Sauvage Elixir

LIke LImebutter said.... much fresher than the extrait

definitely fresher than extrait

Needs a few wears to get used to. Superstong old school fogger. Can smell on cloths days later.

The opening is very strong, and not really harmonious at all. Its like every notes tries to do their own thing. I have tried sauvage fragrances, multiple times now. It is not even possible for me to get used to it. After it dries down, it still feels off. I imagine a workplace with tough, harsh environments could maybe use an even harsher fragrance like sauvage, but for me, this is not it.

The opening just isn't there for me, it's just licorice, nutmeg and sandalwood. It's extremely intense. Once it dries down, all that's left is sandalwood and amber. It's a great pick for the office, when you're all busy shaking hands and want to project a distinctive, masculine scent that screams business and self-confidence. Other than that, I can’t imagine reaching for it, even though I have an almost full bottle in my collection.

Smells like something from the 70's if im honest. Of the four women in the fragrance section, two staff and two customers, None of them liked it,just saying. I didn't mind it, but I like Paco Rabanne original green, so there's that

Absolut hate this and all of it flankers. People wearing this, just wear it to annoy other people. Recently a guy wear it in the Gym and we could smell him in every corner of the room. This juice is absolutely disgusting and it should be forbidden to wear in public spaces. If my daughter would date a guy wearing this, I would kick him out of my house.

If you told me it was an Initio Parfums Prives fragrance, I would totally believe you. It's as monumental as Side Effect or Narcotic Delight: a warm, sweet, spicy beast of a scent that fills the room.

Dior Sauvage Elixir: The Man Who Does Not Knock First things first: this fragrance does not enter a room, it arrives at one, and the room adjusts. Sauvage Elixir smells like a handshake that goes three seconds too long, delivered with unbroken eye contact and genuine, terrifying goodwill. The opening is cinnamon. Not a hint of cinnamon, cinnamon in the way a marching band is "some music." Nutmeg and cardamom crowd in behind it, a flash of grapefruit gets roughly four seconds of screen time before being quietly escorted from the building, and then the lavender arrives. This is not a gentle lavender. This lavender has been to the gym. Twice. Today. Then something strange happens: licorice. A dark, faintly medicinal anise note wanders in and gives the whole composition a chewy quality, like a French pastille dropped into a spice grinder. Underneath it all, vetiver and patchouli are doing the actual structural work, the two guys holding the ladder while everyone watches the man at the top. And here's the inconvenient part: it's well made. That's what enthusiasts can't forgive. It would be so much easier to dismiss if it were bad, but every gram in that bottle was engineered by people who knew exactly what they were doing, and what they were doing was building something detectable from the far end of a car park. Longevity? Absurd. Not "long-lasting." Absurd. You will wash this. It will remain. It will be on the towel. It will be on that towel next week, in the linen cupboard, waiting. Projection? Two sprays is a statement. Four is a legal matter for everyone else in the lift. Mass Appeal? Total. The single most likely fragrance on earth to earn you a compliment, and the single most likely to get you identified in a lineup. Scent? Very good, faintly exhausting. A great song played at a volume that ends the conversation. Final Verdict: Longevity: 9.5/10 (survives showers, seasons, and mild regret) Scent: 8/10 (superb construction, zero interest in subtlety) Mass Appeal: 9.5/10 (designed in a lab to be liked, the lab won) Projection: 9.5/10 (the handshake never actually ended) Smells like: the hero shot from a car advert where a man in a shearling jacket drives into a canyon at sunset for no stated reason, remade as a spice cabinet that hired a personal trainer.

Very different from the rest of the line. Strong and sensual.

the elixir version is hands down my favorite sauvage formulation, it also might be my favorite cold weather freshie. unfortunately, i experienced some health issues upon testing this on my skin, i developed a bad headache and also my blood pressure rose, so i had to take it back to the store. i do have pre-existing health issues however, it could be ok for normal healthy people. regardless, the ingredients are very potent.

So I sprayed a tester card with this last year, I’ve had it in my wallet ever since and it still smells strongly of it.

I feel that it’s unfair to say I dislike this scent, because I do quite like it, but what I don’t like is the crazy enormous beast that it is. My husband bought this after trying a sample. It is a great scent, but it’s so overpoweringly strong that it’s actually nauseating. I had to ask my husband to stop wearing it because if we were in the car together, or even in a room together, I couldn’t breathe. It was utterly overwhelming whenever we went together in public, and that was just with a spray into the air and walking into it. Approach with caution.

I got this as a gift with my dior purchase and I am testing it now. Proud to say i was owner of sauvage many many years ago (cannot remember EDT or EDP) and I loved it. My first expensive perfume purchase and it was so worth it. We talking 10 years back now. The elixir on the other hand does not seem to have that scent DNA I remember it for. It is absolutely generic blue shower gel smell. I remember AVON showergels in my teens that my mom would buy for us all and this smells exactly like it. Beware tho, it smells like showergel but not the soapy type - nothing soapy here like Imagination, Basso, Oligarch/Isola blu just shower gel. Disappointed would be an understatement to the feelings I have for the elixir version. Safe to say I would stick to the OG and nothing else from sauvage

Of all the "Blue" elixirs, this one is my favorite. • If I were to rank them: Dior Sauvage Elixir, YSL Y Elixir, Chanel BdC L'Exclusif. • Very different from the EDT (which I also love); there is no redundancy between the two. • Demachy created a legit masterpiece here by not only making Sauvage "louder" or "denser". • He completely transformed the DNA into a rich, dark, spicy 80s-style powerhouse that lasts, and lasts, and lasts. • There's plenty of lavender, cinnamon, licorice, and cardamom. It feels luxurious and commanding. • 10/10 fragrance. I'm taking this one to my grave!

Sauvage, Elixir, by Dior, smells like licorice, lavender and nutmeg. It is a faraway flanker to Sauvage Eau de Parfum. It reminds me more of Le Male, than of Sauvage Eau de Parfum, because of the sweet and aromatic herb combination.

If you guys want a great alternative that projects all day and lasts on clothes through multiple washes (yes, multiple), I recommend Azlan Bleu Oud Edition. Leagues better than Asad and probably a lot closer to the original formulation of Sauvage Elixir. Hope this info helps!

@Pedros taken, 18415 formula is OK if you never had the original formula 15755. The peppery opening was removed, but the longevity is there. You are lucky to have even this. The last reformulation lasts no more than 6-8h. 21XXX formula. Please check my comment in this thread. I have all three formulas. Because I couldn't find 15755 formula I bought two 100ml. backup bottles of 18415 formula, digging in the drawers under the shelves at Sephora last year. You can easily recognize the new formula without eye glasses - perfume comes with a cheap regular boxes, not like the luxury heavy boxes before.

I was introduced to this cologne after smelling it on a security guard who works at my local club. Not sure how many sprays he applied but I could smell it well before I approached him, and could smell it lingering in every area of the club he had been in. It was strong... but not offensive or overpowering, just nice, very pleasant. I remember I could smell the subtle sweetness and smoothness which is what grabbed my attention. I will admit that this is a tough one to master the art of sprays. 2 sprays before going out to dinner with the family and almost rendered my sister unconscious in the car. Mind you, I sprayed 2 minutes before getting in the car. 2 sprays on a night out at my local club on a freezing cold winter night and the lady sitting directly next to me (who I personally know) asked if I poured a whole bottle of cologne on myself. Again, only sprayed a few minutes before seeing this woman. The previous night at the club, again wore 2 sprays and received a very genuine compliment from a different woman standing right next to me. The 2 sprays wasn't too much in this instance. Every time I wear 2 sprays, people appreciate it and compliment me regularly. If I wear 1 spray... It doesn't seem to be enough and people only smell it when they are intimately close and come in for a hug. I guess everybody's sniffers are different and some may find 2 sprays overwhelming while others find 2 sprays just right. So I think I'll stick with the 2 sprays because I don't like my sister and the woman at the club only ever has negative things to say about everything! But I think you need to spray this and give it at least half an hour to settle rather than doing what I did and spraying it 2 minutes before getting in close proximity to others. The fragrance itself is phenomenal right from the first spray to the drydown. Initial spray is spicy, fresh, slightly sweet and loud. As it drys down, you can really detect the lavender, licorice, sweetness and warmth. Projection is strong, longevity is ridiculous.... Can still smell my 2 sprays well into the next day and after washing clothes, they come out of the clothes dryer with subtle wafts of elixir. Expensive but worth it because 2 sprays is enough.

Hello. Can anyone tell me if the 18415 formula with the 4J01 batchcode is still valid? Or has it moved too far away from its initial releases? The production date is September 2024.

For me the edp and perfume does better but it still good

I have batch 2E05. Made in May 2022. I really don't know if that's good or bad but the fragrance itself is really good. It only takes a couple of sprays.

When I purchased a bottle about a month after it released, I loved it so much that I bought a second bottle before I finished my launch bottle for fear of reformulations. My sealed backup bottle has a batch code of 2B02. When I check the manufacturer's date, it says February 2022, so I hope mine is still close to my launch batch in terms of smell and longevity.

Been a year and I'm halfway through my 18 batch code bottle. I really wish I had bought another one before this batch went extinct. I originally bought it because I smelt a soft-spicy amber combo on testers HOWEVER, with my batch that I ordered from discounters that WAS NOT THE CASE Although I miss that smell, this is VERY different and NOT in a bad way. It is harsh, metallic, spicy, and slightly barbershop-y. I LOVE IT. It almost smells like how I would imagine tattoo guns and ink to smell like: this harsh, buzzing, vibrating sensation. However, this sensation is backed up by a soft, smooth shaving cream/barbershop scent that is VERY smooth and gives this perfume its signature element. Despite having similarities to some oriental or fougere scents, this raw juxtaposition is what makes it so unique and amazing. This harshness and spiciness is very present in the opening--which I thoroughly enjoy--but as the scent progresses it becomes more amber-like and smoother. Although other people say they smell liquorice, I do not (I also wish I did because I really love liquorice) but instead I smell a deep, dark, yet also sweeter and creamier dry-down. I don't think you should care that much about the notes but more the wear experience and this one is particularly amazing. I also think that the whole "this is basic" or "cologne-y" is bs and A. doesn't understand that this is unique, B. doesn't understand perfumery in general, and C. doesn't understand how people actually experience scents. The same way someone might wear this scent now, your dad may have worn le male or your mom opium. Performance is pretty good. I obviously wish it was stronger projecting, but you do have to watch out for how many sprays (especially in the heat--but I have been wearing it in the heat wave weather). Dry down lasts the whole day basically, but it projects for maybe 6. (ANDDDDD when you get in the heat, your heartbeat quickens, or when you sweat it projects LIKE CRAZY which I prefer to the airy scents) The clouds are dense and take a while to dissipate. I have been told various times that people could smell me hours after I left a room. HOWEVER other people tell me that they cannot smell me at all. I think that's because it's a dense and lingering scent RATHER than a projecting one. Anyways, I am really sad about the thought of moving beyond this perfume. It is incredible and makes me feel incredible. The more that I wear it, the more I appreciate it. Its hard to keep myself to only three sprays daily.

so with this cologne, I am not actually a fan of the smell that much HOWEVER the amount of compliments that I get with this mf is INSANE. everytime I fkin wear it there are at least 5-6 people telling me how great I smell. because of it, it easily deserves the money that you spend on it. Also I get +14 hours on skin and WEEKS on clothing like sweatshirts n shit

My wife likes it! Says it is fine, not as good as Spicebomb to her. Sweet-ish nutmeg, cardamom, and lavender are there in the opening, a nice spicy accord. Smells stereotypically 'like cologne' somehow--Not going to be mistaken for a nice 'natural' smell, firmly says "I am wearing cologne". Musky, slightly sweet. Amber, woods, and vetiver are there. Comes off a little synthetic. It would be a nice, somewhat refined, Autumn scent, but there are others I like more.

The new batch with Formulation Code 21664 is very disappointing; it is a linear perfume, does not have this monster-like performance, nor does it have that complex perfumery, smells and perform similer to 20$ fake perfumes from China. If you want this DNA, better get Lattafa ASAD. The batches with formulation 15755 and 18415 were 1000 times better. This new Formulation with Code 21664 is basically a scam. Dior has now basically lost its credibility by changing the formulation of its every perfume, making them weaker and smelling cheaper. No known perfumer is behind these new formulations;

Tested new batches of Dior Sauvage elixir: Formulation Code 21664 Not as strong as previous batches formulation 15755 and 18415. Pretty disappointing for sauvage elixir. Would not buy again Performance : 7.5/10 Projection: 2 hours then half arm length projection Sillage: 8/10 Longitivity: 8/10

@faizxnn which batch code do you have?

Night time banger! It's deep, dark, smoky, spicy, and a bit mysterious w/ a very prominent licorice accord. It is not office safe, school safe, gym safe or honestly even daytime safe but is an absolute head turner on nights out. Projection and Longevity are incredible but definitely get your nose on this before buying as it may be a bit too potent for some.