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Aigner N°1 Oud Aigner 2014

7.6 / 10 194 Ratings

A popular perfume by Aigner for men, released in 2014. The scent is woody-spicy. It was last marketed by Designer Parfums.
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Main accords

Woody

Spicy

Oriental

Leathery

Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Coriander

Heart Notes

Rose

Clove

Violet

Jasmine

Base Notes

Cashmeran

Oud

Leather

Saffron

Ratings

Scent

7.6194 Ratings

Longevity

6.9158 Ratings

Sillage

6.4158 Ratings

Bottle

7.6161 Ratings

Value for money

8.356 Ratings

Submitted by Apicius, last update on 08/23/2025.

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Reviews

16 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/02/2023

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

ChicoRoch1
163 Reviews

ChicoRoch1

3

A beautiful low key fragrance

Etienne Aigner has launched a plethora of fine fragrances that are very affordable and enjoyable and also creates beautiful bottles that always look great with the rest of my collection. No1. Oud has that strong Middle Eastern vibe that is just lovely and lively on my skin. The deep red bottle is striking and the juice inside doesn't disappoint.

There isn't much Oud to speak of but that's fine because the leather note therein is quite strong but I wished it stuck around a tad longer but overall the longevity is very good and for the $60 I shelled out for this beauty it definitely was money very well spent. I intend to own every masculine fragrance this house creates. A successful output and I simply Love Etienne Aigner. :)

03/09/2015

6Scent 5Longevity 7.5Sillage

loewenherz
916 Reviews

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Heiko

This is Heiko. (If any Heiko is reading this - sorry, you are not meant!) Heiko is in his mid-thirties and works as an investment advisor at a branch in a medium-sized city, let’s say Gummersbach. (If there are any Gummersbach residents here: it’s wonderful in Gummersbach, absolutely wonderful - and you are not meant!) Heiko is also the deputy branch manager, as stated on the business card he always carries - that there are only four other employees besides Heinz, the mustachioed branch manager, two of whom are part-timers - nobody knows that. In his free time, Heiko enjoys reading Men's Health, and he has a subscription to Börse Online, which is visibly stacked in the guest toilet.

Heiko lives in a three-family house under the roof, and it almost looks a bit like a loft. Heiko is quite proud of his large television, which stands in the middle of his beech veneer living room unit. There isn’t much else in this unit - except for 'Börsenpsychologie' by André Kostolany, a few DVDs, and a swimming candle in a cocktail glass; Heiko has no idea where that came from. In front of the house is Heiko's car, a white 316i that is just over five years old, but the 316i isn’t labeled, so nobody can see it when Heiko drives to client appointments. He likes to wear wrinkle-free, brick-red or petrol-colored shirts with his finely striped suit and the black shoes that look like they are hand-stitched if you don’t look too closely. In the trunk of the 316i, Heiko always has his sports bag when he manages to leave the bank branch in downtown Gummersbach early.

Of course, Heiko also uses perfume. He prefers fresh scents, especially in blue bottles - one of which he also has in the sports bag in the trunk of the white 316i. But when he goes out to eat with his girlfriend - he loves steak the most - or goes to a bar in Cologne on the weekend - then he might opt for a fancier scent.

Heiko has of course heard of Oud. Well, he doesn’t really know what it is, but he read in Men's Health that Oud is trendy and chill and classy. He once went to the big Douglas store in Cologne on Schildergasse and asked for something with Oud, but given the price - sorry, man, is he crazy? But then Heiko discovered Aigner's N°1 Oud for a very small amount of money, and when you smell at the spray head - wow, it smells just like the stuff for 200 euros! Heiko then took a bottle home, which now stands in the bedroom, with the cardboard packaging still next to it, and when he picks up his girlfriend on Saturday evenings with the white 316i, she sniffs him and asks: 'You smell so good - is that the one with Oud again?'

Conclusion: anyone who still wants an Oud scent now doesn’t really burn for the delicious, ethereal oil of the agarwood tree, doesn’t burn for its metallic glow, its silver-bright shine. They are just looking for something that smells like Oud when you briefly smell at the spray head - and for the first ten minutes after spraying. They are well served with Aigner's N°1 Oud. It doesn’t smell bad, it smells like Oud (or something very similar), and it is more than fairly priced. Go, Heiko!

01/06/2015

7Scent

MrWhite
84 Reviews

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MrWhite

Very helpful Review 12

The Delicate Whiff of Nothing

Sometimes there are really coincidences: just two hours ago, I was talking with vanilla buddy Mezzanine about the new Aigner fragrance and that one should perhaps test it because it is currently making a rocket start in the parfumo charts. But where to test the supposed jewel?

Shortly after, I set off to run a few errands. The Aigner had already slipped my mind. And where do I suddenly walk by? Exactly, an Aigner store! I had never noticed it before, even though I grew up in this city. So I quickly turned around and went into the shop. I immediately asked if they also carry fragrances or just clothing, and soon after, the extraordinarily nice lady sprayed the new scent onto a test strip. Unfortunately, she had already given away all the samples, so I soon sprayed directly from the bottle onto my skin. She kindly said: "You best do it yourself, you know better how much you usually spray." So I took three good sprays right away.

"Aigner N°1 Oud" comes across as very high-quality, very elegant, and very refined. Leather and oud hold strong in the background, but are still the most prominent notes. Similarities to Davidoff's new "Leather Blend" cannot be denied. The saffron and other spices add a sweet, spicy-oriental touch to the fragrance. "Aigner N°1 Oud" is, in addition to the obvious sweetness, also very soft and creamy. After a brief consideration, I immediately knew which other fragrance I felt very strongly reminded of: "Oud" by Maison Francis Kurkdjian. However, the Aigner leans much more towards body lotion; in this case, it could really be one. The scent is incredibly smooth and delicate, making it very suitable for women. Or even more so for women, as it soon becomes quite powdery. The comparison below with "Dior Homme Intense" is not entirely wrong.

This noble-seeming fragility and delicateness is also simultaneously the main problem of "Aigner N°1 Oud," as I find it far too weak and too restrained. After 60 minutes, it's all over, and you are left with just a skin scent. What remains is something slightly sweaty that reminds me of the "Oud" from Reminiscence. Yet, it was three sprays, and since New Year's Eve, I've been taking a fragrance break to let my nose recover. But that was too little for me, and I won't be happy with that; my regular liquid soap is currently overpowering the Aigner. The scent itself is actually beautiful, but even the mentioned MFK was already a bit too weak for me; the Aigner is then really almost just a delicate whiff of nothing...

01/21/2015

8Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

DaveGahan101
535 Reviews

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DaveGahan101

Top Review 11

Not exactly number 1 but very nice!

Since there are only 3 Douglas stores in Germany where you can test the scent, I ordered Aigner's Oud fragrance blindly. Frankfurt or Nuremberg was a bit too far for testing.. I would have used more fuel than the fragrance costs;-)!
In the first minutes, a slightly piercing Oud note emerges, mixed with a beautifully spicy nutmeg.. I actually only know this note from grandma's potato salad.. interesting as a fragrance note. The whole thing has a sweet undertone that I really like. Everything is very well blended, only the Oud stands out a bit. Leather, rose, and clove are more or less negligible or not recognizable to me at all. A bit more noticeable in the heart note is the violet... since "Steampunk" I can recognize the note immediately. Violet is rarely harmoniously incorporated into a men's fragrance, often getting a feminine touch.. here it is still bearable for me. Saffron is more of a hint than a solid component of No1 Oud.. it could definitely handle a bit more of that. No1 Oud quickly takes on a creamy character, which, as described by others, reminds one of a good body lotion. Here the scent, as described by 0815abc, reminds me of hairspray.. that was also my first thought.. classy hairdresser, golden spray can, women over 50. Sounds worse than it is, the more I use the fragrance the less I smell them.. and I’m actually glad about that. But the fragrance doesn’t really blow me away.. despite the fabulously low price of €49/50ml. Maybe I’ve been a bit spoiled lately by very high-quality and luxurious "Oud fragrances" like "Oud" by MFK (you can't really present Oud and especially saffron any better), "Aoud Melody" by Montale, or the new Guerlain "Santal Royal".. each one appeals to me more, offers me more.. can do something better... if.. yes if you disregard the price. I try to keep that aside and only evaluate the fragrances in direct comparison... but I just can't manage it completely.. because the price/performance ratio is simply phenomenal, but Montale and Guerlain are not that far away for double the content. But in "Oud" by MFK, I could just dive in and bathe in the creamy saffron oud melt... you can clearly notice the quality differences.. also compared to the other 2.. you should notice that and it should not devalue the fragrance.. not at all.. it just doesn't evoke any euphoria compared to the others. It is beautiful, perfect for approaching the topic of Oud, has a good longevity of about 8 hours with moderate/subtle sillage. All in all, Aigner did everything right! I see 90% as too high, 80% rather too low... so the golden mean. I would classify it as unisex with a slight lean towards the fairer sex.

Edit:

After over a week, I have to correct the longevity downwards.. it just lasts about 6 hours and the sillage is also very subtle after 5-6 sprays:-(... what a pity...

04/14/2015

6.5Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

FabianO
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Very helpful Review 11

Office-friendly, soft-textured saffron-cashmeran oriental

After the previous Heiko comment engaged in a lot of boring bashing but revealed little about the fragrance itself, I will once again dedicate myself to the "core business".

It fits this brand, which really hasn’t been able to set any trends in the perfume sector for quite some time, that Aigner wants to hop on the "oud" train with a good half-decade delay, even though it has long since left the station.

What you smell is undoubtedly absolutely nothing new, but it is, per se, crafted reasonably well.

The name "Oud" is unfortunately chosen, as it doesn’t really become oud-like in this scent, which is predestined for the office in autumn and winter.

Essentially, "No.1 - Oud" relies on a pleasantly woven, smooth base structure made of the synthetic material cashmeran, which is notably highlighted at the beginning by saffron, further garnished with a hint of cinnamon and touches of oud.

The aforementioned cashmeran, which smells of woods, vanilla, and creamy balsam, provides accessible oriental aspects, which are largely supported and enhanced by the quite lasting saffron.

Longevity and sillage are rather moderate; here the difference to significantly higher-priced orientals becomes apparent, which can sometimes cling to the skin all day.

Whether one needs to pull out the socially critical club with this fragrance, which stylistically is not unlike some (inappropriately expensive) 200 euro waters, I question.
I encounter "boring" people much more often, who standardly smell like "Cool Water", "Boss Bottled", or "Le Mâle". Against that, I can’t compete....

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Statements

32 short views on the fragrance

KimJong

5 years ago

8.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

5

Scents like Jaipur Homme that removed heliotrope and added oud. Not just oriental, it's a classic men's perfume for everyday. Really good!

ChicoRoch1

2 years ago

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

4

Another gem from this uncelebrated house from Germany

Kaifedin

4 years ago

6Scent 7Longevity 8Sillage

2

1

Weihnachten, Kaminzimmer, Ledersessel, das Feuer knistert, eine alte Buchseite wird umgeschlagen, sonst ist nichts zu hören - Aigner N°1 Oud

TuxedoCat

7 months ago

9Scent 5Longevity 7Sillage

1

Hidden jewel. Very smooth combo of sweetness and leathery. Very refined fragrance. I love it.

FvSpee

5 years ago

8Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

15

6

Another great Aigner! Soft, sweet-spicy (not sticky), pleasing (not flat) Orient-Occident-Oud. Subtle performance.

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ArneD

4 years ago

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

11

9

Manila
Such noise, what chaos, scents
So many people
Yet a market brings comfort
Calm warmth, wood breathes
Family
Thank you

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Przeginia

3 years ago

7.5Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

10

5

I love scents that give me strength instead of taking it away. Cinnamon, nutmeg, spicy clove-rose, leather-oud-saffron with warmth, beautiful!

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Michael23

9 years ago

8

Gentle oud scent that softly caresses you with its fragrance and lasts subtly for a long time. Suitable for both genders.

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Heikeso

7 years ago

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7

2

Sweet delicate flowers, dusted and finely spiced with cinnamon, clove & Co. Oud & leather are only subtly noticeable. Uncomplicated.

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Gumschel

9 years ago

9Scent 8Longevity 7.5Sillage

7

5

Currently the best "western" Oud representative. In the style of M7. Just a little hint of cowhide in a beautiful interplay with the other ingredients.

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