Stronger With You vs. Freeze

Stronger With You is one of the more popular series of fragrances, out on the market now. The original EDT set the tone over a handful of years ago now, with others following almost every year. Now, one of the flanker fragrances is, Stronger With You Freeze. Having recently reviewed it, I wanted to create a comparison page between it and the EDT. Which smells better? Lasts longer?

Tale of the Tape: Stronger With You vs. Freeze

Stronger With You

Notes include: vanilla, mint, cardamom, chesnut, amber, pink pepper, sage, violet leaf

Click here to try: Emporio Armani Stronger With You for Men Eau de Toilette Spray, 1.7 oz

My Full Review: Stronger With You

Stronger With You Freeze

Notes include: ginger, apple, vanilla, lime, sage, lavender, cardamom, amberwood

Click here to try: Freeze

My Full Review: SWY Freeze

Opening

Stronger With You opens up fresh and with its spicier notes out front. To me, the cardamom really stands apart from the other notes, it really has a significant weighting in the mix

Beyond that, it’s: pink pepper, mint, sage. The vanilla and chestnut notes are there also, but will gain strength a bit further in. Early on, it’s cardamom and the others.

Freeze lives up to its name and hits you with that chilly lime note. There’s some orange to bolster the citrus accord. plus, a crisp apple note to further that cooling sensation.

This version also brings out spicy notes. Instead of cardamom, you get sage and ginger. Ginger is the leading spice and really works nicely. with the fruity top.

Which do I prefer? At the start, I’ll go with Stronger With You Freeze. It’s a nice and refreshing aroma, that gives you something a bit different from the others in the series.

Also, the opening of SWY isn’t my favorite part of that scent, and isn’t too difficult to overcome in my mind.

Edge: Freeze

Projection

The sillage and projection of each is good. But, the original EDT just has a better ability to project and leave a scent trail. It’s a thicker and heavier scent, on the whole.

That being said, Freeze is actually above average and creates a very nice scent bubble off of the skin. It just doesn’t have the same level of power as the others in the series.

Edge: Stronger

Longevity

The original SWY takes the win in this category as well. On my skin, it lasted at least 9 hours and most of the time, will go more than 10. It’s a long-lasting fragrance for sure.

Freeze, on the other hand, went 7-8.5 hours.

It’s a pretty easy win for the EDT. But, keep in mind, that Freeze is a lighter scent that’s better in the spring and summer. So, not needing to be nearly as dense as its predecessor.

Edge: Stronger

Versatility

Here’s where I think that Freeze has another edge. Freeze is better in the spring and summer months, but can venture into autumn too. While the EDT, is much more limited to the colder months, and doesn’t have as much range outside of those temperatures.

Both are about the same, otherwise. Being casual to semi-formal scents, aimed at younger men. Likeable, mass appealing, and can be worn in the nightlife.

Edge: Freeze

Overall Scent

Overall, which of these fragrances do I prefer? It was a close contest between them, but, one of them ultimately won out.

With Freeze, I really liked the opening act. For a while, I thought that it was going to be among my favorites from this series. However, the dry down is something that I’m less enthusiastic about, and it actually ranks as my least favorite.

It actually starts having more similarities with Stronger EDT, but just never as good. It gets nuttier and has more vanilla. Just falls short of what I get with the original.

So, the original wins this race. It’s better dry down and overall performance set it apart from Freeze. The vanilla and chestnut notes really bring the EDT to another level for me and Freeze’s dry down is a pale comparison.

Winner: Stronger With You EDT

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