Aigner
Aigner
78 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The initial hit is sharp and green—bergamot and pepper create a zesty, almost culinary brightness, with cedar leaf adding an herbaceous snap that recalls crushed garden foliage. Within moments, tarragon emerges, lending a subtle anisic undertone that prevents the opening from becoming conventionally fresh.
The spice constellation gradually warms as cinnamon and ginger come forward, transforming the fragrance into something warmer and considerably more sensual. Geranium adds a subtle floral-powdery dimension that softens the spice without sweetening it, whilst the synthetic base notes become more noticeable here, creating an almost cosmetic quality that prevents the composition from feeling entirely natural.
Within two to three hours, the fragrance retreats noticeably, becoming a skin-scent murmur of woody notes and faint musk. The base materials—oud, sandalwood, and vetiver—create a soft, powdery veil rather than a lasting impression, whilst frankincense adds faint resinous warmth that's barely perceptible. By hour four, you're essentially wearing a ghost of the original composition.
Aigner N°1 is a fragrance caught between ambition and restraint—a spicy aromatic that announces itself with genuine character before gradually deflating into skin-scent whispers. The opening salvo of pepper and bergamot promises something vital, something with backbone, yet what emerges is oddly restrained for an eau de toilette that ostensibly wants to make a statement.
The fragrance's true personality emerges in its heart, where geranium and cinnamon create a warm, almost medicinal spiciness—reminiscent of a high-end curry paste rather than typical fragrance sweetness. Tarragon from the opening lingers just long enough to add an almost herbaceous, slightly green edge to the cinnamon-ginger warmth. There's a synthetic quality here that's difficult to ignore; it feels less like a seamless composition and more like separate note clusters that haven't quite integrated into something cohesive.
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Jil Sander
3.7/5 (291)