John Varvatos 10th Anniversary Special Edition John Varvatos for men

I picked this up at a fifty percent discount so I had to grab it. I've spent a few evenings experimenting with it and must say that I have grown quite pleased with it.

The opening reminds me a bit of my Idole de Lubin, it's quite boozy, and screams rather loud right away. After it dries down a bit the booziness starts to mellow and it becomes warm and spicy and comfortable. There is a bit of "nastiness" that can be detected once you put your nose in it and I like it, as does my woman.

This will be nice to break the monotony of the office scents I have to wear to work. It's not commonly worn so it should be interesting.

I really dont know who would wear this stuff. Quit honestly stff smells gross not good at all ehhh!!

love the bottle,
not the scent so much...

Honestly, this scent smells terrible to most people. While some perfume enthusiast can find pleasure in it, it irritates and repels the average girls nose. Take it from my personal experience. Just trying to help my fellow men out there. However, I do get a lot of compliments from the original John Varvatos cologne.

Very fresh, very green . I found it disappointing for a Varvatos scent because it's like so many out there. Not very pleasant.

I have had this for a while and I have not reviewed it. I sill start by saying that I adore this fragrance so this review will be positive.

This starts off with a nice citrus note but with the added pleasure of cinnamon. When I first smelled this (yes, "smelled" my British friends, "smelt" is a fish) there was a woman next to me that exclaimed' Oh, that's sexy!" I agree. The citrus note does not last over about half an hour for me, the cinnamon remains but adds Patchouli and a hint of leather. In the dry down stage the wood sort of takes over but still with a hint of patchouli and cinnamon for me.

This is a masculine scent, never cloying and never over the top. Always a fragrance with class but not old school in my book. Silage is not huge for me, but I usually don't want to be noticed from a mile away, if I did I would wear Le Male. People close to me notice and like what they smell. and I like it too.

This is a reassuring scent, and one that is in the end close to the skin and very warm. Most say this is best for winter but I think this is one woody masculine scent that could be worn any time of the year.

The bottle is beautiful, but don't but this for the bottle! Buy it because it is IMHO, one of the better masculine scents out there, especially if you don't want to smack someone in the sinuses with your smell!

When I first tried this on my skin, I had it applied on one wrist, and JV Original on the other. JV Origianl was great and I actually never liked 10th Anniversary right away. But after 30min when JV original was pretty much gone....shame, I started to like 10th Anniversay more and more, and later bought it. I love the scent, and it has great longevity on me.

When I first saw the flacon I was absolutely taken away. I could only hope that the fragrance itself would be as great as it's presentation. Away spraying I could automatically tell there was cinnamon in the fragrance. And yes I would would to say that the cinnamon was the most dominant ingredient. The first spray is very loud and strong but after you let it sit for about ten minute the fragrance starts to smell like burnt vanilla which is a very pleasant smell to me buy I don't it would turn head but make one feel like that walk through a candle store. I know there is no vanilla in the fragrance but that was my interpretation of it. It's not for everyone, but it is for that man that loves style and is not afraid to get in touch with his sensitive side. Which is not really me.

In short: to strong to begin with, sweet and spicy, very sweet later

Puddlemonkey has a point; it doesn't last very long.
This type of scent can't be too strong or it will be repulsive, so to for me to say it's a bit wouldn't be fair, but I like my scents to be very loud but without being overwhelmingly pungent. A few scents have been too powerfully projective that I get dizzy wearing them.

The smell itself; a very strongly green tone that's slightly sweet, a slighty liquer body that I would have thought was cognac or brandy, but I'm guessing is the sap.
The patchouli and leather make the perfect heart for this scent.
I find the scentnitself sensual, romantic, determined. It reminds me of a hard office day ending on a lounge at a quiet bar, a stiff scotch, a loosened tie, tussled hair. Its over, just relax.

Oh man! JV10... was I wrong about you. Strange first impression, but this scent is oddly beautiful. It delivers the perfect amount of spice through it's smooth leather accords. Masculine and reserved, unique and quite addictive. A rogue among the Varvatos brothers. This might be my signature. Could it also be replacing a fragrance in my top 5??

Smells a lot like L'Instant. It just doesn't do much for me, unfortunately, which really sucks because it's my favorite bottle! I will wear it once in a blue moon.

5/10

had artisan as my first varvatos cologne. i found it to be too "orangy". this 10th anniversary edition is a completely different scent - way different from artisan, artisan black, and even the original varvatos. i get a lovely vanilla like scent as the opening (i'm not sure if this is the patchouli some of our experts are talking about). after that, a definite cinnamony/chocolate flavor (and being born in Ceylon, i do appreciate the Ceylonese Cinnamon as a key ingredient). lovely spicy feel, but not in a strong way. after about 3-4 hours, i got a delicious vanilla/leather like scent. the leather was much like my old leather pilot's jacket which is well worn in. not a "stale" leather scent, but very warm, fresh leather/vanilla combo. did not appreciate much of the spicy feel toward the end of the day......nice winter fragrance

i love this stuff. reminds me more of m7 than anything, and it last very long time on my skin. i definetly will buy this one great for winter

I love JV's stuff, but this is a colossal FAIL! Smells like a watered down A*Men, gross. Only bright spot is it lasts about an hour, then the nightmare is over.

tungtaewoo and FACUNDO, you don't know what you're talking about. Marcus_F is bang-on with his description.

These first few reviewers really missed the mark with this one. 10th is quite a departure from mainstream/mass distributed men's fragrances and veers much more to the niche side of the spectrum than anything Varvatos has created before (somewhat evident from its hefty $88 price tag; the packaging isn't quite as fanciful as Rock Volume no. 1, leaving one to believe the cost difference is actually in the bottle).

10th opens with a warm citrus blast along the lines of "orange" before delving into a cinnamon and heavy patchouli vibe, drying down into a gentlmenly vetiver and wood base with a creamy texture.

Although I don't see chocolate listed as an official note, there are hints of a delicious, high-grade cocoa powder that float throughout giving the scent an overall hint of sweetness. No, this isn't A*Men redux at all, but it's in the same vein though albeit far superior and without the headache inducing effect.

Very nice stuff indeed, best suited for perhaps evenings as a semi-formal fragrance, I can appreciate 10th having a bit of a versatile vibe to it though I would definitely see it more as a cold-weather staple.

actually...disappointing i gotta say. just received JV 10th anniversary frag yesterday but right after i sniffed the bottle, and then took the first test of this...i felt like fainted...how could JV let this out on to the market which is already full of cheap fragrances...:(

This New cologne smell horribleeeeeee.
Smell like baby powder and roses.

The cologne are for old Ladys ONLY.