th Avenue NYC Red
5th Avenue NYC Red opens with pink pepper and bergamot — a fresh-spiced citrus opening with mild sting.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Floral60
- Fresh50
- Woody50
- Violet
The note pyramid
- Pink Pepper
- Bergamot
- Orange Blossom
- Violet
- Tonka Bean
By the editors · 2 min read5th Avenue NYC Red opens with pink pepper and bergamot — a fresh-spiced citrus opening with mild sting. The pepper is handled quietly, adding texture without heat.
Orange blossom and violet in the heart produce a soft, slightly powdery floral character. The violet keeps things vaguely sweet-candied while the orange blossom provides white floral lift.
Tonka bean and sandalwood in the base give a warm, lightly creamy drydown. Musk carries this into a clean skin finish. Overall this is a wearable, feminine, gentle composition — slightly powdery in character, the spice receding to let the florals lead. Suited to daytime wear in moderate weather.
Scent twins
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