Dior · 2021 · François Demachy

Sauvage

Dior says

You’ll smell grapefruit note, heart of spices, essence of AOP lavender from Nyons and rich woods.

More from Dior’s description

It also mentions heady spices, essence of cinnamon, essence of nutmeg, cardamom, AOP essence from Nyons, vanilla-tinged Coumarin note, ambery accord, licorice note, Haitian vetiver, patchouli heart, "tailor-made" lavender essence, spicy grapefruit, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, 'tailor-made' AOP lavender from Nyons, rich, sweet, smooth woods, premium cinnamon, Haitian vetiver, lavender essence and hawthorn berry.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Sauvage’s scent picture, a draft: grapefruit, lavender, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, vanilla-tinged coumarin note drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Sauvage, top notes: Grapefruit, cardamom, Sweet orange

Heartthe first hours

Sauvage, heart: Lavender, cinnamon, nutmeg, liquorice, Hawthorn, Rose

Dry-downhours later

Sauvage, dry-down: Vanilla-tinged Coumarin note, Vetiver, Patchouli, Iso E Super, Vanillin

On the label

What’s inside it

22 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

3 citrus5 herbs & lavender6 florals2 woods2 sweet4 spices

Citrus3

LimoneneBitter orange oilCitral

Herbs & lavender5

Lavender oilCamphorLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals6

Rose oilCitronellolRose ketonesGeranyl acetateGeraniolHexyl cinnamal

Woods2

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)

Spices4

EugenolCinnamon bark oilCinnamalIsoeugenol

Not in Ingredients yet5

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

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl alcoholViolet 2Yellow 5Blue 1

Named by Dior, never on a label

Grapefruit noteEssence of nutmegCardamomVanilla-tinged Coumarin noteLicorice note, not in Ingredients yetHaitian vetiverHawthorn berry, not in Ingredients yet

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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