Number 5 is Alive
- Tara Currie
- Nov 26, 2019
- 1 min read

A quintessence, literally "fifth essence", is the most essential feature, purest form, or most typical example of something, and may refer to:

Aether (classical element), in medieval cosmology and science, the fifth element that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere
Quintessence (physics), a hypothetical form of dark energy, postulated to explain the accelerating universe