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Artisan 4.2 OZ
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Artisan 4.2 OZ

The woven-bottle citrus signature that became the house's best-known fragrance image.

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Story & heritage

Fragrantica lists Artisan as a 2009 launch created by John Varvatos and Rodrigo Flores-Roux. Official copy positions it around craftsmanship from the bottle outward, making the hand-woven flask as important to its identity as the juice itself.

Within the brand's fragrance canon, Artisan is the extrovert: fresher, brighter, and more immediately recognizable than the darker early scents. The bottle alone has become one of the house's clearest visual signatures.

Materials & craft

The official page describes electrifying citrus built around Sicilian clementine and tangelo fruit, moving into ginger root and North African orange tree blossom before settling into a woody musk base. Fragrantica classifies it as a citrus aromatic fragrance.

launched 2009Rodrigo Flores-RouxSicilian clementinetangeloginger rootwoody musk

How to choose & style

Artisan is the easiest John Varvatos fragrance to wear in daylight or warm weather. If Vintage belongs with leather and dusk, Artisan belongs with open collars, washed cotton, and any look that wants to feel more relaxed than dressed.

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