Artisan Costiero

What a pleasant blind buy success. I completely agree with pickenders. This is a mildly and pleasantly sweet marine aquatic with smooth and easy going citrus, powdery, floral and aromatic notes. It is reminiscent of Italian designer lines like Acqua di Gio, Prada Light Blue and Versace Pour Homme. On top of that classic citrusy aquatic frame are a couple nice additions. Firstly, there is a soft, powdery accord floating over the main marine, citrus and aromatic elements. And the synthetic floral accord, Karmaflor, adds a Lily of the Valley-like touch of green, spring-time growth and verdancy. Costiero is just a very likeable and easy to wear fresh and uplifting scent. It has been enthusiastically added to the spring/summer dumb reach stockpile in my collection. It leans masculine, but anyone can definitely wear it. I surprisingly give Costiero a high 8.5 and a Fragrantica score of 4.25. It is certainly better than almost any other late 2025 / early 2026 main line designer masculine fragrance, in my opinion. And I've pretty much tried them all. I highly recommend you get a sample, try it at your local mall, or even blind buy it like I did if you enjoy fresh, citrusy, marine fragrances such as the Acqua di Gio line.

This smells almost 1:1 like Tommy Vibrant Summer 2024 to my nose. The only difference is VS is a bit more sweet whereas this one is a bit more salty/marine. They are both citrus forward in the opening but with different citrus notes from what I can tell. This is a fantastic fragrance for summer though, it has some good strength and projection for a freshie. EDIT: After comparing the drydown, Costiero has more of a floral scent than VS does (the latter of which keeps that citrus smell).

This is not the bright refreshing scent profile i hoped for..Has a beachy/ fruity / coconut tropical mixed drink type of vibe to it. Doesn't really project much and sits close to the skin as does the other varvatos releases. Its a solid scent but not overly impressed or no wow factor with this one overall.. Artisan teal is still the best in this line. This kinda is in the same vein as JPG le beau... no similarities to Aqua di gio in my opinion. Overall score 8/10.

I too received mine from macys. What a pleasant smell. A modernized acqua Di gio type of scent. Definitely aquatic and salty - the citrus isn’t sharp - it’s really smooth. Almost powdery sweet. Just a really pleasant scent and a top choice from John Varvatos. Bottle is awesome.

Completely addicted to this fragrance. Very light and beachy with a little spice in the opening. Gives off brunch by the ocean vibes. It’s not your typical JV scent. Seems to project decently as well. I’m in Florida so this will be year round.