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>>15604677
>>15604677
Montblanc Legend smells similar...but maybe too similar and could be mistaken as Fierce
Sauvage is said to be a mix of Bleu de Chanel and Fierce.

>Dior crew went with a copy of the most successful male Chanel frag lately, 'Bleu de Chanel' (2010) by Jacques Polge.
>Let's just say half 'Bleu', the other half is taken from 'Fierce' (Abercrombie & Fitch, 2002) by Christophe Laudamiel and Bruno Jovanovic.
>'Sauvage' is a woody-aromatic fougère and starts out pretty 'Bleu'-dihydromyrcenolic, hesperidic and minty. Compared with 'Blue' and 'Cool Water', 'Sauvage' is the least lavendulic of the lot, and the most minty-marine. That way the top can even be smelled as citation from Daniela Andrier's 'Luna Rossa' (Prada, 2012), enhancing the petitgrain side of the fougèrey start. 'Calone 1951' is clearly discernible with its watermelon character in the top of 'Sauvage', while the rest of the top is pretty much bergamot galore with just a slight peppery contrast to integrate the agrestic aspects around rosemary.
>The rosemary and pepper do lead over to the 'Fierce' heart of 'Sauvage', which thus is less fruity than that of 'Blue', the apple aspects of which are missing, but of course it means also Iso E Super en masse and then a dry violet leaf theme. As in 'Fierce' this segues seamlessly into a pronounced moss of tree note, not as nice as in 'Legend' (Montblanc, 2011), but smoother than in 'Fierce'. This is where in 'Sauvage' a leather accord joins in, so that they could later do a leather version, and then 'Sauvage' dries down ambery-musky, with Ambroxan, and a musk fond that sadly is quite soapy and cheap smelling.
>While the amber in 'Sauvage' might be nicer, the noble musk accord of 'Bleu de Chanel' around Nirvanolide and Muscenone clearly exceeds that of 'Sauvage' by far.