Eau Sauvage Extreme 2010
Eau Sauvage Extreme 2010 opens with grapefruit and bergamot delivering the citrus charge one expects from the Sauvage lineage, but here mint and lavender arrive quickly to give the opening a cooler, more austere character.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 accords.
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- Mossy60
- Citrus60
- Aromatic50
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Bergamot
- Mint
- Lavender
- Basil
- Jasmine
By the editors · 2 min readEau Sauvage Extreme 2010 opens with grapefruit and bergamot delivering the citrus charge one expects from the Sauvage lineage, but here mint and lavender arrive quickly to give the opening a cooler, more austere character. Basil adds a dry herbal edge that keeps the composition from tipping into the aquatic register. Jasmine provides a quiet floral note that stops short of femininity.
The base of oakmoss, vetiver, and patchouli grounds the formula firmly in classic masculine territory — this is closer to the original Eau Sauvage's chypre DNA than the later flankers. Virginia Cedar adds dryness without sweetness. The 2010 reformulation reads as a bridge between the austere elegance of the 1966 original and the contemporary clean-masculine market: structured enough for those who know the lineage, approachable enough for those who don't.
Scent twins
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