Carios is a deeply divisive release. While some find its fresh, sweet, and spicy profile intoxicating and groundbreaking, others condemn it as overpriced, unoriginal, and even 'revolting'. The consensus is that it's a 'love it or hate it' from PdM, though its exorbitant price tag often tips the scales towards exasperation.

Sauvage dupes Dior's ubiquitous bergamot-ambroxan crowd-pleaser - the citrus-pepper opening lands well, but the dupe's ambroxan base is louder and less refined than the smooth original, and fades faster still.