Fashion house · United States · Since 1999

John Varvatos

United States

Men's fragrances from a rock-styled New York menswear label, made by Elizabeth Arden, best known for the Artisan line and the 2004 original.

John Varvatos, once head of menswear at Calvin Klein and Polo Ralph Lauren, founded his New York label in 1999 and launched its first fragrance in 2004. Lion Capital has owned the brand since its 2020 bankruptcy.

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Lion Capital, through Lion/Hendrix Cayman Ltd., since 2020. Elizabeth Arden has made the perfumes under licence since 2010; no later change was found. Checked October 2026.

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1 of the 13 perfumes its own site lists is here.

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