Artisan Pure John Varvatos 2017

Mexican Caribbean coast. Bathing in the turquoise blue sea, at about 26 ° Celsius water temperature. Occasionally some seaweed plays around the legs. There are no big stones on the bottom, everything is flat and feels pleasant. Snow-white sandy beach. Palm fronds sway in the wind. Driftwood here and there. Depending on the wind, a few bars of merengue music waft across the shore zone out to sea...

This, or a similar image from his homeland, may have been what inspired perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux to create Artisan Pure - the fragrance I would like to present today.

Already the bottle outlines quite clearly what kind of fragrance is hidden inside. The container itself is made of white frosted glass, enclosed in white rattan. The bottom is as wood, the lid is held in cork look. Overall, the bottle looks high-quality and special, and thus captures a considerable part of beach feeling in itself.

John Varvatos fragrances are - this is well known - not without controversy. As the biggest point of criticism is their durability. So has the perfumer succeeded in conveying the desired feeling of sunshine and summer haute couture with the fragrance itself? And if so, how is it about the durability of summer fragrances anyway usually less good?

Well, Artisan Pure starts with a sour, almost bitter-sour opening. Skillfully interwoven notes of orange, bergamot and lime result in a slightly synthetic, but pleasantly tart citrus, but not at all the - unfortunately abused as inflationarily presented killer argument - characteristic odor direction of air fresheners in the sanitary area. The bitter-sour appearance of the fragrance is cleverly absorbed and cushioned by the woody note and also the slight florality of iris.

The result is a summer fragrance, which by the sour-citrus basic character despite the after-sweetness of a fragrance often to be recorded at high temperatures always remains one: Refreshingly special, almost unique. He runs thereby basically linear, but later becomes a little creamier, which I personally find quite pleasant, especially in a summer fragrance.

Artisan Pure sets off well in the first one to two hours - depending on skin type - and then becomes much quieter. However, the fragrance is for outsiders a total of about seven hours well perceived - for a summer fragrance and especially a John Varvatos extremely acceptable, as I find. It can be worn by anyone who likes it, all day long. Its main time of use should be warm spring and, of course, summer days - even the really hot ones, when even other freshies drop the sails. Artisan Pure stands them through and grabs them all - maybe you too, if you give him a chance!

Thank you for your interest!