Number One Intense Parfums de Nicolaï

Number One Intense by Parfums de Nicolaï

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8.1 / 10 65 Ratings

Number One Intense is a popular perfume by Parfums de Nicolaï for women. The release year is unknown. The scent is floral-chypreartig. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Floral

Chypre

Woody

Green

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Galbanum

Sweet acacia absolute

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Orange blossom

Ylang-ylang

Orris butter

Rose

Rose absolute

Tuberose absolute

Jasmine absolute

Base Notes

Oakmoss

Animalic notes

Musk

Sandalwood

Perfumer

Patricia de Nicolaï

Ratings

Scent

8.165 Ratings

Longevity

8.055 Ratings

Sillage

7.356 Ratings

Bottle

7.745 Ratings

Value for money

7.218 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 07.09.2023.

Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/30/2022

7
Pricing 7
Bottle 9
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

Kurai
352 Reviews

Kurai

4

Glitter ball

"This is grade A 100% pure Colombian cocaine, ladies and gentlemen. Disco Shit. Pure as the driven snow."

Within the Nicolaï line-up, New York Intense may be the community darling but its spicy-vanilla-fougere masculinity seems incompatible with me. I decided to sell that one and get myself Number One Intense instead. This is a lovely white floral composition and a close second to the miraculous Odalisque.

Tuberose is clearly in the lead here, while it is backed by orange blossom and a heavy civet-purr. The feeling is prickly dry-bitter in the opening and warms up as a pleasant sandalwood-moss slowly takes over.

There is a powerful, almost stinging 80's vibe which makes this one feel ultra-feminine. On a scale of 1 to 10? Well over 200! As my personal taste gravitates to the green and white florals, I find myself perfectly comfortable in the ladies' section of the perfume store. But with this one it took quite a while before I could wear it with confidence. Now I can tell you, once you mastered Number One Intense, a "glitterball and spotlights" entrance is part of the package.

08/30/2014

9
Scent

ScentFan
332 Reviews

ScentFan

3

Hubby Doesn't Love

My OH doesn't love this one, but I still had to have it. For one thing, it has sandalwood, my favorite wood; ambergris, my favorite animalic; and three of my favorite florals: jasmine, rose, orange blossom. I think the sharply dank tagetes brings the ambergris to the edge and the oakmoss only deepens things, but to me it works. My first sniff was an "oh yes!" intoxication. Green galbanum in the top note and black currant don't really tame the throbbing indoles of the florals amid the musty stank. Even though hubby took one sniff, said "nope" and walked away, I say "yes, yes, yes." Not sure about the longevity because I'm either anosmic to it already or my skin is drinking it, but this is a dry day. It's probably becoming a skin scent, but when I wait and re-sniff, I get to say, "oh yes!" again. More applause to Patricia Nicolaï for a fragrance that goes for power rather than mere prettiness.