5th Avenue NYC Premiere

5th Avenue NYC Premiere has a little of the original 5th Avenue DNA, combined with a warm ambery Tonka base, making it a floriental. This is a good one. As some have noted, it's a linear fragrance without development; however, that's not a strike against it when the one line is this good. Somehow this gem ended up at the back of my perfume cabinet, no doubt because it's in a tall bottle! Not anymore. This one needs to be worn in cool weather and seems perfect for the holidays. Yes, there is a similarity to Addict (I have not smelled Addict Eau Fraiche so can't comment on that). NYC Premiere is easier to wear for me anyway because it's lighter than Addict without the dark boozy vanilla that can make Addict a bit intense. NYC Premiere's similar to Silences Purple but NYC Premiere is soapier. The soapiness is the linden note in the original 5th Avenue (a real classic). Although it is not listed, I seem to smell it. Maybe just the power of association. Don't let the price fool you. This is great if you want something purple and warm. It smells purple, goofy as that sounds. Purple like silk and cashmere, not purple like grape jelly. Vaguely resinous and animalic, comforting like a purple bathrobe yet elegant at the same time. A purple hug.

First of all this is a bargain! I got a 75ml for 12Eur, ridiculous price even for EA perfumes. This scent is I would say a more wearable version of Dior Addict, its definately not a dupe, although it shares some of the notes. The orchid and the tonka bean here start in a very sexy, very purple, very loud way but then it fades to a soft, creamy hyacinth and amber scent. I love EA perfumes because they are so well done and you can smell the transition and all the notes in the composition. I can see this being worn in the day actually, this smells very grown up, sophisticated, interesting. I can see a woman like Eva Longoria wear this, simple, chic and attractive at the same time. I definitely recommend this fragrance, both for the quality and price. Very long lasting on my skin with average sillage. I will spray this on my winter scarves and wear it proudly!

5th Avenue NYC Premiere is so beautiful! It's warm and sweet, smelling absolutely like that fantasy orchid smell, vanillay tonka, and resiny benzoin. It's elegant and grown up but also very versatile like many great fragrances you can wear year round and in all circumstances. To my nose, it's totally in the same genre as Dior Addict, Guerlain Angelique Noire, and Clinique Aromatics in Black. It has decent longevity -- about 4-5 hours -- and conservative to moderate sillage, so it's appropriate when you don't want to blast everyone in the vicinity with your fragrance. Another surprisingly great selection from Elizabeth Arden! I also very much enjoy 5th Avenue After Five (light, fresh floral/leather) and My 5th Avenue (pretty pear/white floral). My daughter loves the original 5th Avenue and 5th Avenue Royale.

One perfume that maked me stop for a while from testing other perfumes, I loved it from the moment I opened the box. A little citric fragrance at first, but floral, just a little bit of sweetness! I bought it especially for the comparisson to Dior Addict...and I am very pleased with the quality. It is long lasting, not to strong, just enough to be noticed. I let a T-shirt, that I was wearing one day when I used this scent, on my bed, and I left home for 2 days, when I came back the whole room smelled... 5th Avenue NYC Premiere ...and I won't talk about the compliments I got from a very special person while I was wearing this!

I own Dior Addict (2002 and 2012 versions, I have not tried the current formula), and DARE I say, that I almost like this cheapie better? I don ́t think NYC Premiere is a dupe of Dior Addict, but they are in the same ball street. NYCP is more feminine, less deep and dramatic and easier to wear, and is has better sillage than the 2 Diors. Longevity + 8 hours on me. It ́s like Dior Addicts younger sister, who is less melancholic, more carefree and bubbly and a bit less intelligent. This is a "love" for me, interesting and lovely scent that I enjoy wearing during the colder months.

Wow.. ok , hold on now - so it's possible to make a cheap perfume that is lovely ! :) I'm on a hunt for cheap options now. This one is nice Hyacinth ( most prominant for me) with some orange and nice woodsey base. The bottle is very pretty- I can't pass this fact ! Longevity is not the best but I like it still. For the money this one is more than great ! PS: The drydown has more of the Benzion ( which smells like Vanilla) and the Orange which can remind people of Dior addict . I can see that.

Wonderful sub for Addict Eau Fraiche NOT Addict as some have noted. A little more bitter in the top notes and the dry down is not as powdery and warm and syrupy and frangipani floral - but for the price I am very happy to have found this little gem of a dupe! If Addict Eau Fraiche is a Lamborghini, This is sort of more a second hand car. It’s bumpy, but it gets you there. It’s an entirely single note, it’s made with the cheapest of ingredients, but I miss away Fraiche so much I don’t care!

5th Avenue Premiere was announced as a sensual edition with a floral-oriental character. Adorned in a rich, almost velvety shade of purple, it evokes subtle boudoir associations. From the opening through to its creamy base, floral notes of lily of the valley and orchid take the lead—yet these are not fresh, meadow-like or green accords, but rather softly powdery, even slightly dusty. A fragrance for a woman confident in her femininity, a poised and elegant lady.

I'm going to agree with all these lovely reviews. The sillage and longevity of this perfume are crazy, it's one of the longest lasting of the 300+ in my collection, easily lasting an entire day on my skin, and I can smell it on fabrics days later. I definitely smell the Dior Addict similarity, but this is gorgeous in its own right. To my nose, it's a slightly spicy, balmy, creamy, rich vanilla.

I'm very impressed with this, I had not read the reviews or anything but I thought once past the upper notes which I was so so about, and got to the mid notes I smelled Dior Addict. I found myself saying that out loud. This is a calmer addict. Really similar. Summer test and this has lasted since 10.30am, it's now 7pm. Nice one Arden.

This was part of a blind swap.I was pleasantly surprised, as E.A. has never been a fave of mine. I don't get Addict at all (I am a great lover of it)but it is very reminiscent of YSL Manifesto Eclat, very, very nice. If you want that same style, with a very friendly price, it's a winner.

An obvious gem in todays market, a true gift to perfume lovers like me that are head over heels for vanilla, orchid orient potions. Extremely delicious, flirtatious, can really lift the mood. Like someone said a very tasteful take on more wearable dior addict, which is superb!

This is a great choice for those of us that loved the original Dior Addict! Also, you get a huge 4.2 ounce bottle for around twenty bucks. This is also the only perfume I wear that causes my fiance to want to eat my neck. It's an insane man magnet.

Hallo! I am a guy, the smell of brilliant cheap DIOR ADDICT I love !!! It takes a long time on my sweater, a scent worth buying. I recommend for all, do not limit yourself to whether it is female or male. 5 stars.

This smells beautiful on me. I really like it. I wish I could break down notes for you, but it's all blended very well. All I can say is it smells great!! Good silage, and long lasting too.

Category: Balsamic, warm & spicy, floral Notes: Sprays on as a strong and tart orange with the sandalwood base very distinct from the get-go. I also pick up on the tonka bean which in this leans green and a little herbal, vaguely tobacco-y but not sweet. Wild orchid in the heart notes does refresh the scent mildly, but overall it is a weighted down by the spicy pepper, heavy balsamic base notes and dirty patchouli. Once this settles entirely into the base notes all I can smell is myrrh and mild orchid. Vibe: Nativity display. 1970s. Myrrh. Dried pine needles. Bear pelt in front of a fireplace. Cognac. Potpurri. Spice cabinet. Cabin in the woods. Suede. Velvet. Wood paneling. Hair curlers. Clean laundry. Sillage: 5/10. A little milder than I normally prefer, but I think it works for this scent. If this was any louder I think it would run the risk of being headache inducing. Longevity: 6/10. It does mellow out pretty quickly, but doesn't disappear. I do however think this might have quite poor longevity for skin types that are prone to "eating" fragrances. It lasts a good 6 hours or so before it becomes hard to detect. Wear: Although it is quite a heady scent, it's not offensive or overpowering - could definitely be worn at an office job, so I'd say this is suitable for both daytime and evening wear. Because it's so balsamic, warm and spicy, it's without a doubt a fall and winter scent. Overall rating: 5/10. If I had to describe this scent I'd say it smells like myrrh, but fresher - a little lighter and a little more floral. I, unlike a lot of the other reviewers, don't see the resemblance to Dior Addict - Addict is sweeter, extremely indolic, vanilla forward and not even half as spicy or warm as this. While they share a similar opulence - both being heady, almost dizzying - this is quintessential balsamic and Addict isn't even a little bit balsamic. Another similarity is that they are both quite mature, not girly or juvenile in the slightest, but that's where the similarities end for me. This is smooth, spicy, warm, yet somehow fresh at the same time and mildly sweet - the same kind of sweet that you get from a cinnamon bun or gingerbread. Vaguely reminiscent of suede. I like this better from far away than I do up close. Overall a quite pleasant scent that unfortunately just doesn't suit me. Might be that something about this scent just screams brunette, so if I ever decided to go back to my natural hair color again I might feel like revisiting this. Who would wear it?: Rachel Weisz. Monica Geller in Friends.

I'm soo happy I managed to snatch a bottle of this at a decent price, it seemed almost impossible to find for a while, unless I wanted to pay for a way overpriced bottle. The fact that so many people consider it a dupe for Dior Addict is definitely what brought me in. I've actually never smelled DA, so I can't personally attest to how NYC Premiere compares to it, but as a standalone perfume it smells absolutely divine. At first spray, I had trouble trying to distinguish any notes - it kinda of smelled like nothing, just a cheap, watered-down dollar store body spray. I put it away in my perfume cabinet, completely disappointed. But then... about 10 mins later I smelled the most amazing bouquet of mandarin, white floral and... vanilla, which has to be the benzoin! Such a lovely scent that can be worn any time of day for any occasion. This perfume makes me feel like a classy lady, like I'm put together even if I'm just wearing a t-shirt and leggings. A universally pleasing scent that lasts a long while too ETA: Wearing this on a cold winter day, I definitely get See by Chloe vibes. Kind of a more intense version of See, the latter of which is already pretty light itself. Must be the musky-vanilla mixed with the jasmine. Overall such a pretty perfume.

At first, I get a fresh green note with the slightest powdery/sweet note, similar to the smell found in YSL Manifesto, but it's short lived. Then it turns straight cinnabon on me. So I get cinnamon, even though not listed and creamy, vanilla, sweet, fresh baked dessert or snickerdoodle cookies. It's not sugar, childish bomb, not sickening sweet at all, imo. Reminds me of being in a mall and smelling the cookie stop around the corner. It's a warm, cozy, comforting, underrated fragrance from EA. In the dry down something vaguely reminds me of Carolina Herrera Good Girl opening, watered down, but at this point, it's just a skin scent. I have the original Fifth Ave. and I love it. I like NYC premier a lot but it and the original have nothing in common except for the bottle design. The lasting power is mehh, compared to the original. I get about 5 hrs, which considering the price isn't bad. I've paid more for a fragrance mist. Projection isn't great but those immediately around you will smell it. I think I will reach for this more during fall days.

The florals in NYC Premier are strong, especially the hyacinth at first. The tonka is more on the grassy side than sweet for the first one to two hours. Addict and Manifesto are two of my all time favourites and I really can't say there's much similarity there. They are both very sweet vanilla centered fragrances. Premier is not sweet and there is no vanilla until at least a couple of hours in, and even then, its not vanilla but something reminiscent of vanilla and only sweet in that regard. As it dries down I go from getting the musk in the background to then getting the sandalwood. Black pepper is modest and I don't find this a spicy scent. The pepper is all gone in a couple of hours. It definitely improves as it settles and around two hours in, I'm loving it. Before that I was thinking, I'm gonna need to sell this and the backup bottle I foolishly bought based on notes. But all is well now. What a turn around!

I bought this one as a blind buy, back in 2018. For an Elisabeth Arden perfume, this was an interesting surprise. I have smelled it before, somewhere else so it's not a unique scent but... Potent perfume at first that tones down and is long-lasting. Perfect for day and night, this perfume is my go-to when I am running late and don't have time to make up my mind. This scent never disappoints and I have gotten many compliments. This scent is very floral (gosh, so much lovely hyacinth!), spicy and warm perfect for a night out with friends. Very soothing, warm and super feminine. Yes, there are some synthetic notes that might drive you crazy but they come oh so rarely which to me is perfectly fine for the price. It smells expensive and I believe is rather underrated. I will definitely repurchase this one in the future!