Stetson Spirit

Copied from my Coty Stetson Caliber review. Stetson Spirit is yet another fragrance by the Stetson brand to appeal to a market of "new cowboys." Ironically, their last fragrance Stetson Caliber was that too, with some somewhat similar notes. Caliber was much better than we knew and it got discontinued within two years of release sadly. Stetson Spirit launched in 2021 based on more people being outdoors and camping or hiking during the pandemic. I am not in the target market, but I do enjoy a number of the Stetson releases going back to the original and also namely Caliber. Black smells pretty good but it is a bit of a Fahrenheit dupe so I passed on it. I got two of the 50ml bottles of it. One in full presentation with a Versace Pour Homme like box (that said, this is cheaper and not velvety) that I ordered for Black Friday and one with the Stetson Spirit shave cream a few weeks later in store. Ironically, the pack with the shave cream was cheaper. Go figure. The scent is very spicy upon opening with some citrus. You also get some lavender and a little bit of leather from the mid seeping in. The mid has some leather but the lavender and clary sage takes over. In the mid, it smells slightly like the original Stetson. I cannot tell if the rock rose is there or not because I haven't smelt it. The base I notice a mix of cedar and sandalwood with some amber and musk. Now let me say, I do not get the comparisons to Acqua di Gio, L'Eau d'Issey and Blue Seduction whatsoever. I like/love all those scents, don't get me wrong so I know what they smell like, and this doesn't really have anything similar to those. L'Eau d'Issey was revolutionary, Acqua di Gio took what L'eau d'Issey did and made it far more mass appealing by removing the yuzu and Blue Seduction is a lesser-known aquatic banger. That said, this fragrance goes in a much different direction than those three. I do not get much aquatic or oceanic feel to Stetson Spirit. As I said, you can smell some original Stetson DNA in Stetson Spirit (it surprisingly shares a good amount of the notes from the original plus rock rose), but it is much different and far more mass appealing and modern. If Coty got what they wanted for in Stetson Spirit, I say it is a yes. Stetson Spirit smells contemporary and I can see it being worn in casual and work settings. Stetson Spirit does smell similar to Stetson Caliber, which I am glad about. Caliber was a nice fragrance but as mentioned earlier, sadly went away. Stetson Spirit lasts five hours on my skin with about an hour or maybe two of decently strong projection. For the price, you can do much worse than Stetson Spirit both in performance and smell. I see Stetson Spirit working good in spring and fall. You maybe able to make it work in winter, but in Arizona I can tell you it maybe too much for summer. I don't see this as a night scent, as much as I may enjoy it sadly. Stetson Spirit is indeed nice to wear. It is one that I am sure I can wear at least once every two weeks. It smells just that good and it maybe one you spray on and wonder "Why don't I wear it more often?" That said, I think at the same time is a bit all been done before. As mentioned, I do smell Stetson and Stetson Caliber to it, but it also smells similar to other fragrances as well, but I can't quite figure it out what. For this reason, I can rate Stetson Spirit a 7.8 out of 10. I want to love it, but I only have given one love below this, and that was an exception for Playboy New York which is Fierce but with an added apple and a vinyl note.

a very spicy cheap fragrance with a year round scent with the citrus and aromatic notes but with the leather and spicy notes give it that year round smell, safe blind buy

It's okay. Good for spring. Very clean, very fresh. I only use one spray on the chest, but it's still quite a bit. Pretty nice otherwise.

This smells like Perry Ellis 360 very blue which goes to that A&F fierce dna. This version is a bit sharper, more citrusy, and a tad metallic 7/10. Unfortunately has weak longevity so just save up some money for fierce or Mont Blanc legend EDP.