Eau Sauvage Extrême

With notes that remain as fresh as its original fragrance, Eau Sauvage Extrême goes further, immersing us in a forest of Virginia cedar.

Eau Sauvage Extrême, La Piscine and Alain Delon...

Since its first appearance in 1966, Eau Sauvage has been worn and carried by the most iconic male faces of its era. Depicted for decades through René Gruau's illustrations, the true idols of the young eventually came to pose for the cult Eau Sauvage, an original fragrance that broke with classic masculine standards.

Since 2009 a young Alain Delon has been chosen as the model for Eau Sauvage. The distinctiveness and originality of the advertising concept hit the mark and clearly boosted sales of Eau Sauvage thanks to this handsome Apollo, a standard of beauty and glamour from the 1960s.

A subtle blend of modernity and retro trends, Alain Delon once again won over the public in 2010 through an advertisement featuring historic images from his famous film La Piscine, in which he appears thoroughly charming and thoroughly virile, the better to introduce the new, elegant flanker Eau Sauvage Extrême. Dior, as with J'adore and Marilyn Monroe, no longer hesitates to play with the iconic images of that bygone era to present its fragrances with timeless elegance.

Eau Sauvage Extrême: one fragrance, two interpretations

In a relatively rare occurrence, Eau Sauvage Extrême had already existed since 1984, created at the time by Edmond Roudnitska, the creator of the original 1966 fragrance. However, under the guidance of perfumer François Demachy, Eau Sauvage Extrême was reformulated to be sold again in 2010. The design of the traditional Eau Sauvage bottle remains unchanged, except that for this explosive version the square glass bottle takes on a black color to better highlight the label and the shiny metallic cap. Once again, Eau Sauvage Extrême preserves its heritage while embracing modernity.

As for the juice, Eau Sauvage Extrême retains the same freshness as its predecessor while gaining a touch of powerful masculinity through woody notes that now shift it into a new olfactory family.

In the top notes, Sicilian lemon offers fresh and invigorating notes while remaining delicately fragrant. Then the heart notes exhale Vaucluse lavender, highlighting rich facets of floral and aromatic notes as well as scents of coumarin and wood. Virginia cedar essence allows it to persist in a deep, woody sillage while delivering a robust and powerful energy that blends beautifully with the notes originally featured in Eau Sauvage.

With Eau Sauvage Extrême, the fine aromatic citrus turns toward its woody strength. The cedar, added in the base notes, allows it to carry the original accord to excess and enriches it with a noble wood with enveloping accents, of a modern and assertive character, that heightens its masculinity, according to Dior.