (6-7 hours). Furthermore, one should be a little more careful when dosing with EDT !
The VERY COOL SPRAY begins a bit fresher, and in the top note I only smell a little Sauvage DNA
After about 20 minutes it smells very similar to the EDT , only the scratchy one is not so pronounced , you could call it a watered down version of the EDT .....actually the right thing for all those who find the EDT too violent & the EDP too dark
The PARFUM is for me a winter version of the EDP .... it is still a trace darker / oriental and also a bit sweeter, I think that will probably be the Tonka bean. For me a clear candidate for the winter 20/21, only unfortunately the Sillage is VERY close to the skin with the perfume.
I like the EDP I have now decided for the current best, furthermore it looks a little more masculine than the EDT .
After many years of searching for a new signature scent I finally found it, because "my all time favorite" YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche is no longer available (2003 version)