Eau Sauvage Fraîcheur Cuir (2007)
by Christian Dior

Eau Sauvage with a touch of leather......how can you go wrong! however, it's no longer listed on Dior's website so I wonder if it's been discontinued, so sad if it has :-(

13rd June, 2011.

Smells quite a bit like Eau Sauvage, but with a touch of suede-like leather in the base. Longevity is better than ES on me, but still only lasts a half-day or so. This is a good flanker, but I wonder if it's just a bit too close to the original. Definitely worth a try if you like ES and want a little more lasting power out of it.

28th April, 2011.

A subtle and almost imperceptible variation of the previous Eau Sauvage gently enriched with a shy and clean leather note and just a little of fruity notes. Not bad but go for the original.

2nd April, 2011. (Last Edited: 4th April, 2011.)

Eau Sauvage Fraîcheur Cuir is pretty much what it says on the label: Eau Sauvage with some watery fruit notes (Calone?) up top and a dab of clean leather. The leather leaves Fraîcheur Cuir smelling a touch closer to Roudnitska’s earlier Eau d’Hermès (minus the cumin and civet) than does the original, while the melony “fraîcheur” element points up the family relation to Le Parfum de Thérèse and Diorella. The fruit and leather also render Faîcheur Cuir sweeter and softer than the original version, an impression that persists into the drydown, which is noticeably less mossy than the accustomed Eau Sauvage.

Is Fraîcheur Cuir a pleasant variation on the Eau Sauvage theme? Without a doubt. Was it absolutely necessary? Of that I’m not so sure.

28th March, 2011.

It opens with that lemon/herbal masculine and spicy so characteristic of eau sauvage at the top and a slight note of leather as background , very soft, almost imperceptible, which gives the fragrance a little more depth and contrast brilliantly with citrusy and floral accords of the halfway , giving a delicious balance.
The main problem of this water is the endemic one of family of Dior's Eau Savage (minus the extreme version): Longevity; in general terms is quite poor, maybe 1 or 2 hours with a bit of luck .A shame.
in short: a masterpiece of short duration.

15th January, 2011.

This scent seems to be close to the original Eau Sauvage. Lemons are present here, but this hasn't got the elegance of the original Eau Sauvage. This is much more simply. The notes cuir + sweets make a dirty lemony fragrancy wich isn't refined.

15th January, 2011.