No.260 Sauvage

Eden's No.260 is built to sit alongside Dior's Sauvage, the fresh, peppery fragrance that's become a modern menswear staple. It opens with a bright, sharp burst of pepper and bergamot, immediately signalling the fresh-spicy genre the original made famous. The heart is dense with a mix of geranium, lavender, elemi, patchouli, vetiver and pink pepper, giving it more textural complexity than the streamlined original, while still landing in a similar green-spicy space. The base of labdanum and cedar delivers a warm, woody finish that echoes Sauvage's signature ambroxan-driven trail, though without quite the same synthetic radiance that makes the original so far-reaching. It's a versatile, easy-to-wear scent suited to daytime use across most of the year, and captures the fresh, confident spirit of Sauvage convincingly for the price. The clearest gap from the designer version is projection and longevity, which fall well short of the original's famous all-day performance.