Emporio Armani - Stronger With You by Giorgio Armani

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Emporio Armani - Stronger With You Giorgio Armani 2017

7.5 / 10 1798 Ratings

A perfume by Giorgio Armani for men, released in 2017. The scent is sweet-spicy. It is being marketed by L'Oréal.
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Main accords

Sweet

Spicy

Gourmand

Synthetic

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cardamom

Pink pepper

Violet leaf

Heart Notes

Sage

Base Notes

Vanilla

Marron glacé

Perfumers

Cécile Matton, Mane

Ratings

Scent

7.51798 Ratings

Longevity

7.61649 Ratings

Sillage

7.51638 Ratings

Bottle

7.11666 Ratings

Value for money

7.71189 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 10/26/2025.

Interesting Facts

Inspired by Giorgio Armani's own personal love story with Sergio Galeotti, the advertising campaign, starring Matilda Lutz and James Jagger, is filmed by French director Fabien Constant.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Emporio Armani - Stronger With You Absolutely

Emporio Armani - Stronger with You Intensely

Heroic Man

Odyssey Homme White Edition

Emporio Armani - Stronger With You Freeze

Black

Reviews

64 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/30/2024

9.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Shady205
6 Reviews

Shady205

Helpful Review 4

The original SWY is the best

A great date night fragrance for winter and fall evenings. Can pull it off in colder summer evenings as well. I found the flankers Intensely and Absolutely to be too cloying and sweet. The original is the best in my opinion. The performance is good for an EDT. I wouldn't wear this as a daily fragrance because it lacks the subtlety for that while still not being as loud as the flankers for a date night situation.

11/12/2024

Te1973
9 Reviews

Te1973

Helpful Review 4

Not like any the flankers

For me stronger with you will ever be one of the best fragrances I ever smelled. It's for unlie any of the the SWY flankers - it's unique. I only wear it for special occasions. Especially during week-ends. It has a special, sweet DNA. Please don't ever change it!
I wish there would be a stronger version with the same DNA. For me that's not Intensely and it's not Absolutely.
If you want to smell fresh, juicy, spicy, sexy - get this one!

06/13/2025

8.5Scent 7Longevity 8Sillage

Ladymarie
50 Reviews

Ladymarie

Helpful Review 2

Husband likes, but not as much as the Intensely

The notes are similar, but the Stronger With You is less sweet and less bourbon vanilla than the Intensely version.

This is a nice warm, spicy scent. It’s pleasant, not overwhelming and doesn’t take over a room. The longevity is moderate to great. He got all day and evening in without reapplying.

01/17/2019

9.5Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

DPArtist
18 Reviews

DPArtist

3

Sweet yourself, you deserve it!

From the advertising campaign this and the female version 'Because It's You' seem to have been marketed as perfect his & her gifts. Well, seeing as I'm a single straight man (and quite handsome according to my late grandmother, so form an orderly queue ladies, please calm down!), I decided to buy this for myself instead of waiting until hell froze over to get it as a gift from a female admirer! :D

This lovingly created fragrance seems to get more than it's fair share of hate in frag-Com. Why? Well in my opinion it's because of the type of scent it is (popular with the masses a la 1 Million et al) rather than the smell and quality of the fragrance itself! Upon sniffing Stronger with YOU for the first time you are hit with a strong sweetness, which some may find off-putting. Give it a chance though and it can quickly become enchanting, addictive even. SWY is said to be unoriginal and rather deja-vu and yes it does smell familiar but at the same time it's like a much (much) better version of something familiar. I also find this fragrance, even though it smells brilliantly contemporary, has a timeless quality to it. The way it was created it seems more of an overall scent or composition in a similar way to many 'classic' fragrances from the past rather than one of those where you pick out each note and so easily classify a scent as a leather or tobacco frag and so on, so this is possibly another reason why it's written off as synthetic crap. Oh and it doesn't contain one of the current trendy notes such as leather, oud or strong iris.

In my collection I find this to be like a cold weather variant of lovely Legend Spirit by MontBlanc, perhaps that's due to them both containing pink pepper, cardamom and a sweet woody vibe. Whatever it is they are both immensely uplifting scents that please both the wearer and people around them! Yes, surefire crowd-pleasers make no mistake. Where SWY surpasses LS is on performance, (MontBlanc please release an intense version!), whereas has acceptable performance SWY projects on the higher end of moderate with decent sillage and fantastic longevity (10+ hours). The heart-warming glow of this fragrance will keep you company for hours & hours with it's beguiling, candied chestnut and vanilla dry-down (with an ever-present cardamom giving it that spicy lift). If you care about compliments on your fragrance (I don't) then you will be extremely happy with this one.

I often when I visit stores the tester bottles for this fragrance seem get a huge amount of interest and are often nearly empty, a sign of it's obvious popularity. I'm not a niche snob but usually rather more of a under the radar/cheapie snob (contradiction in terms!) but on this occasion this popular designer product deserves praise of the highest order, from the quality of the beautifully crafted yet simple bottle to the rich amber coloured liquid held within. A must try. And try more than once you maybe pleasantly surprised.

Timeless.

12/02/2023

9Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Mrscentdude
22 Reviews

Mrscentdude

2

Popular for a reason!

Don't let the current rating fool you, the fact is SWY has spawned many similar scents (including its flankers), fragrances such as The Most Wanted from Azzaro or 1 Million Elixir by Paco Rabanne, to name a few. And the reason becomes clear from the first initial spray. It is a sweet, fruity, vanilla BOMB that has some light aromatics to keep it interesting. Let's break it down.

Stronger with You opens with a syrupy sweet melon/pineapple fruity accord. As it dries down, there's this caramel like nuance that is present throughout the rest of its wear, alongside the fruitiness. And in the background, a light herbal touch. It's smells equal amounts feminine, as well as masculine. But what do I mean by that?

It's very sweet, absolutely. But one thing I notice about women’s fragrances, is that they smell 'perfumy' for lack of a better word. In general, they use a lot more floral notes, and the ones without floral notes of any kind that smell sweet, smell very sweet. Thinking Wanted by Night for women (Grape Soda) or Ultrared for women (Strawberry juice). But what's masculine about it?

It doesn't smell like a candy shop, or how I image fairy floss (i.e., cotton candy) smells as it tastes. As in I mean like pure sugar. The oriental/gourmand fragrances for men seem to be more balanced and have more wood/citrus notes to freshen or ground the formulation, leading to something a bit more palatable. Of course, this is all a generalisation. You can get scents marketed towards women that smell masculine or unisex, there's no distinct rules.

But perhaps that's a good thing. Not all guys I know want to smell like the ocean (Acqua Di Gio) or a forest (Green Irish Tweed) or like a Service Station (Fahrenheit). And you won't get weird looks from department store workers for asking for Stronger with You instead of Ariana Grande Cloud. I know they're not similar, just an example.

It's so strange some people get judgemental with men wearing women's perfumes and women wearing men colognes. However, I think fragrances like Stronger with You blur that line. For me, this smells gorgeous, lively and inviting. It can work in a formal occasion or something a bit more casual and it wouldn't be out of the ordinary.

SWY comes highly recommended if you like other similar scents like 1 Million, The Most Wanted, Eros or Ultramale. But if you don't like any sweetness at ALL from your colognes, steer clear. As you won't get any enjoyment from this one. As for me, this is one I'll keep rebuying as long as they keep selling.

Final verdict: 9/10.

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