Dior Sauvage | Best Dressed Scent 2015
How do you smell like a Best Dressed Man? With Dior Sauvage, of course.
Their first cologne in almost 10 years, Dior Sauvage is not only a rare gem among fragrances, but also a potent distillation of modern, masculine elegance. For this reason they are the official fragrance sponsor for GQ Best Dressed Men 2015.
To create Sauvage, I used a man as my starting point. A strong and unmistakable masculinity. Like the image of a man who transcends time and fashion.
– François Demachy, Dior Perfumer-Creator
Johnny Depp is an extraordinary actor, full of mystery. An idol. A screen legend, one of the few living Hollywood legends of today. We know that he has rock in his soul. But his roles are what best draw the portrait of a gifted actor. Someone tormented, capable of divulgence and obscurity, good humor and excessiveness, classicism and avant-gardism. From John Waters to Jim Jarmusch, not to mention Kusturica and Terry Gilliam, his career has been a long series of bold choices. Faithful to Tim Burton, his intense and unfathomable characters never cease to amaze.
Until now, Depp has never been the face of a fragrance. He has never portrayed anyone other than the characters that marked his illustrious career. Now, he epitomizes the Dior Sauvage Man and in many ways, the GQ Best Dressed Men of 2015.
Like a strong, cool wind ‘Sauvage’ leads the dance with Reggio Bergamot, cut with a few tinges of pepper and bitter fruit to give the fragrance a thoroughly dominating freshness. This is the one and only bergamot François Demachy chose and shaped by his own hand. He likes the top notes of his men’s fragrances to carry the snap of citrus. His is a “savage” Bergamot that prevails in excessive doses. Like a juicy whirlwind that sweeps everything up in its path.
While the landscape seems entirely submerged by this first powerful wave, Amboxan settles in gradually to unleash the noble beauty of its amber notes. Its departure is slower, less brilliant. It doesn’t impose itself just yet, but waits until its citrus star begins to peter out. An ingredient of natural origin derived from precious Ambergris, it unfurls its marine and animal notes, at once carnal and vivifying like the ocean spray. It has a subtle attraction of sun-bleached driftwood. It plays and lingers, right ‘til the end. Like tobacco-imbued background music that never fades.
Powerfully crisp and clean, Sauvage then stirs a whirlwind of emblematic notes of masculinity. Elemi instills its balsamic, zesty aroma. A resin blended with frankincense. The finest Sichuan Pepper in the world and Pink Pepper release a spicy vibration. Incisive Geranium brings a bracing, green breeze. Generouds Vetiver hits hard with its woody strength. Lavender from the Vaucluse and the Drôme blazes a sunny, aromatic path through the garrigue. The double-distilled Patchouli Fraction provides unity. Stripped of its earthy, camphoric accents, it takes on a nobler, more modern quality that ties the fragrance together as a whole.
A Sauvage trail is born. Confident and elegant.