Dior · 2015 · François Demachy

Sauvage

Dior says

You’ll smell bergamot from Reggio di Calabria and Ambroxan.

It lasts 6–8 hours.

More from Dior’s description

It also mentions citrus, elemi, woods, Calabrian bergamot, Sichuan pepper and ambery marine wood.

The house’s page

The drawn Sauvage bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Sauvage’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, ambroxan, elemi, sichuan pepper, patchouli, lemon drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Sauvage, top notes: Bergamot, elemi, Sichuan pepper, Lemon, Lavender, Geranium, Sweet orange

Heartthe first hours

Sauvage, heart: Rose

Dry-downhours later

Sauvage, dry-down: Ambroxan, Patchouli, Iso E Super, Coumarin, Vanillin

On the label

What’s inside it

21 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

5 citrus5 herbs & lavender7 florals2 woods2 sweet

Citrus5

Bergamot oilLimoneneLemon oilBitter orange oilCitral

Herbs & lavender5

Lavender oilCamphorLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals7

Geranium oilRose oilCitronellolAmyl salicylateGeranyl acetateGeraniolRose ketones

Woods2

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)

Not in Ingredients yet5

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetHexadecanolactone, not in Ingredients yetAlpha-terpinene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Violet 2Red 4Blue 1Yellow 10

Named by Dior, never on a label

Ambroxan (ambergris)ElemiSichuan pepper

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: 21 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.