Dior Sauvage vs Yves Saint Laurent Y Eau de Parfum

Winner Dior Sauvage scores higher overall with Reddit owners (3.7/5 vs 3.5/5). Both are aromatic fougère fragrances; Dior Sauvage is marketed for men and Yves Saint Laurent Y Eau de Parfum is marketed for men.

Dior Sauvage

229 owner comments
No buy link.We could not find this fragrance sold by Amazon.com or by the brand’s own Amazon store, so we do not link to it.We only link Amazon listings sold by Amazon.com itself or by the brand’s own Amazon store, because fragrance on Amazon carries a real counterfeit and grey-market risk. Why we do this →

Yves Saint Laurent Y Eau de Parfum

116 owner comments
No buy link.We could not find this fragrance sold by Amazon.com or by the brand’s own Amazon store, so we do not link to it.We only link Amazon listings sold by Amazon.com itself or by the brand’s own Amazon store, because fragrance on Amazon carries a real counterfeit and grey-market risk. Why we do this →

Scores side by side

SauvageY Eau de Parfum
Overall3.7 ✓3.5
Owner sentiment3.9 ✓3.9
Recommendations5.0 ✓4.1
Longevity3.3 ✓2.9
Projection3.54.1 ✓
Compliments2.4 ✓1.6
Season owners mention mostSummer (9)Summer (10)
Owners reporting compliments92

Where owner praise diverges

4/5

“I used to wear 3 sprays of Sauvage EDP daily and I thought it was a nice, inoffensive freshie until one day my girlfriend pointed out that my perfume filled up the entire bus.”

owner comment via r/Perfumes · 2026-10-07 · 71 upvotes
5/5

“because it was my 2nd designer perfume after ysl y edp!”

owner comment via r/DesiFragranceAddicts · 2026-05-02 · 17 upvotes

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