About this deal
Your John Varvatos Artisan Pure sample will be supplied in a clear plastic or glass spray bottle with simple custom labeling, as shown in the image gallery. The opening is a sweet juicy clementine which is very accurate and is obviously floating on a base of woody notes and a fizzy, green note of galbanum. To my nose I get a beautiful ginger nuance and a unique sour orange scent with some musk in background. Not so much as to be in Niche territory, but they are on the outskirts of convention amongst the conventional.
i bought a 125ml bottle of this and i still have some left in it but after getting an amazing reaction from the girls over this and when i say girls i mean a lot of girls i purchased another 125ml bottle and just left it there so that once this finishes i can quickly open that and go to town. This unfolds into an inviting heart with notes of ginger root and hints of North African orange tree blossom. Unveiling the next chapter of the Man of Today campaign with a new mission: to inspire men to show the world who they are through their actions, and the values by which they live their lives.There's a pleasant orangey opening but I can't really detect any ginger or indeed much of anything on the dry-down.
I now layer this with clinique's happy, both of those together has a very blissful smell and projection and sillage is much better.I would safely say those who dislike it are just a little peeved with the oh so subtle projection and questionable longevity.