Basenotes › Basenotes Forums › Fragrance Discussion › Male Fragrance Discussion › Eau Sauvage Parfum - Frighteningly Beautiful !!!!!
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Eau Sauvage Parfum - Frighteningly Beautiful !!!!!

post #1 of 142
5/18/12 at 12:37pm
Thread Starter 
This has just been released here in France.
I hope my description of it will be of some help to you.

First and foremost, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EAU SAUVAGE. NOTHING.
When you first spray it you will get a five second blast of something incredibly beautiful and vaguely reminiscent of Eau Sauvage, but this gone before you even have time to make a comparison.
This is a beautiful,beautiful juice...........but Dior got the marketing totally wrong !!!
This should have been launched as part of their boutique series of colognes.
This is the twin brother of Eau Noire....although this is not similar to Eau Noire, it shares the same simple structure as E.N. and the same fantanstic silliage and longtivity, (2 sprays/72 hours/2 showers and still detectable on my forearm !)
The strong dominant, but very smooth myrrhe note contains a weird vibe which I can only describe as a " McVitie´s rich tea biscuit/ digestive biscuit" note, that actually works much better than it sounds. After the initial, shocking transformation of this extrait it remains very constant and unchanging in the same way that Eau Noire does. Although different from E. N., this is very compatible, and I am sure could be easily blended and layered with E.N. and the other colognes from the boutique series.
Although shocked by my initial experiences with Eau Sauvage Parfum I am now very much in love with this beautiful creation.
Reply
Reply

Features on Basenotes

Basenotes Reader Awards 2013 - Finalists Announced.
Petals Falling From The Sky - A Report From The Cote d'Azur's Bataille De Fleurs
Greatest Hits: Annick Menardo
post #2 of 142
5/18/12 at 12:44pm
Thanks for your impressions! So how dominant is this vanilla/cookie accord ?
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 142
5/18/12 at 1:03pm
Great now I have another fragrance on my "to sniff" list. With that kind of longevity, it might well shift to my "to buy" list as well! Thanks for the review
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 142
5/18/12 at 1:10pm
Really looking forward to acquiring this.
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 142
5/18/12 at 1:15pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MonkeyBars View Post

Thanks for your impressions! So how dominant is this vanilla/cookie accord ?

The accord is for my nose quite dominant and consistent throughout, although I would not describe it as vanilla cookie - just cookie. Some people may not even make the "rich tea biscuit" connection. I do also get a sweet rubber vibe from the myrrhe.
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 142
5/18/12 at 1:16pm
Looking forward to see and smell it soon in Poland, hopefully it arrives here...
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 142
5/18/12 at 1:21pm
Thanks for sharing, now I know what I ought to be testing next time I visit Douglas.
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 142
5/18/12 at 1:24pm
Thread Starter 
I´m sure that anyone who is a fan of Eau Noire will love this incredible "potion". It has the same distinctive sweet herbal qualities as E.N.
........but I think fans of the classic Eau Sauvage will be bitterly disappointed.
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 142
5/18/12 at 2:01pm
Mmmmmmm, sounds deliciously good. Thank you for your impressions. I hope the extrait will be available in the US.
Reply
Reply
post #10 of 142
5/18/12 at 2:23pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mimi Gardenia View Post

Mmmmmmm, sounds deliciously good. Thank you for your impressions. I hope the extrait will be available in the US.

Hmm, hmm? I am so curious ... next thing is to start looking for a review with google. This could be another suitable men fragrance for women. You got me curious with the biscotte-vanilla aroma ...
Reply
Reply
post #11 of 142
5/18/12 at 4:10pm
Interesting. But, you compare it to Eau Noire.
I hope ES doesn't have the nasty immortelle
note as EN does?! Please tell me it doesn't!
Reply
Reply
post #12 of 142
5/18/12 at 6:17pm
This sounds beautiful. Just gone to the front of my wishlist!
Reply
Reply
post #13 of 142
5/18/12 at 6:32pm
Nice to read some positive reviews on this. I've had my bottle since yesterday and I've already gotten a compliment. I just hope is stays around for a while. I get turned off by scents that are meant to disappear one day. It makes me not want to get attached to them.
Reply
Reply
post #14 of 142
5/18/12 at 6:34pm
I am surprised Dior didn't consult you before they launched it !
Reply
Reply
post #15 of 142
5/18/12 at 6:34pm
  • jss
  • offline
  • Gender:
Thanks for sharing your impression. Even I'm fan of the classic Eau Sauvage, this new version is the number one on my wishlist.
Reply
Reply
post #16 of 142
5/18/12 at 6:38pm
I immediately did a google shopping search for it, and found no results. Where can it be found for sale online?
Reply
Reply
post #17 of 142
5/18/12 at 6:42pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrcologneguy View Post

I immediately did a google shopping search for it, and found no results. Where can it be found for sale online?

Dior.com will start selling it at the end of this month. Meantime you can go on their website and enter your email address so that they can alert you the minute it happens.
Reply
Reply
post #18 of 142
5/18/12 at 6:44pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by thatmakesscents View Post

Dior.com will start selling it at the end of this month. Meantime you can go on their website and enter your email address so that they can alert you the minute it happens.

I'm in. Thank you, BNers. Another example of why I love this site so much.
Reply
Reply
post #19 of 142
5/18/12 at 6:45pm
Saw this at my local Sephora today by surprise. $84 for the 3.4oz and I was so tempted to blind buy. But I held off and instead just bought one frag. In hindsight, maybe I should've gotten it??
Reply
Reply
post #20 of 142
5/18/12 at 10:18pm
Interested, is Oak Moss (Evernia Prunastri) listed on the box? Just curious...
Reply
Reply
post #21 of 142
5/18/12 at 10:21pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jean-Francois View Post

This has just been released here in France.
I hope my description of it will be of some help to you.

First and foremost, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EAU SAUVAGE. NOTHING.
When you first spray it you will get a five second blast of something incredibly beautiful and vaguely reminiscent of Eau Sauvage, but this gone before you even have time to make a comparison.
This is a beautiful,beautiful juice...........but Dior got the marketing totally wrong !!!
This should have been launched as part of their boutique series of colognes.
This is the twin brother of Eau Noire....although this is not similar to Eau Noire, it shares the same simple structure as E.N. and the same fantanstic silliage and longtivity, (2 sprays/72 hours/2 showers and still detectable on my forearm !)
The strong dominant, but very smooth myrrhe note contains a weird vibe which I can only describe as a " McVitie´s rich tea biscuit/ digestive biscuit" note, that actually works much better than it sounds. After the initial, shocking transformation of this extrait it remains very constant and unchanging in the same way that Eau Noire does. Although different from E. N., this is very compatible, and I am sure could be easily blended and layered with E.N. and the other colognes from the boutique series.
Although shocked by my initial experiences with Eau Sauvage Parfum I am now very much in love with this beautiful creation.

I'm a bit shocked to be honest! You have McVitie's rich tea biscuits in France??
Reply
Reply
post #22 of 142
5/18/12 at 10:32pm
Sounds interesting, indeed. Thanks for the heads up !
Reply
Reply
post #23 of 142
5/19/12 at 12:40am
Its not going to be released here from what I was told at the counters last week.
Reply
Reply
post #24 of 142
5/19/12 at 1:49am
I hope this is available in selfridges when I go later today!
Reply
Reply
post #25 of 142
5/19/12 at 2:02am
Makes a stunning bottle with the green juice inside.
Reply
Reply
post #26 of 142
5/19/12 at 3:41am
Frighteningly Beautiful!!
(Now that's what I like to hear)
Reply
Reply
post #27 of 142
5/19/12 at 5:13am
I'm frightened by the McVitie's biscuit vibe...
Reply
Reply
post #28 of 142
5/19/12 at 6:10am
There is at least one more thread for Eau Sauvage Parfum, where people comment on their impressions.
Reply
Reply
post #29 of 142
5/19/12 at 6:17am
Worst thing I've tried in a long time, but to each his own.
Reply
Reply
post #30 of 142
5/19/12 at 7:04am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Diamondflame View Post

I'm frightened by the McVitie's biscuit vibe...

Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Reply
Reply
post #31 of 142
5/19/12 at 8:45am
I tested this the other day. It has been in Texas for a about a week. I was dissappointed only in the sense that I was hoping for a stronger version of the original, but I actually liked the frangrance. I always find it confusing when a house issues new products using the name of older established successes.
Reply
Reply
post #32 of 142
5/19/12 at 7:39pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Diamondflame View Post

I'm frightened by the McVitie's biscuit vibe...

Yeah biscuits and myrrh with a little ES on top sounds kind of annoying
Reply
Reply
post #33 of 142
5/19/12 at 7:43pm
Biscuits don't frighten me at all.
Reply
Reply
post #34 of 142
5/19/12 at 8:11pm
I eat biscuits for breakfast.
Reply
Reply
post #35 of 142
5/19/12 at 8:30pm
  • KMF
  • offline
  • Gender:
I've had this for a week or so. I've never tried the tea biscuits referenced, so I can't comment there. However what I do get in the base is a slightly sweet, slightly powdery, almost barbershop kind of scent. It's funny, because in my review, I wrote that this has as much in common with Eau Savage as Fahrenheit has with Fahrenheit Absolute. The irony in that statement is that now that I think about it, the base in Eau Savage Parfum is somewhat similar to the base in Fahrenheit Absolute. The myrrh is the major player in both fragrances, at least in the base. Obviously ESP doesn't have oud in it like FA does, but they are sort of distant cousins. I happen to like FA, and I also like ESP quite a bit. I've worn nothing else for a week, and I'm not sick of it at all.

This is available in Sephora in the US for $85 for 100ml.
Reply
Reply
post #36 of 142
5/19/12 at 9:20pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by koala501 View Post

I eat biscuits for breakfast.

i think he meant biscuit in the british sense, what we in the states call "cookies." for all i know, aussies call em "wallabites"
Reply
Reply
post #37 of 142
5/19/12 at 10:34pm
  • TWB
  • offline
  • Gender:
I too tried this the other day @ Sephora, and I really liked it! I do agree too that it has very little in common with the original Eau Savage. But for me it is just a little too sweet.... I will have to give it another try to see if it is worth adding to my wardrobe...
Reply
Reply
post #38 of 142
5/20/12 at 1:02am
Has this landed in the UK yet?
If so, where?
Reply
Reply
post #39 of 142
5/20/12 at 2:04am
Quote:
Originally Posted by MonkeyBars View Post

i think he meant biscuit in the british sense, what we in the states call "cookies." for all i know, aussies call em "wallabites"

Ha ha. As in the Australian sense please MonkeyBars!
Reply
Reply
post #40 of 142
5/20/12 at 5:55am
Tried it at sephora. It doesn't smell like Eau sauvage that much but just a little. I didn't like it at all.
Reply
Reply
post #41 of 142
5/20/12 at 6:17am
Well, I do find that it shares its DNA with the original ES EDT.

What has been achieved here is unique, not sure I like it. It smells like 2 fragrances layered together, Eau Sauvage with fougère clothes. It smells good but goes in 2 opposite directions at the same time: the classic, undomesticated, lemony and bitter (chypre) eau de cologne (the original Eau Sauvage) plus the urban, poised and well behaved office fougère. A sort of frankenscent.
Reply
Reply
post #42 of 142
5/20/12 at 6:48am
Just spotted in Sephora Bahrain.
Reply
Reply
post #43 of 142
5/20/12 at 8:06am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Reminiscent View Post

Well, I do find that it shares its DNA with the original ES EDT.

What has been achieved here is unique, not sure I like it. It smells like 2 fragrances layered together, Eau Sauvage with fougère clothes. It smells good but goes in 2 opposite directions at the same time: the classic, undomesticated, lemony and bitter (chypre) eau de cologne (the original Eau Sauvage) plus the urban, poised and well behaved office fougère. A sort of frankenscent.

I agree. The ES pedigree is there throughout its performance. But its Eau Sauvage in a romantic, rather than preppy, mode. Eau Sauvage marries Dior Homme. The opening is brilliantly fresh - the trademark citrus brightened further with ramped up greens. Theres an undercurrent of sweet Diorella here that signals its intentions. Once dry down begins, what others are calling its bisquite note Im reading as Dior Hommes lipstick. Thats how it performs on my skin - a more refined ES slowly, ineluctably, moving toward Dior Homme, where it lingers for some time before moving on to the base and where the grass returns. Yes, its beautiful, and like the original smells like nothing else.

$85. at Sephora.
Reply
Reply
post #44 of 142
5/20/12 at 12:19pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Larimar View Post

There is at least one more thread for Eau Sauvage Parfum, where people comment on their impressions.

Please can you tell me the title of the thread. I did a search before starting my thread, but couldn´t find anything - apart from one with a pic of the bottle and nobody had reviewed on that particular thread.
Reply
Reply
post #45 of 142
5/20/12 at 12:25pm
Thread Starter 
Update :
The more I try this perfume, the more I love it and think it has everything to do with the Dior boutique range of colognes - and nothing at all to do with Eau Sauvage.
By the way, the owner of the perfumery where I bought it hates it, (says it stinks !)
Reply
Reply
post #46 of 142
5/20/12 at 12:32pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MonkeyBars View Post

Yeah biscuits and myrrh with a little ES on top sounds kind of annoying

I think most people will translate the dominant myrrh note as sweet rubber rather than McVitie´s.
The vague E.S. on top is gone within the first few minutes.......
Reply
Reply
post #47 of 142
5/20/12 at 1:59pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jean-Francois View Post

Update :
The more I try this perfume, the more I love it and think it has everything to do with the Dior boutique range of colognes - and nothing at all to do with Eau Sauvage.
By the way, the owner of the perfumery where I bought it hates it, (says it stinks !)

I tested it all today and I have to agree with the perfumery shop owner, I didn't enjoy it either. I usually like myrrhe (similar to note in fahrenheit absolute) but this do smell like biscuit.
Reply
Reply
post #48 of 142
5/21/12 at 7:40am
I tried it today - am I am so disappointed. Just another flat sweet, somewhat musty smell. Where is the freshness, the elegance, the chic of French perfumery? After they changed and castrated the original Eau Sauvage to death so that it has no impact and no balls any more, LVMH really have the courage to put this weakling on the market - I can't believe it. What has the world come to? France is no longer what it used to be, hélas! (The bottle and the green colour of the juice are beautiful, though, and longevity is awesome - much too long for my taste.)

Aeons better in my opinion are Terre d'Hermès parfum and the eternal classic Knize Ten. What a difference! TdH is wonderful and classy but a wee bit too quiet. Knize, on the other hand, is glorious, mellow, generous, unparalleled, a gent's smell.
Reply
Reply
post #49 of 142
5/21/12 at 7:55am
A 'McVitie's biscuit' note sounds like my cup of tea.
Reply
Reply
post #50 of 142
5/21/12 at 6:57pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Reminiscent View Post

Eau Sauvage with fougère clothes. It smells good but goes in 2 opposite directions at the same time: the classic, undomesticated, lemony and bitter (chypre) eau de cologne (the original Eau Sauvage) plus the urban, poised and well behaved office fougère.

A poised and well behaved office fougère? Sounds interesting, I still have to try it.
Just out of curiosity, here's an advertisement for the original

Reply
Reply
post #51 of 142
5/22/12 at 8:13am
I smell a biscuit note in Ambre Nuit by Christian Dior.
Reply
Reply
post #52 of 142
5/22/12 at 8:48am
I like myrrh, I like biscuits; I'm intrigued.
Reply
Reply
post #53 of 142
5/22/12 at 11:11am
I tested this the other day. It has been in Texas for a about a week. I was dissappointed only in the sense that I was hoping for a stronger version of the original, but I actually liked the frangrance. I always find it confusing when a house issues new products using the name of older established successes. Thanks friends for showing your kind attitudes. You are the BEST!
Reply
Reply
post #54 of 142
5/22/12 at 1:51pm
Does this new "Eau Sauvage parfum" feature the difficult "cumin-ish" note I disliked in Fahrenheit Absolute ??

Quote:
Originally Posted by KMF View Post

I've had this for a week or so. I've never tried the tea biscuits referenced, so I can't comment there. However what I do get in the base is a slightly sweet, slightly powdery, almost barbershop kind of scent. It's funny, because in my review, I wrote that this has as much in common with Eau Savage as Fahrenheit has with Fahrenheit Absolute. The irony in that statement is that now that I think about it, the base in Eau Savage Parfum is somewhat similar to the base in Fahrenheit Absolute. The myrrh is the major player in both fragrances, at least in the base. Obviously ESP doesn't have oud in it like FA does, but they are sort of distant cousins. I happen to like FA, and I also like ESP quite a bit. I've worn nothing else for a week, and I'm not sick of it at all.

This is available in Sephora in the US for $85 for 100ml.
Reply
Reply
post #55 of 142
5/22/12 at 3:19pm
  • KMF
  • offline
  • Gender:
Quote:
Originally Posted by DULLAH View Post

Does this new "Eau Sauvage parfum" feature the difficult "cumin-ish" note I disliked in Fahrenheit Absolute ??

The "cumin-ish" note is the oud, no? Or are you talking about something in addition to the oud? Either way, ESP doesn't have that note.
Reply
Reply
post #56 of 142
5/22/12 at 4:10pm
Thread Starter 
I have tested E.S.Parfum and Eau Noire parallel and find a lot of similarities between them. The drydown of ESP has more of a lime trace and the drydown of EN has more of a vanilla trace.
Reply
Reply
post #57 of 142
5/22/12 at 9:20pm
I tried this yesterday in sephora and actually was surprised that I liked it. I don't like the original in the slightest and I smelled very little similarity between the two. I guess maybe it's there is the base or something but I never got past the first sniff of the original to know what it's like when it gets past the opening. Got a sample and will be test driving it some time this week. Kept the paper sample all day and loved every stage of it.
Reply
Reply
post #58 of 142
5/23/12 at 5:19am
Is this available in the UK yet? Can I buy online from a UK source?
Reply
Reply
post #59 of 142
5/23/12 at 5:34am
I picked up a sample at my local Sephora yesterday,, as I've been a fan of the Original and the Extreme for years. I actually really do like this, but I don't think it needed to be called Eau Sauvage at all. I think being a Dior fragrance, it would have merited a new name.

I agree with the above poster, it does smell to an extent, that Eau Sauvage and Dior Homme had been married and created this fragrance. I was never a large fan of the Dior Homme, but I rather like this as I put it on today and wore it. After 12 hours I still am getting whiffs here and there, whereas the original Eau Sauvage was gone within a few hours...

I really was hoping for a long lasting 'back to the original' Eau Sauvage to be honest.. But I like this.
Reply
Reply
post #60 of 142
5/23/12 at 7:33am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Reminiscent View Post

...It smells like 2 fragrances layered together, Eau Sauvage with fougère clothes. It smells good but goes in 2 opposite directions at the same time: the classic, undomesticated, lemony and bitter (chypre) eau de cologne (the original Eau Sauvage) plus the urban, poised and well behaved office fougère. A sort of frankenscent.

Tried it last night at Duty Free, and I have to agree, 'frankenscent' is what this is.

You get that trendy lime/mojito accord up top, with lots of herbal greenery, then it smells like a classic, late-70s aromatic fougère, and then, for some reason, a giant, lumbering vetiver base takes center stage - sort of like the one used in Terre de Hermes; this morning I'm smelling a slightly oriental myrrh.

Confused yet? I am.

I don't get the Eau Noire connection at all, or any connection to the original ES. It smells a bit like the last 40 years of men's fragrance trends all rolled up into one. The only thing missing is oud.

The materials used smell very good.

I think it would be nice if more guys wore this than the usual Sephora trash, but this is nothing I'm going to run out and buy.

Could make a great shower gel.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Male Fragrance Discussion

Features on Basenotes

Basenotes Reader Awards 2013 - Finalists Announced.
Petals Falling From The Sky - A Report From The Cote d'Azur's Bataille De Fleurs
Greatest Hits: Annick Menardo
Basenotes › Basenotes Forums › Fragrance Discussion › Male Fragrance Discussion › Eau Sauvage Parfum - Frighteningly Beautiful !!!!!