Comments on: Christian Dior Eau Sauvage ~ fragrance review

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:11:05 +0000

I have a huge bottle, luckily, and as I have so much perfume, it will be ages before it runs out. Hopefully by then my bottle will be too aged to make any comparisons & I’ll be none the wiser.

By: mjcr

mjcr — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:48:25 +0000

I agree about it being reformulated. I have a 50ml bottle which was bought in the summer of 2004 which came in a marbled brown box and has been kept away form light in a cabinet ever since. As its getting pretty low now I recently bought a 100ml bottle in the most recent white packaging.
To my nose there is a definite difference. The old Eau Sauvage I have is definitely stronger and the heart and base notes have considerable prominence. Its quite possible to see the link with Eau Sauvage Extreme. And I’m taking in to account the age as well.
The new bottle I have, while still utterly sublime and most definitely Eau Sauvage in all its glory, seems somehow lighter and fresher than my ‘old’ bottle ever was. In fact I detect a very faint powdery note that was never there in Eau Sauvage 5 or 6 years back. Its a very subtle change indeed. I tried to convince myself that its merely the difference in the age of the two bottles or that my nose is not what it used. But it has changed. I still love it but I have that uneasy feeling that when my old bottle runs out I will feel a faint sense of loss.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:45:32 +0000

I do think so, but I haven’t smelled a new bottle recently — it is almost certainly been reformulated.

By: Na

Na — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:15:29 +0000

Robin,

I tried this one recently. I though it was interesting- it’s fresh but not screechy clean fresh.

Do you think the hedione is very noticeable?

By: it_does_wonders

it_does_wonders — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:53:51 +0000

i hear it does wonders for graham!… even more than chance.

ah, au sauvage!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:20:20 +0000

Eau Sauvage is a masculine take on the classic eau de cologne. It is simple, citrus-green and has good longevity. It was one of my first scents and it is as good today as it ever was! The Extreme version is not citrusy at all, and is, in my opinion, quite obnoxious.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:11:25 +0000

34 oz a summer — well I am impressed! That is a lot of Eau Sauvage

Love Eau de Givenchy, but my list was very much influenced by the amazing heat & humidity we've had this August. Even Eau de Givenchy was more floral than I could take. An early summer list would have been very different

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:08:25 +0000

HEHE— I buy it in 34 oz size. I keep it in the fridge. It is soooo amazingly delicious on the hottest day to refresh and rejuvenate. Both my husband and I adore it in the summertime straight out of fridge. Its a classic. We do use a 34 oz of it every summer! Heavens Robin — you didn't put Eau de Givenchy on your list. That is the other summer time scent I use and its getting harder to find.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:01:15 +0000

Thanks for letting me know, I won't go looking for the Extreme.

34 oz: I guess then you really can bathe in it! You'd just about have to in order to use it up before it went bad.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:19:48 +0000

The “extreme” version of this is too medicinal for my taste — it has a “solid” smell…like you've applied a pomade or paste to the skin (no 'sparkle' compared to the original). Have you seen the 34 oz! bottles of Eau Sauvage? They are quite beautiful but WHO could use so much of one scent?