Sauvage Eau de Toilette

Bois de Jasmin: relentless freshness

Victoria, writing on Bois de Jasmin on November 11, 2015, finds no obvious link with Eau Sauvage, apart from abundant bergamot. She notes a peppery bergamot underlined by elemi, and considers the contrast between the aromatic top and the ambery woody base the best part of the perfume.

She finds it relentlessly fresh, with a base of vetiver and dry amber that stays airy. She likens it to Terre d’Hermès for its mineral dryness, calls it presentable in any circumstance and invites those looking for complexity to look elsewhere.

Now Smell This: contradicting the perfumer

Kevin, writing on Now Smell This on September 9, 2015, takes the opposite view of Demachy’s claims about carefully chosen natural materials. He describes a commonplace ozone and fruit accord, an ambroxan with faux-wood airs, and a perfume he judges unnatural and frugal.

He compares it to Bleu de Chanel, with which many associate it, and finds the latter more complex and more luxurious, without granting it much of a lead in originality.