Sauvage Eau de Parfum is the 2018 version François Demachy composed for Dior around the eau de toilette’s Calabrian bergamot, warmed with a Papua New Guinean vanilla extract. The house draws inspiration from a desert at twilight; star anise, nutmeg, lavender and Sichuan pepper make up its heart.
Marin Kristic, at Scent Grail, sees it as the best “blue” fragrance on the market: rounder than the Eau de Toilette, its spices blended into ambroxan, its vanilla discreet.
What critics say
Marin Kristic, Scent Grail (2022)
Marin Kristic counts the Eau de Parfum among his favorite fragrances and considers it “the best ‘blue’ fragrance on the market.” He finds it rounder than the Eau de Toilette from the opening, with the pepper and metallic note of the original softened.
He still detects the line’s shower-gel effect, but feels the fragrance grows more interesting as it moves toward its base. Sichuan pepper leads the spices, star anise and nutmeg melt into the ambroxan, and the vanilla stays powdery, never sweet.
He grants it little originality, having been so widely imitated, but judges it better made than its copies. He notes that he assessed a 2018 bottle and regrets a reformulation from 2020 onward.
From the same line
- Sauvage Eau de Toilette
- Sauvage Very Cool Spray
- Sauvage Parfum
- Sauvage Elixir Parfum
- Sauvage Eau Forte Parfum sans alcool
The whole line on the blog: Sauvage by Dior: the whole line, from 2015 to 2026
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