N°4 Après l'Amour vs Sauvage EDP
Side by side. Scored honestly.
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N°4 Après l'Amour
No shared notes — these two land in very different territory.
Side by side
Comparing the originals — price, breadth, listed-note depth.
A bitter citrus opening — lemon zest and bitter orange blossom hit clean and a little screechy for the first minutes before the aromatic spices and ambroxan-leaning amberwood take over. The drydown is the familiar BR540 DNA — synthetic amberwoody sweetness with musk — but reframed: less floral, more masculine, more upright. Projection is strong and longevity is reliably 6-8 hours; the trail reads as a clean modern signature scent without the cotton-candy warmth that defines BR540's later hours. Frequently cited as a BR540 alternative at roughly half the price.
Opens with a sharp bergamot-and-pink-pepper blast that has a near-electric quality — clean but with real bite. The lavender arrives quickly in the heart, smoother than expected, softening the pepper without dulling it. Sichuan pepper keeps a faint tingle alive through the mid-stage. The dry-down is where it earns its reputation: amberwood and vanilla pull it into warm, skin-close territory, projection tightening from loud to a confident personal cloud. Sillage trails long and distinctively. — Cool-weather daily wear for someone who wants presence without effort.
How they overlap
N°4 Après l'Amour and Sauvage EDP share no notes in common — these two fragrances target very different olfactory territory, and the comparison is a question of which direction you want to go rather than which version of the same accord.
The buying decision
N°4 Après l'Amour is the cheaper original at $145 compared to $155 for Sauvage EDP — about 6% less. N°4 Après l'Amour covers 4 seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter) — wider weather range than Sauvage EDP, which leans spring/fall/winter-only.
Recommendation
These two land in genuinely different scent territory — there's no "better" answer, just which direction you want to go. Read the scent descriptions above and pick the one that sounds like you'd want to smell.