It's my guess that this is the new scent theme replacing the ill-received Emporio Armani Diamonds for Men (2008) as the new pillar focus for the high-end Armani imprint, which had a series of flankers from the Diamonds line but never really got the love it deserved, even if I find it to actually be superior to this.Įmporio Armani Stronger With You is a competent semi-oriental faux ambergris fragrance that really is not super interesting but likeable enough to just barely stave off a neutral rating, and may in fact grow on me more in time like Chanel Allure Homme (1999) did, producing interesting flankers of its own that could cement the line better in my mind. Stronger With You is better as a romantic affair, but it isn't particularly sensual so you might be able to sneak an office wear or two without question. This is one ambrox scent that is no bomb, especially in eau de toilette form, with about 8 hours of moderate sillage max, although overspraying can make the notorious "amberwoods" finish become quite cloying. Despite that dubious distinction, Stronger With You is an effective modern semi-oriental composition that avoids the dustiness or itchy spice some earlier creations ran into, going on smooth, finishing up warm, and staying pleasant albeit safe from start to end.
I give credit for doing something new with this over-used base accord, but also point a bit of blame for causing other designers to react by making EdP variants of their own pillars based on the dry down of this, in one big homogenized game of aromachemical leapfrog (see Azzaro's 2018 Wanted by Night). Beyond that, the base is pretty standard for the latter half of this decade, focusing on ambroxan and norlimbanol "amberwoods" but flanked with vanilla and chestnut absolute to give it that oriental glow perfumer Cecile Matton was after. A strong clary sage element helps dry out the mixture just a bit, and it's an ever-faithful note which has been appearing in masculine-marketed fragrances since time immemorial, serving as it usually does here. Further development on down the line after initial sprays leads to a violet leaf that slightly recalls Dior Fahrenheit (1988), something which has become more popular to do once again as the note mixes admittedly well with ambergris real or fake. Mostly warm spice on a bed of sweetened ambrox is what hits the nose right away. The opening of Stronger With You hits with this aforementioned cardamom, some pink pepper, and a tiny wedge of bergamot to help it carry. What Emporio Armani Stronger With You does offer is a break from the marine/aquatic fascination that otherwise plagues this style, even if several members of this troupe are not explicitly aquatic otherwise (see the Prada or Chanel for examples), and the Armani itself is built out from the ambrox with cardamom and violet instead.
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After all, the argument can be made that perfumers abused Iso E Super in the 2000's, white musk or calone in the 90's, and oakmoss for nearly 30 years before that. I feel like there is a bit of laziness overall in the construction of this, which carries on into stuff like Obsessed for Men by Calvin Klein (2017) and eau de parfum concentrations of other aforementioned scents of this trope which came after Stronger With You, but it's worth noting that it only really deducts a few points from the overall enjoyment. It seems like with Azzaro Wanted, somebody figured out that smoothing the ambrox base note over with oriental tones was a better way to hide the harsher sides of the pure concentrated chemical form of the accord, leading into a semi-oriental phase of the trend that carries on with Emporio Armani Stronger With You (2017). Prada Luna Rossa (2012), Paco Rabanne Invictus (2013), Dior Sauvage (2015), and Azzaro Wanted (2016) each spun up the use of ambroxan a little more, with Sauvage in particular being extremely scratchy in its finish thanks to an overdose coupled with norlimbanol (aka: karmawood) in the base. The isolated odorant molecule from ambergris, now replicable in a lab without finding chunks of whale vomit on the beach, has taken several forms including ambroxide, ambroxan, or ambrox super, but all forms are just collectively called "ambroxan" for simplicity by fragrance enthusiasts, whom usually also hate the molecule for its over-use since introduction. 2010 saw the christening act for a new faux-ambergris trend in masculine fragrance which began in earnest with Bleu de Chanel (2010).
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