Dior · 2019

Sauvage

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Dior asks $199 for 100 ml
30 ml$110
60 ml$168
100 ml$199
200 ml$265

The houseFor men

Bright Calabrian mandarin and bergamot over creamy Sri Lankan sandalwood and cedar, ending in warm vanilla and tonka.

Dior says

You’ll smell mandarin, bergamot, sandalwood, cedar, vanilla and Tonka Bean.

More from Dior’s description

It also mentions Calabrian mandarin, Sri Lankan sandalwood and Vanilla absolute.

The house’s page

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Sauvage’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, bergamot, sandalwood, cedar, vanilla (vanillin), tonka (coumarin) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Sauvage, when you spray it: Mandarin, Bergamot, Lemon, Lavender, Geranium, Sweet orange, Anethole (anise)

As it settlesheart notes

Sauvage, as it settles: Rose

What staysdry-down notes

Sauvage, what stays: Sandalwood, Cedar, Vanilla (vanillin), Tonka (coumarin), Patchouli, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Hexadecanolactone (musk)

What’s inside it

What the label names

33 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

7 citrus6 herbs & lavender7 florals5 woods2 sweet4 spices1 musks1 powder

7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Iris d'ÉliteVersace · shares mandarin, sandalwood, cedar (Atlas cedar), vanilla and 1 moreabout $387 for 100 ml · about twice Sauvage’s $199
MarfaMemo Paris · shares mandarin, sandalwood, cedar (Atlas cedar), vanilla and 1 more$350 for 75 ml · about twice Sauvage’s $199
Million Gold ElixirRabanne · shares mandarin, bergamot, sandalwood, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 more$182 for 100 ml · about the same as Sauvage’s $199
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.