Stronger With You Tobacco is most certainly among the best from the Stronger With You lineup. Its opening is all about the spices, with the black pepper, pimento and sage notes dominating. The tobacco accord immediately joins in and soon after, it steals the show, giving you a potent, yet somewhat soothing oriental tobacco scent. For a long time after the spices from the opening fade, that's pretty much all I got - just an ever so slightly spicy tobacco.
Eventually, it started sweetening up, with the tobacco smoothly diminishing and the vanilla and amber taking the wheel. And after about 5-6 hours, the tobacco note is a memory faded away in the background, and you're left with a pleasant ambery vanilla. The balance of notes is done masterfully. It really is a beautiful scent profile and an easy-to-like tobacco fragrance.
The longevity of the fragrance is also praiseworthy, lasting for 8-10 hours on my skin. However, what has been a big letdown is the projection. It's alright for the first two to three hours, but then the fragrance settles in quite close to the skin, and while it's still there, most people around you won't feel it. But that's my experience on my skin, so it could be different on yours. But personally, I'd go for about 6 sprays in one wearing.
Clearly, it's a winter-first fragrance, and the occasions where I'd feel like wearing SWY Tobacco would be anywhere from a dressed-up event, like a wedding, a date-night, or a work event/meeting. Nevertheless, I still think it's pretty versatile; maybe amongst the most versatile tobacco fragrances out there. So wear as you wish.
Ultimately, I'm very pleased with Stronger With You Tobacco. It's one of the more unique Stronger With You fragrances and that, paired with its consistent, well-balanced and soothing scent profile, surely make it one of the best in the line. If only it had a tad better projection on my skin...
