073 Sauvage

073 is built directly off Dior Sauvage's note list, and the top is genuinely close: Calabrian bergamot and pepper give the same crisp, peppery-citrus opening that made Sauvage a modern staple. The heart brings lavender, geranium, Sichuan pepper, elemi, pink pepper, vetiver and patchouli, tracking the original's aromatic-spicy development fairly faithfully, though it feels a touch flatter and less transparent than Dior's version. Where the gap widens is the base - ambroxan is the note that gives Sauvage its signature clean, radiant woody-amber trail, and Blossom's version has noticeably less of that lift, settling into a more ordinary cedarwood-labdanum finish that sits closer to the skin and fades within a few hours rather than projecting for most of the day. Fine for a casual daytime alternative when you don't want to reach for the real bottle.