Music
- Quintessence (English band), a 1970s progressive rock band specializing in Indian themes and sounds
- Quintessence (Quintessence album), 1970
- Quintessence (Finnish band), a Nu soul band led by singer Emma Salokoski
- Quintessence (French band), a black metal band founded in 2005
- Quintessence (Borknagar album)
- Quintessence (Bill Evans album), 1976
- Quintessence (The Soil Bleeds Black album)
- The Quintessence, a 1962 album released by Quincy Jones and his orchestra
- "Quintessence", a song by Darkthrone, from the album Panzerfaust
- "Quintessence", a song by Mastodon, from the album Crack the Skye
- Quintessence Records, a budget label
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