This one surprised me. Sauvage Extrait really doesn’t come across like another typical Sauvage flanker to me. It’s much drier, darker, woodier and more resinous, with the patchouli and oud giving it a completely different character from the familiar fresh Sauvage DNA. My first thought was actually Amouage. Not that it smells exactly like a particular Amouage fragrance, but it has that same type of dense, dry, woody, slightly smoky Middle Eastern niche feel. I can especially understand the comparisons people are making to the dry oud character of Amouage Royal Tobacco. This smells much more expensive and serious than I expected from the Sauvage name. Less blue designer fragrance and more like Dior decided to take Sauvage into Amouage territory. First impression: I like this quite a bit. It may actually be one of the most interesting Sauvage releases Dior has done because it doesn’t feel like they simply turned up the concentration. They changed the personality. Definitely a cooler-weather fragrance for me, and I’m looking forward to giving it some full wearings.

Fell in love with this on first sniff. It is Dua's take in Alghabra's Cuban Tobacco, which I will in a short bit to do a side by side. This is very similar to Dior Tobacolor, which I did a full wearing of a few weeks ago.

Good morning gentlemen. I picked this up yesterday. It’s very nice. It doesn’t quite live up to the hype that it received so I’m a bit disappointed with that but that’s on me nothing to do with the fragrance. If I had to describe it, I would say it’s similar to the EDT with a bit of Polo red in it. That’s the best way I can think of describing it. The leather isn’t too animalistic. It’s all quite well blended. I will update you on the longevity. Projection isn’t massive.