Dior · 1966 · Edmond Roudnitska

Eau Sauvage

VersionEau de Toilette

Dior says

You’ll smell San Carlo bergamot from Calabria, Hedione, lavender from the Vaucluse and chypre accord (bergamot, floral notes, oak moss, patchouli).

More from Dior’s description

It also mentions floral and citrus signature, chypre trail, bergamot, floral notes, oak moss and patchouli.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Eau Sauvage’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, hedione, lavender, oakmoss, patchouli, lemon drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Eau Sauvage, top notes: Bergamot, Lavender, Lemon, Sweet orange, Geranium

Heartthe first hours

Eau Sauvage, heart: Hedione

Dry-downhours later

Eau Sauvage, dry-down: Oakmoss, Patchouli, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

22 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

5 citrus5 herbs & lavender7 florals1 woods1 sweet2 spices1 powder

Citrus5

Bergamot oilLimoneneLemon oilBitter orange oilCitral

Herbs & lavender5

Lavender oilCamphorLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals7

Geranium oilHexyl cinnamalGeranyl acetateGeraniolHydroxycitronellalCitronellolAmyl cinnamal

Woods1

Patchouli oil

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices2

EugenolAnethole

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet6

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetCarvone, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetCinnamyl alcohol, not in Ingredients yetAlpha-terpinene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Red 4Yellow 5Blue 1Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

Named by Dior, never on a label

Hedione (jasmine)Oak moss

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 22 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.