Emporio Armani Stronger With You Freeze

I've had a chance to wear this in freezing cold winter, and now in warmer temperatures. I'm a fan of the entire line--except the original. I've seen people say this is a fresher take on SWY. I don't really think "fresh" is a word I would use to describe it. Brighter, more citrus. Cooler, yes. Like a cold sprite on a hot day, not a fresh breeze or clean shirt. In colder weather, this opens up very citrusy, very bright. Performance is what you would expect from an EDT in the winter: Average. But it's still nice on a bright winter day, from open to drydown. 5-7 sprays in close to freezing temps. In warmer Canadian spring weather, it's a citrus and bubblegum opening. It's too sweet for me and my better half for the first 5-10 minutes, but it quickly settles and is fantastic from there. Still sweet, but not so juvenile like the opening. Above average performance now, I would stick to 4-5 sprays under 20 degrees C (68 degrees F), and maybe 2, max 3 sprays above that temperature. Would avoid daytime over 27c/80f degrees, but in the cooler summer nights this will be amazing and different from the freshies.

This one's a banger! So fresh and still with that well known SWY DNA that we all love. To my nose it starts with a beautiful and rich citrus blast, with after a while mellows down and gets closer to the OG DNA, but without losing its citrusy freshness. I get a subtle hint of a soapy powderiness in the dry down. I don't usually love powdery frags, but this stays in the background and is very much likeable. Projection is totally acceptable but definitely not a monster, however longevity seems to be OK, with maybe 4 hours or so on my skin. An absolutely great spring and summer frag! I just bought a dupe of it from "nicolefragrance.se" so I can save up on my new bottle of Freeze. I'll update when I get it to let you know how close it is to the OG. UPDATE: So the dupe is decent. Initially quite similar but the drydown is different. The OG is more profound, more complex and sweeter and it has substantially beter longevity. But since the OG is becoming so scarce, a dupe might be worth it if you're looking for an alternative.

I really like this scent. Some people say it's "nothing special", and yeah - there are far more "special" smelling fragrances out there. But to me this fragrance in particular achieves something not many others do for me. The weather were I live is very hot during the day and very cold during the evening, and SWY Freeze opens with a refreshing mix of citrus and ginger in the beginning, then slowly transitions into a slightly sweeter (and just the tiny bit heavier) vanilla and cardamom combo. Making this a no brainer type scent for me at least. By no means is this a "blue scent" in my opinion - but to some it might serve the same purpose and use cases as the Y line, Bleu de Channel or other blue scents. It doesn't project as well as the (pardon the pun) "stronger" fragrances in the SWY line, but I don't feel it's a deal breaker, especially if you can find it for a fair price despite being discontinued.

I have intensely and expected this to be more of the same but not at all true. I find it very different to the original Stronger with you DNA. Fresh and bright on the opening with the citrus and slight sweetness. It dries down very clean and stays fresh without the citrus of the opening which only lasts 30 mins to an hour but still retains the slight sweetness throughout No gourmand sweetness of the original and in my opinion drys down to a scent that's very very close to Chanel egoiste platinum.... which is no bad thing ! I disagree with others who say it dries down identical to intensely this is simply not the case it's totally different. I do agree with bluelux the drydown is really nice and has a clean barbershop vibe . also agree with baliszonyi. The drydown does remind me of chanel egoiste platinum which I also like and own.

If you're comparing this to Stronger with you Only they are completely different, the only similarity is that they are both suitable for all year round depending on the climate where you live in. Here in the sub-tropics SWY Only it's an all year round fragrance, both day and night, except the high heat during summer days. Freeze is suitable all year round, except the coldest days and nights in winter. Only is the same as the original but not as strong and not as sweet. I don't think you need both, personally I have Freeze, the citrus is delicious on top of the SWY DNA, and I'd prefer the original with the sweetness for cooler weather. Hopefully they release another Freeze sort of flanker in the future now that this one is discontinued.