Elizabeth Arden My Fifth Avenue Eau de Parfum Spray, 100 ml

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Avenue has never failed me. It left a beautiful trail, and the silage was stunning. The notes that dominated this scent for me during the first few hours were lily of the valley, linden blossom and lilac. Later during the day I could feel a strong, but not overpowering, presence of lily of the valley softened up by a delicate touch of magnolia and jasmine. Hey, guys, how you doing? I hope you're all well! Anyway, here's another one of my comments. About a scent that I have to use to correct a little mistake of mine :D For a green floral, it has better lasting power than most but still not all that great. Maybe its just me because my skin tends to eat up perfume. I can see this scent being worn all year around, all occasions although I don't see this as sexy scent, its very elegant and classic.

Be aware that they have reformulated this - and the two versions are very different perfumes. In fact, they are so different that I would treat them as if they are completely different perfumes, all together. Versatile, clean, and classy. Opening is citrusy with a watery melon scent, dries to lilac & white florals. Floral, white floral, somewhat soapy, and slightly green. I love lilac in fragrances, it's one of my favorite flowers. Blending the lilac note with white florals makes for a very fresh, elegant, gentle, feminine fragrance. It's pleasant, but it's nothing groundbreaking or unique. Definitely not the loud, defiant feminist fragrance of my mother's generation (despite Elizabeth Arden's feeble attempt to tie this fragrance to that cultural movement, lol). It's definitely riding the coattails of Estee Lauder Pleasures, which came out the year before. They both have floral, white floral, green, and soapy accords with a very noticeable lilac note. Pleasures is greener, less sweet, more complex, and (imo) better than 5th Avenue. It's also more expensive and more difficult to find at a good markdown. I'd personally swing for Pleasures over 5th Avenue, but if you like one you'll probably like the other. If you're on a tight budget, 5th Avenue is decent value for your money.

It feels like something worn by the young, gorgeous wife (not mistress!) of a very wealthy European financier (i'm from Europe so I can relate, LOL!)- even if this scent is absolutely ridiculously cheap for its high-class quality and feminine sexiness. Amazing. Also signed by perfumer Ann Gottlieb, these are different but there is a bit of 5th Avenue in here. SB leans more green-garden florals with green notes more forward, along the lines of Jardins de Bagatelle Guerlain. Performance is roughly equivalent in these two. For me, 5th Avenue is one of those perfumes that you probably get for Christmas or a birthday. You don't hate it, but you don't love it. But you like it enough to keep it around and on stand-by, for days when you know you don't want to go out without wearing a perfume, but you don't want to waste your really expensive stuff, or use up any of your go-to everyday scents. You just want to have a pleasant smell on you that will stop you being fragrance-naked, but won't attract any attention.

The color of the spray nozzle. Older versions usually have gold spray nozzles that match the cap and collar of the bottle. At first, I thought maybe just tester bottles had the white atomizer but some of the 5th Avenue flankers and perfumes like Pleasures also have altered, white nozzles. I believe it’s after Revlon bought EA that they started doing this so it does help to narrow the search.

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This is a very elegant floral, that also happens to be smart, warm, a little sparkling, sensual, happy, softly sweet, a little bitter, and very demanding. Bold. This means business. I won't go further because the notes speak for themselves. It's got multiple personalities. Could be a good or bad thing depending on the person. It appears to be a good thing in my case. This is reason why my mom planned to get this perfume for me when I become of age. She says it is just like me, and so do my friends. She smelled this on a woman when we were shopping in a mall when I was about 15. The woman passed us by and my mother just stopped to admire the smell. When she got out of it, she literally ran to the lady to inquire about the fragrance. She gifted it to me on my 18th birthday. She told me that when she saw that girl it was as if she saw a "grown up version of me". It made her feel proud. It doesn't smell mature, or young. It is timeless. I can wear this anytime, regardless of occasion or season and it works.