XX Artisan Teal

I have tested all the JV Artisan original and it's flankers and nothing sat with me, also I did not see XX Teal in the departmental store I was visiting. Fast forward, I was looking for perfumes with Sea Salt on Fragrantica and I stumbled upon XX Teal. I've always loved aesthetically pleasing bottles and XX Teal looked amazing to me. I've watched fragrance influencers and visited this page a lot prior to purchasing and what I got were mixed feelings: - Don't blind buy this, it's not for everyone - Everyone will like this scent - It's similar to YSL Y, don't buy this if you already have Y (I don't, but I'm familiar with Y's scent) I decided to blind buy it anyway and the moment I unboxed it, sprayed it on my tester strip. I fell in love with it immediately. >This is entirely my own interpretation< (Side note: I have not sprayed it on skin yet) - XX Teal opened with a burst of sweeter Nautica Voyage. - Also opened similarly to YSL Y but I'd say it leaned more towards a sweeter NV. - Couple of hours passed and the middle settled in, and the sweetness was gone. Enter, a fresh linen, almost floral (similar to Lacoste Blanc) sort of scent. - T-08:00 and I held my tester strip to my nose and I smell an oceanic salty scent. I'm not entirely certain if I smell any woodiness, more so on oceanic / aquatic actually. With my current perfume experience and collection, this is the best interpretation I could gather. Where I'm from, it's almost an eternal summer here, so I trust that this scent would sit well with my all year round. Plus, I work in a office environment and frequent the gym. I believe XX Teal sits well with my everyday routine. I got this 8 days after I got Bleu de Chanel, BDC has since been my favorite, I'm sorry BDC but I feel like I'm betraying you and leaning more towards XX Teal, that's how much XX Teal appealed to me.

I know JV fragrances get a lot of grief when it comes to longevity, sometimes this is accurate and sometimes not. However, Artisan Teal XX really lives up to that stereotype. This is a real shame as the fragrance is really beautiful. The lemon and water lily really give this fragrance something special. Anyone who has been around me, not too long after I've applied it, just love this fragrance. It's not quite a linear fragrance as it does ever so slightly shift as it dries down, it becomes slightly more subdued as the base notes take over. The bottle is one of most attractive I've seen from the line and along with the fragrance help the wearer envision a walk on the shoreline. This is in no way a put down, as many similar fresh and aquatic fragrances have longevity problems, but if this lasted longer on skin it would be much easier to promote. Spray it on your clothes if you want this to last even close to four hours. Still, it is well worth a purchase.

I’ve always been a fan of the Varvatos house. For years and years I wanted a bottle of artisan aqua, but I never pulled the trigger. Well, one day while making a few rounds at the macys fragrance section, I come across the JV section. No aqua, but what is this teal? Let’s give this a whirl ....bam! as soon as I hit a sprits on tester, I had to give it a skin test. Bam again, the dry down was even more incredible on me. The scent is just so clean and alive like driving down Malibu with the top down in my mustang. Finally, I have my first bottle of JV!! Unfortunately, for my wallet, my love for teal has turned into a hobby of cologne collecting all together. As my collection grows, It has become apparent that teal simply isn’t versatile. But summer isn’t over, and I still haven’t stopped hitting the beach, so I’ll be getting a lot of use out of my JV until the end of summer.

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.

This is just a recent addition to my collection and have tried it the last few days. This does not deserve that hate it gets other than its originality. Put simply this is a lighter version of Y edt or Y eau fraiche. If you are a fan of the Y line you'll love Teal. I have all 3 fragrances and they almost indistinguishable from one another unless you are comparing them directly from arm to arm. It doesn't have quite the push or longevity of Y, a strong performer on me, but still is a solid performer and the atomizer pushes out a lot of juice. I will be picking up another bottle especially given the prices on discounters. Great summer fragrance, A super fresh, sweet and airy scent.