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cspinel – :
An attractive and striking power house from 1990 that the folks at Coty have all but abandoned.
This is what I think Ken Wahl would have smelled like.
It’s basically a “drug store cheapie” but it’s performance blows the lot of them out of the water. This is a scent that’s for a certain type of man. Dark and mysterious. Like myself!! It’s also best worn from early fall to late spring. It’s heavy enough for cold weather but it has a certain fresh, citrus wave to it that lets you get away with it for that much longer. You may be able to wear this year round.
This one seems to be the bastard child of the “Coty Three.” Jovan Musk and Stetson come in a 3.4 oz bottle with a corresponding, and equally large, bottle of splash aftershave.
Preferred Stock, sadly, comes only in a 2.5 oz cologne. No aftershave.
PaulJY – :
It’s a fresh, green, spicy fragrance that can be worn year around. Any age, any occasion. Smelling this always brings back memories decades ago. If you are a male over 40, you probably remember as a teenager getting Preferred Stock as a Christmas/Hanukkah gift from your parents. Little did I know it was the modest start of my fragrance journey.
As for the smell. Think of a fresher Drakkar with a more sporty vibe. I’ve only had the vintage, so I’m not sure if the latest formulation is as potent as the vintage in the 1980’s? That was some seriously potent stuff. Unquestionably they toned it down a lot according to many reviews here.
atticstib – :
A very well blended, classy green fougere. Easy going, long lasting and comforting! Love this juice!
tylyza – :
@CElmLund- well said. Someone else mentioned potent and that’s nonsense. This has nothing to do with powerhouses (i.e. Heavy and Spicy pachouli/oakmoss…etc.). Preferred stock don’t follow 80s, 90s or even today’s trend, its unique on its own. It possess the freshness of Prada infusion without the iris fresh woody aromatic. According to fragrantica it’s oriental fougere which is not true IMO. This is fresh spicy for goodness sake and no where near the heavy side where some reviewers had mentioned. This is the perfect fragrance straight after the morning shower as you are on your way to office/work, casual outings and all other occasions. It can qualify for a signature scent as it can be used on all occasions and can be used for all seasons apart from winter cause it’s on the lighter side. The lavender makes it perfect for autumn and spring and the vetiver and citrus makes it convenient for summer… good quality stuff, highly recommend and affordable. It is a safe all rounder and blind buy without any hesitations. Wicked Longevity and projection and it’ll make you smell fresh and confident without spending all your money on recent generic marketing crap. Keep it simple keep it preferred stock!
Rogov – :
Very similar to Sung Homme, the differences is more pronounced as they dry down and reveal the middle / base notes. Sung is more dry, fresh, slightly smoky, and very masculine. Preferred Stock is more smooth, more towards a female/male shared fragrance. My pick will be always Sung Homme though.
Erapsimmemaig – :
Your best bet at Wal-Mart. Bright citrus, green lavender, and grassy vetiver. Powerhouse 80’s meets classical men’s grooming. Essentially, this is what Drakkar wants to be when it grows up.
pakireev – :
Preferred Stock is just a great all-around cologne that you can use in just about any situation. It’s inexpensive but not cheap smelling and on me lasts about 7-8 hours. It’s been in my rotation since the early 90’s and I can see anyone 20+ wearing it.
Игорь876 – :
This is my revised review after owning it for a while.
I tested this in a Walmart a few months back and this is some potent stuff and didn’t like it then but we all know store testing isn’t the best indicator. I understand why Coty spun this away from Stetson (where it was promoted as a Stetson when it first debuted), it smells little like Stetson (except for the lavender which this is FAR stronger) and was it’s actually the more refined yuppie city-slicker cousin to Stetson. It has little similarities to Stetson besides lavender. That said the lavender is so strong on this. even at an opening note.
That said, when I did eventually purchased it, I found it is scent that is more of a night scent than a day scent and for me, I find it lasts about 6 hours (I’m guessing due to the possible removal of oakmoss.) It is a good fall-spring scent. As I mentioned before, it is pretty lavender heavy even for a top note but it also has some citrus in it’s open. It’s mid is comparable to another Stetson, Stetson Caliber. The end note is dominated by a slight leather.
Overall, this is a good scent but I don’t think it is a great scent. I find it to be a 7.2 out of 10. It’s not the best scent but a good scent to have though don’t buy it in Walmart, you can find it cheaper on Amazon and eBay.
pwu082speagoessenda – :
This was one of the first fragrances I ever tried. I was a curious young lad one day and while i wouldnt dare touch my dads fancy looking bottles I found this one more towards the back of the medicine cabinet and decided to give it ago. Even at a very young age i thought this smelled very cheap and generic. It smells like the car salesmen that pressure sales you into buying the no warranty car that he knows needs thousands in work to be serviceable. It smells like the cable salesman that tells you HBO is free for 6 months and then wont refund the $30 hbo subscription fee that showed up on your first months bill. Very synthetic and generic mature smell. Needless to say the next time I got curious i grabbed one of my dads fancier bottles and let this sit in the back of the medicine cabinet where it belongs. Sillage and longevity are above average unlike the people that would enjoy this fragrance.
This was also around the time “lucky you” had commercials on tv where a guy sprayed cologne down his pants and a very attractive woman crawled on top of him. Being young and impressionable i also wanted a very attractive woman to climb on top of me. Boy did I learn my lesson. That was the most intense burn ive ever felt to this day and it kept burning for 48 hours and for weeks when i had to take a leak. Moral of the story no matter how bad you want an attractive woman to crawl on top of you do not spray any fragrance down your pants. The above experience may have skewed my opinion of this fragrance a little.
serkov – :
I first tried this one a few years ago and I think the bottle was at least a couple years old. In any case, what first struck me was how it seemed to be a simplified, cruder version of vintage Red for Men. So, for me there was no major reason to wear it again, since I’ve got enough vintage RfM to last a lifetime, and only wear it once or twice a month. On the cologniac blog site, there’s a new post that compares the “real thing” to clones, and I’d say you have to really take it on a case by case basis, unless you are the type of person who “must have the best.” In this case, I haven’t been wearing the complex vintage scents as much as I used to, but Red is one that always seems to be so enjoyable, especially once it settles down, that I keep coming back to it, and I really appreciate the complexity (over 550 ingredients, the company said). So, PS is not useful to me, but I do think it’s better than reformulated Red by a wide margin (though that was isn’t terrible – there’s just nothing about it that I seek).
ve6naja – :
Karlovonamesti’s review is perfect.
I used to own this from time to time and I remember it was always one of the better-quality inexpensive fragrances. My new batch smells just like I remembered. Longevity and sillage are both as I remember too. This is a classy fragrance, but far from subtle. It is POTENT. Go easy on the trigger.
Preferred Stock is worth a blind buy and try, especially if you are familiar with Red and like it. I am glad to see it was added to the Fragrantica database. It more than holds its own against any number of scents: old, new, mainstream, niche, etc.
One of Coty’s best efforts.
aceman – :
great all around woody scvent..and strong and cheap…good combo
MonaRX1408 – :
Bittersweet memories that come in a small black bottle for a bargain price. After Lomani there was another budget friendly scent I wore in high school and even in middle school and that was Preferred Stock. The fresh spiciness ruled my youth and wow did I get compliments as a kid haha! But somewhere along the way it grew old on me and moved on to other scents. I was able to smell it again when I saw it at a friends home and it brought so many memories but the scent itself did’nt have the same magic as it did back then. Still its a good fragrance for its price even if the longevity does not hold on for long but the sillage wow this is the original spice bomb.
7 out of 10
Tatsy38751 – :
A very posh cologne for its price. Elegant spice follows immediately after application, than fades into a very satisfying musk base after 30-60 minutes of wear. Decent longevity, but high sillage; must be used in moderation, as the smell is sharp and powerful.
Deroxzrcwo – :
A very very good cologne for the price. a lot of women said good comment on that one. it was one of the 1st perfume i had when I was young. be careful, not more than 1 or 2 spray
мила – :
A top of citrus and spicy wood, evolving into a pleasantly sweet smoky base. This seems to be a bit of a controversial cheapy, but like NaturalBornThrilla I enjoy it and take it very seriously among them. It’s somewhere in the space between orange peels, incense, cigars, and a roaring campfire, and it conveys a smoky intrigue that I like a lot, with less sweetness than actual incense. You can get surprisingly lost in it if you breathe deeply; it’s maybe a little like Drakkar Noir with less sour fruit and a purer honey-like sweetness, and to me brings about images of slightly crass middle-aged executives smoking in a wood-panelled board room. Rather than getting a BO quality as some do, I find mostly cigarettes and burnt firewood in the base. I agree that too much of this would asphyxiate everyone around you, though. And props to them for the financial double-entendre name.
fileur – :
Red for Men was a clone of Preferred Stock’s reissue (the original PS from 1955 was likely different). I prefer this one over Red because it’s a tighter, more elegant composition. Mandarin, grapefruit, and lavender mark the top; sage, artemisia, patchouli form the mid; arid tonka, vetiver, sandalwood, and musk are the base. Dihydromyrcenol is clearly in the mix and lends PS a vague Drakkar-like cloud of freshness, albeit without the pine (if you sniff carefully enough, Coty’s scent has a cistus labdanum feel as it dries down). Very dry, woody, yet crisp, I consider Preferred Stock a very good holdover of the nineties, and it happens to be Coty’s most expensive non-prestige masculine. They earned it though, because this frag smells of good materials and quality workmanship. The only negative is that its longevity is only around five hours, but that’s not a bad thing if you tire of what you’re wearing and want to switch to something else in the evening, or if your goal is to layer this with Red.