DIOR Eau Sauvage Extrême

With notes just as fresh as its original fragrance, Eau Sauvage Extrême goes further, plunging into 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 emblematic male faces of its era. Portrayed for decades through the engravings of René Gruau, the true idols of the young eventually came to pose for the iconic Eau Sauvage, an original fragrance that broke with classic masculine standards.

Since 2009, a young Alain Delon has been chosen as the face of 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 his audience in 2010 through an advertisement featuring the historic images from his famous film La Piscine, in which he appears thoroughly charming and thoroughly virile, better introducing the handsome new flanker Eau Sauvage Extrême. Dior, as it did with J'adore and Marilyn Monroe, no longer hesitates to draw on the iconic images of that bygone era to present its fragrances of timeless elegance.

Eau Sauvage Extrême: one fragrance, two interpretations

Rather unusually, Eau Sauvage Extrême had already existed since 1984, composed at the time by Edmond Roudnitska, the creator of the original 1966 fragrance. However, under the direction of perfumer François Demachy, Eau Sauvage Extrême was reformulated to be sold again in 2010. The design of Eau Sauvage's traditional bottle remains unchanged, except that for this explosive version the square glass bottle takes on a black color to better set off 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 keeps the same freshness as its predecessor while gaining a touch of powerful masculinity through woody notes that now shift it into a different olfactory family.

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

With Eau Sauvage Extrême, the fine aromatic citrus turns toward the woody side of its strength. The cedar added in the base notes serves 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.