New York 5th Avenue - 100ml - Extrait De Parfum

New York Fifth Avenue is beautiful. This is long lasting, and has great sillage - great for fall and winter - spray very lightly in spring and summer. I feel that this does lean feminine, but men can wear it. Rose and violet are prominent on me...powdery. Nice musk and faint vanilla in the dry down. Faint caramel gives a soft sweetness. There is something almost ...almost pine smelling..meaning it smells cool,almost icy..but it is super faint. This is a very interesting combination of notes. I do get the Oud Satin Mood comparison. Whereas Oud Satin mood is heavy and dense, leaning masculine - NYFA is soft and cool, leaning feminine. As a person who worked at 600 Fifth avenue, part of Rockerfeller Center, across from Saks Fifth Ave and St Patrick's Cathedral for several years...this is a wonderful interpretation of Fifth Avenue during the winter, especially during the Christmas season. This perfume does give me luxury vibes. That said...that luxury smell comes at a luxury price...$$$

This starts immediately with a citrusy rose but the rose seems watery, it's beautiful. The carmel comes in very quickly giving it a nice warm sweet feel, it seemed like it was going to be overly sweet, like in a juvenile way, but never reach that point. I don't detect any violet on my first wearing. This does have an Oud feel to it although there's not Oud listed. I think it is from cyproil and the guaiac wood giving it that feel. The vanilla is familiar and not cloying in the dry down which is magical. That's where the powdery feeling shine. I absolutely love this drydown. This is a fragrance for anyone to wear, female, male, young and old.

Quite similar to NYI with the addition of way more caramel (without actually being sweeter at all) and rose with a intensely woody core.
Still a jasmine/rose/caramel scent mainly but I like this way more than NYI.

Let me tell you how much I love fragrances that unfolded throughout the day giving you a new scent experience as it traverses through its scented layers. This started off as a strong burnt - in an incense sort of way - rose. It is slightly reminiscent of Montale Rose Auod but a gentler version. Very wearable as a daily with perfect sillage of long lasting an amber scent on the dry down. For me 7 hours and counting. It is FB worthy but if price is a deciding factor Montale might be a better choice.

The beauty of this fragrance is the sheer simplicity and elegance.
The way the caramel, rose and vanilla come together is intoxicating.
I'm a man and just love this one.
Easily could become a signature scent if one was inclined to want one.
Oud Satin Mood comparisons are ridiculous.
I like the barely sweet part that just draws you in wanting more.
This isn't a WOW fragrance. It works on you subliminally.