Xx Artisan Teal

Walking through the department store I saw the John Varvatos display. That lovely blue bottle wrapped in the woven webbing caught my eye. I tried a spray of it on one hand and a spray of Mont Blanc Legend on the other. As I drove home, Legend gave me a headache, but Artisian Teal was giving me a show. It was so dynamic and light. Unlike other light fragrances though, this one had character. The fragrance doesn't have much weight to it, which can be a good thing. Perhaps just a tad more weight would have made this perfect. As it is, it's like a sugar-free drink. It taste ok but there's a hole there where the sugar should be. That's not to say Artisian Teal isn't sweet, but it's just missing something. Perhaps something to round the scent out a little. It's still wonderful though. This is one fragrance that I don't think you can put limits on as far as it's application goes. You could kind of use it for anything, but for each wearer, they're going to be comfortable wearing it in certain places. I suppose you could say that for any cologne really, but this one in particular is hard to tie down in my opinion.

I wanted to love this one so much, mostly because the bottle is beautiful and would look right at home in our beach house. The scent is certainly beachy as well, with a salty lemon-citrus and faint barn wood smell that would be fantastic if only it lasted longer. As nice as the scent is, it's the only freshie I've had to reapply after just three hours because I couldn't smell it at all anymore. I have a couple other JV Artisan scents that are older decants and they last for several hours, but not this one. If I find a bottle for under twenty dollars I'll probably pick it up, but more for a bathroom accoutrement than to wear, unfortunately. (Update: found a new 4.3 oz bottle for under $20 and bought it) Sticking with Acgua di Gio Profondo for my signature beach scent for now.

Picked this up yesterday. As of Most the JV line up.. it's very weak. You can spray like 10x and it be equal to maybe 1x of something like a Chanel or Dior fragrance. Other than that this scent is amazing and very spring and summer time oriented. It's so light and gets a solid 2 hours of projection on me within arms length.. but it sticks around for a good 6 or 7. And by that time it's a very close to the skin scent. Totally worth the Discount prices but Not full retail price. I was dumb and got it Retail lol. Oh well.. I still love it. I can't imagine anyone really saying it is offensive or smells bad. It's mass pleasing for sure. $55 max is a perfect price if you find it anywhere. I think this will be a great spring and summer time scent for me. It will get a lot of use.

Love this one, but the reviewer who said it's practically a copy of YSL Y is correct (sporty, fresh, musky, green, subtle and complex). It is a cheaper option. I tried a sample thinking I might want to get a bottle if it was distinct enough, but I can't bring myself to justify it unless and until I finish my Y. The sea salt and driftwood notes come through, it is a much more oceanic scent and I think it has a variability over time that Y lacks. If I had known about it before I already made my choice, I might have gone for this one. But it is almost impossible to go wrong with it, it's a rare gem of the department store fragrances, and it would make a good gift.

Whoa! This is giving me original Nautica vibes from the original teal bottle, back in the mid 90's! Not the current clear bottle with teal liquid, because Nautica is nothing like it used to be... but for those that never smelled the vintage teal colored glass bottle, THIS is why we liked it so much back then and why everyone was so upset with the reformulation! They never should've changed that scent, and this scent being so popular right now, 25 years later, is proof. It's nice to finally get something so similar to that original formula.