Emporio Armani Stronger With You Only

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this one 'in terms of the scent alone' is my favourite from the SWY line, i just wish it lasted longer on my skin. The EDT is fantastic and a very close second, but the SWY Only adds a freshness that imo was desperately needed in this DNA. SWY Freeze was a shit show, and didn't even smell like it was from the same line. I own Intensely and that is as sweet as i go. I do wear it now and again, but the sweetness is turned up to the nines with that one 'i don't reach for it very often'. As for SWY absolutely, totally unwearable imo. The sweetness in that one is off the richter scale! And that thing chocked me out with how dense it was.. so sweet i think it gave me a cavity!! SWY Leather was OK at best 'i got minimal leather' and that was a big let down for me as I'm big into my leather fragrances. SWY Oud was average, I knew adding Oud to such a sweet DNA wouldn't do it for me. The only one i haven't tried and that i might like is SWY Amber, so I will look to get a sample. I will update here when i do manage to get my nose on it. My top 3 from the line. 1= SWY Only 8.5/10 2= SWY EDT 8/10 3 = SWY Intensely 7/10.

This works out to be great for me for someone who lives where summers are 40C and cooler months are around 30C. this is a great great option if you want that SWY DNA and to be able to use it during the summer days it projects really well for the first few hours, it does not fill up the room by any chance but anyone coming close to you , def will be very pleased. sometimes that is better. subtle but striking! it reaches the mid notes quicker than i would like but that's not a very bad thing, the opening is the best part of it, very uplifting and great for summer days. And you can enjoy over spraying this one! you don't have to only do 2 sprays you can do about 6 or 8 sprays. it does last nearly full day on the clothes. i would give it 8/10 actually, would i have wanted that it lasted longer ? yes but I already have a SWY intensely for my cooler months where i want the fragrance to last a little longer. I could never wear SWY intensely when going out in the summer with 40C and now i can ! So am i please!? hell yeah! love it.

Smells different than freeze, people are so so quick to flippantly compare fragrances sometimes. It has its own nuances. Freeze is more fruity, citrus.. This is more vanilla and chestnut like the original. It's a really good release and performs well, I personally love it... But I think the whole line is great. Only takes the original DNA and makes it more all year round wearable, it's not as heavy as OG, intensely, absolute etc... It's more airy, vanilla, fresh... Really nice. SWY is easily one of the best lines today.

This perfume is a rare exception! Everything is very well balanced. There is nothing rude about it! It's fresh, citrusy and sweet, but it doesn't tingle your face with brutal bergamots, lemons and vetivers like other brands. I had despaired of the combination (lemon, bergamot, vetiver) that is present in almost every summer fragrance... but this one turned out to be a treasure! A very simple, subtle and well put together perfume! 10/10

As someone who doesn't enjoy minty fresh men perfumes, this one is a sent from heaven. The vanilla is really comforting and it is depicts the note in such a masculine way yet it is smooth and soft. If this fragrance formed a scenery, it would be a comforting wooden fire in a winter night. I can spot the grapefruit only at first as a refreshing whiff so it is not overwhelming. I was a man this would be probably my all-time favourite.

For me honestly this is top 5 in the SWY line, never had the chance to try Freeze, so this is the “fresher” SWY in my eyes and i absolutely love it. At the opening it gives off a gingerbread-like scent which doesnt last long, but i absolutely love it. At the drydown its nice woody/chestnut with a little bit of that spice remaining. Wouldnt recomment it in the summer heat but beside that, its an all rounder for me!

Stronger with you only is a very slept on frangrance in the stronger with you line maybe because it is overshadowed by intensly, absolutely and the original but everytime i wear this i get asked by my friends what it is im wearing because it is so good so if you are looking to stand out i would 100% recomend this as it projects a lot and smell sooooo gooood

Smells like a lighter version of the original, but with a sparkling grapefruit note in the opening. At first I disliked the grapefruit, but came to like short after. Performance is decent. If you have the original it's redundant to own this one. Slept on and not the worse in the line imo.

Perfect for those who appreciate the DNA of SWY but find it too sweet. This might be due to the hot climate in your country, even though you enjoy winter fragrances. It could be a suitable alternative for your preferences.

Light and fresh, with a vanilla note from the original DNA. This is something I'll reapply a few times a day. It's good on its own; just don't compare it to the other flankers.

This SWY is great for people who like winter scents but live in warm climates

Never smelled the other flankers except for SWY Absolutely and just bought a bottle of this Smell - Mainly nutty chestnut and a fairly mellow vanilla, not the typical vanilla smell you get in fragrances. And I couldn't really smell the grapefruit that much but it's there just faintly and the grapefruit kinda just makes this smell like a fresher version of SWY absolutely. So the grapefruit freshens the fragrance up giving it more balance but the grapefruit isn't like a noticeable note you could just pick out if you didn't know it was in there. There's fragrances like D&G light blue forever that definitely smell like grapefruit and you can pick it out easily, but not with Stronger With You Only it's just enough to freshen it up and add balance. Overall this smells delicious, it's so good and it's a safer and better balanced version of stronger with you absolutely...but not better than absolutely. I think absolutely has better performance and the smell is richer with a stronger vanilla and chestnut smell in absolutely. And I love vanilla so I wish the vanilla was stronger in here...but SWY Only is still definitely a great scent. I will have to try some other flankers from the line so I can compare with others like freeze to see if it's similar This is worthy of an 8/10 because yes this just smells so good and afterall it is well balanced which gets bonus points because when a fragrance is too sweet then some people don't like it cloying sweet. Having balance of freshness does matter and this is done very well here, but nothing like any of the allure homme sport line. Tip - layer this with allure homme sport to give it a nutty smell, works amazing!

Many people thought Stronger with you Only was replacing Stronger with you Freeze as a warmer weather option, but this is completely different to Stronger With You Freeze. 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 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. The first time I tested this on skin I could smell lots of cinnamon, but not so much the 2nd time I tested it. 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 extra sweetness for cooler weather. Hopefully they release another Freeze sort of flanker in the future. EDIT: So I sprayed Acqua Di Gio Absolu yesterday and WOW it's amazing! To my nose and on my skin, ADG Absolu is a blend of the original ADG and Stronger With You, so it's got that aquatic watery vibe from ADG, plus a weaker, less sweet Stronger With You vibe. Absolu is discontinued and I wondered if they would bring out something similar in their newer refillable bottles, but given Stronger with you Only is a weaker, less sweet version of SWY, I figure this fragrance is taking the place of ADG Absolu.... I'll take ADG Absolu over SWYO any day.

I blind bought this expecting an all-year version of the intensely version and I think this is exactly what it is. If I can be honest, I really don't love the citrus and spice combo in the opening and mid section and it really kind of puts me away from using the cologne but when I tell you that the dry down is heavenly, I mean it. After like 30 minutes of that annoying opening, the chestnut and vanilla combo is genuinely stunnning. I can't stop sniffing my wrist. I haven't got many compliments wearing it but I think it is because I haven't worn it out enough. While I do think this can be worn all year, I think you should save this for more special days/events. It lasts about 8 hours with about 3 hours of good sillage. I think it is blind buy safe as long as you know the opening kind of smells like one million which isn't one of my favorites but the dry down is where the real gem of the scent is.

Very sweet, but not as sweet as the rest of the line, but the DNA is clearly there. It is lighter chestnut sweet stuff with some citrus freshness and lavander aroma. I do like it and it s very good and more wearable than the other flankers, which are bombs. At this point I don't remember the regular SWY, I need to compare it to that one. As far as Freeze goes, this is way better and it smells masculine, Freeze was a feminine scent in the dry down and a flop, this is not it, this is a good flanker. I have the Intensely, which I still consider the best one, but if I was to buy a new one I would rather go for this one than Absolutely, because it makes more sense to me. I will not buy it, but can't not recomend it, it is a good scent. For spring and fall and winter, it is too dense for summer, even if it is lighter it is still too dense.

For what it is SWY Only is a very nice scent, it's like a more simplified/streamlined version of the original with a brighter opening a la SWY Freeze. Only is also smoother than either of those two and doesn't have that Amberwood/ambrox vibe. However it's to my nose not as interesting as either and not as nice a scent nor as 'strong' as the original, which for me remains the best and most versatile in the line. I'm not really sure what Armani was aiming for with this one (possibly a more office/work-friendly version?) unless it really is to replace Freeze, in which case it's not a bad release, just a little unexciting perhaps.

This is not a fresh scent and it's not trying to be either...people complained about intensely and absolutely being too sweet so the whole point of this was to lighten the fragrance slightly and make it less cloying. There is no freshness in this, but it's just "lighter" or maybe you would say less intense, less sweet, less strong. It still an improve from what I can see because balance matters, here the focus is on balance to bring you a better balanced fragrance that sacrifice some performance for better balance. With that said it just smells the same as them all really, but weaker

this smells like a toned down rabanne's million gold with a hint of nutty smells inside of it. its quite fresh/citrusy at start and quite really a safe fragrance. its light and can be worn on summer and winter. But summer being it fit. if you want something crank up buy million gold instead but if you want something to be soft, gentle and not as offensive, buy this. i kind of like the freshness in this. Unlike million gold, this one freshness is much more invigorating. And unlike this, million gold is potent stuff. It just reminds me of it.

I see many people hating on this one and I genuinely cannot understand why. This is my favorite in the line after Absolutely and the Original. It is very similar to the original, but lighter and airier with a piercing grapefruit opening. Mixing citruses with sweet, vanilla chestnut creates a light but many and sweet fragrance that can be used for anywhere, anytime. It is a very good fragrance guys, try it out. Would pick this 10 times over Tobacco, Amber and Oud versions.

This in my opinion is more of a casual everyday wear stronger with you, it has less of the sweetness but is fresher. Was my first fragrance, and also a blind buy. It has decent projection in the spring and fall, Its decent in the summer too but doesn't really stand out in the cold. Lasts around 5 hours until its really only smelled on the skin. So really if you want a swy fragrance but dont want to stand out too much, I would get this.