La Vie est Belle L'Eau de Parfum 2012

La Vie est Belle L'Eau de Parfum by Lancôme
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6.5 / 10 1566 Ratings
A perfume by Lancôme for women, released in 2012. The scent is sweet-floral. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by L'Oréal.
Pronunciation
Layers well with Crystal Noir (Eau de Parfum)
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Main accords

Sweet
Floral
Fruity
Gourmand
Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
BlackcurrantBlackcurrant PearPear
Heart Notes Heart Notes
IrisIris JasmineJasmine Orange blossomOrange blossom
Base Notes Base Notes
PralinéPraliné Tonka beanTonka bean PatchouliPatchouli VanillaVanilla

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6.51566 Ratings
Longevity
8.31303 Ratings
Sillage
8.21322 Ratings
Bottle
7.61335 Ratings
Value for money
7.3608 Ratings
Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 16.04.2024.
Interesting Facts
The face of the advertising campaign is actress Julia Roberts.

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32 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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GirlofNow

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GirlofNow
GirlofNow
Very helpful Review 51  
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you!
I find most reviews here on Parfumo just extremely unfair + exaggerated! It's really being demonized here...! I have considered very long what I would like to write to this smell here there, I would like to step here nobody on the feet! But I still have to disagree with some of them! Clearly this fragrance is no longer that newest on the perfume market! Everybody has smelled this scent before or owns it at home... Let's just say it like this, it's a fragrance that almost the whole world already knows! Nevertheless I find that this fragrance this big hate or better said this moistening has NOT deserved!
At Lancome it is a bestseller at the moment (especially with us in Switzerland)! And I think if a scent would be so bad, that would not sell so well... Didn't I? However, I just want to say that although I own la vie est belle (not yet), which has a very big value and place in my heart! Why? What's the matter? Since my mother carries then every day and I connect then with her:))) I just think that la vie est belle is a great match for her!:) She gets compliments every day to this fragrance especially at work and that's right as I think:D

I must also say that la vie est belle is completely different, on her skin smells like on mine! It smells simply indescribably heavenly!*-*-*-*-* It smells neither flowery nor powdery... It just smells on her skin sooo nice and tender, feminine and attractive you just want to sit next to her and sniff at her all day long...:D Yes I mean that seriously!:) A lot of people asking them what are you wearing? And she then La vie est belle answers, she just looks at her with big eyes... One notices also there again La vie est belle can smell nice+good;)

Since the last time I described Idol is how it developed on my skin and on the skin of my mother, I decided to do it again:) So I hope that this comment is well received again:)

On the skin of my Mutter❤:
Already when spraying on it surrounds, such a beautiful but nevertheless tender caramel note which is like a warm embrace for the senses.
The praline note is not long in coming:))) You can smell it the clearest in her *-*... To kneel down....*-* The praline note is very similar to the la nuit tresor edp note on her skin (she has la nuit because that's also why the praline note reminded me very much especially on her skin) These two notes are on her skin simply not from this world because they soooo damn good smell!:) Vanilla lets the water run in your mouth!*-* On the skin of my mother the vanilla note develops to the most beautiful at all!*-* It is no artificial or stinging much more a wonderful creamy + delicate vanilla which gets a beautiful sweet and deep by the caramel note.... Looove this❤❤❤❤❤ .... I wish that this scent would be like this with me:D I am decently jealous of my mother;D No fun:))) I just love her from all over Herzen❤:)))) These are the only scents I could smell on her skin... You couldn't smell fruity or flowery ones on their skin but you could smell them good! Nevertheless, the course of the scent on her skin is simply magical!:)

Sooo go on:)

The fragrance description on my skin:
When I sprayed it on, the fruity notes were very present (thank God they weren't artificial!) especially sweet and juicy:D But the fruity notes weren't present for long;) With me I could smell a very interesting but nevertheless very beautiful cotton candy note, which irritated me a little bit because nowhere something of a cotton candy note confessed... But smelling good does it:D I was able to smell the vanilla more and more clearly and intensively over time, the vanilla was nice creamy and sweet sweet*-* The praline note is the finest note ... Beautiful tender and seductive:) With this note I sometimes almost want to bite my wrist myself:D But also the iris dominates clearly on my skin which was funny enough not the case with my mother... Nevertheless, it was a beautiful powdery but not heavy iris that harmonized perfectly with the tonka bean:) For me the tonka bean is powdery and slightly milky*-* Great:)

Again you can see how different a fragrance can be on every skin!:)
It doesn't have to mean that everyone smells the same! My mother is that, perfect example! With her La vie est belle is simply just dreamlike + beautiful Gourmandig*-*❤
I wanted to show with this comment that la vie est belle did NOT deserve all these bad reviews (not all of them!)! Because of the H+S I can only say EXTREM! 3.whole days my mother and I smell this perfume both on the skin and on the clothing!
I can only say gives this fragrance a chance:)))) Or test more precisely and better:))) I hope the description was interesting and detailed for most of you again:)))
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Scarletrose

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Scarletrose
Scarletrose
Top Review 38  
For love of fragrance ❤️
My declaration of love to my signature fragrance ❤️

You're my darling...
You met me in the middle of ❤️
You're wonderful...
You give me a feeling of security...
You're everywhere I am...
You have an incredible Sillage ...
You must be sprayed carefully .... otherwise you annoy your fellow men ;-)

You give me so much warmth...
You're so cuddly...
You're like a sweet powder cloud...
You smell like a fair...
You're a gourmand iris perfume You're flowery-vanilla ...

You're sensual and enveloping...
Once applied, they won't get rid of you ....
You're already very mainstream...
At Douglas you are usually in the front row :-).....
You always cost the same...
I've bought you many times...

You're mysterious...
You have a strong character...
You're just unmistakable...

When we go out together, I get compliments ❤️

I like you best when it's raining or snowing outside, when the sky is cloudy and I need someone to cheer me up, then you're there and won't let me go.

You were my first great love ...
Meanwhile I often cheat ;-)
You're not angry with me ...
Because you know I will never forget you and always return to you...

In love
Scarlet :-)
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Sulaja

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Sulaja
Sulaja
Top Review 32  
Beast with ease
If I had a signature scent, it would probably be La vie est belle. I buy it again and again, without it just does not go. I also wanted to dislike him once, too often I have smelled him, too many have worn him. But I wanted to be unique, special (good) smell, stand out from the crowd.

Well, I did not succeed, so that with the not like. But you know what? EGAL....

Because I think it's just too beautiful! It starts fruity, fresh with a slight sweetness. The flowers come to it and the sweetness increases a little more as it goes on. Nevertheless, I feel this sweetness never as overwhelming or oppressive, it still resonates so a slight effervescence (freshness would be somehow wrong here), which soothes the sweetness a little. And then when everything has calmed down, a warm, velvety, slightly powdery veil of fragrance remains on the skin.

I feel him in the first place also not even as sweet sweet, but rather as floral-sweet :-) Oh yeah, and I think it's an absolutely radiant scent, just sunshine. The commercial gets it across perfectly. Julia Roberts outshines se all.

My husband loves this scent on me. When I wear LVEB, he ALWAYS tells me how good I smell. That rarely happens with my other scents, tsssss ;-D A friend says I smell so yummy like cotton candy.

When I wear it I feel comfortable, protected, somehow at home.
Sexy - no.

LVEB always goes for me. At any occasion, time, season. Whereby - well, from 25 degrees I also think 3 times.

Two sprays are fully enough, then he is there, but so what of!

Hach, LVEB - I love you!
11 Comments
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Eaumygosh

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Eaumygosh
Eaumygosh
Top Review 24  
La vie est douce-
- or in plain English: Life is sweet. First of all: you may think of "LVeB" whatever you want. Even if it is only distance. One thing you gotta give Lancôme, though. They have created a modern mainstream classic. I don't have any exact sales figures to hand, but I'm sure that "LVeB" is one of the, if not the, best-selling perfume(s) of the past decade. At least the most successful newly released fragrance of the 201X'er. You have to appreciate it- the merketing, the Julia Roberts ads, the name, the bottle. The whole concept is very appealing. And yes, "LVeB" has inspired many fragrances that have been released after it. Whether you love or hate it - it deserves recognition.

Let's get down to the fragrance itself. I have to admit, I got caught up in the hype back then. "La Vie est Belle" was a (half) blind buy. I'm sure I'd tested it a few times, but I never made a judgment call. When there was a big bottle for a ridiculous price, I took it. What could go wrong ? I love sweet scents. Since then, the beautiful bottle has adorned my glass case. But now let's come to the fragrance :

Immediately after spraying on, the smell of caramelized popcorn rises into my nose. After only a few seconds a rather dominant currant joins in - fruity and slightly sour. Acidic fruits and I are a little bit on war footing. Already in "Sì" it was the currant liqueur that makes the scent unbearable for me. But I find the currant note in "La Vie est Belle" tolerable, even if it gives the fragrance a certain scratchiness in the top note, which I could confidently do without. It takes the sweetness out of the sails a bit and even seems a bit harsh in itself, although the fragrance always remains quite sugary - with time it becomes more floral, although I can't identify the flowers individually. However, the flowers are caramelised, with a dash of currant jam. That way the scent remains. The currant never disappears completely, at least not on my skin. After about 8 hours I only notice a delicate touch on my skin - on my clothes it lasts even longer. Also the Sillage is quite strong. You can easily overdose it. 2 splashes are enough for me - and my fellow men - completely.

Now for my conclusion. Maybe I should wear "La Vie est Belle" more often, at least next fall. He did not deserve the ignorance - 10ml in 2 years is not a good consumption value. I love the caramelized flowers, the warmth and the fine popcorn note. Sillage is also convincing, as well as the durability. The only drop of melancholy is the currant. Acidic-fruity notes often seem quite scratchy and inharmonious in combination with a rather heavy sweetness. But this is my personal impression. Fortunately, it is not too much in focus - just a fine disturbing note. Nevertheless I find the fragrance quite beautiful. "Flowerbomb" remains my favourite of the "sugar bomb fraction", because the sour fruit is missing. There are only caramelized flowers, so beautiful! Nevertheless, I will pay more attention to "La Vie est Belle" in future. It is sexy, feminine and sweet. A beautiful fragrance that also goes down very well with others.

Lancôme has done everything right and created a modern classic
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Sonnenwende

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Sonnenwende
Sonnenwende
Very helpful Review 24  
For a short hug...
'La vie est belle' polarized.
Many love him and can't get enough of him..., others avoid the wafting wafts of fragrance that can be found in high doses in many places.
Mainstream is regarded as uncool and can also be a nuisance.
When I have to take cover between perfume shelves because the atomizer is used to diesel in a large area, I suspect what is going on in some bathrooms.
But as they say, the dose makes the poison.
I like 'La vie est belle', its fruity warmth. Not every day.
But sometimes I say:
Come to me, beautiful.
Embrace me for a short moment, accompany me with your scent and let me feel:
Life is beautiful
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OPomoneOPomone 9 years ago
2.5
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If you married a woman of taste, don't give her La Vie est Belle on her birthday or she might file for divorce.
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ScentilityScentility 3 years ago
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Where have I been? I have just discovered my absolute favorite! Vanilla black currant patchouli iris beauty! Signature worthy scent. Perfect
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PurpleKatPurpleKat 4 months ago
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LVEB is like that sweet overly chatty girl in the office who is hard to dislike but everyone hopes she doesn't come over to their desk today
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TamahoTamaho 3 months ago
The opening of the perfume is beautiful, but the drydown felt a bit too pale to me.
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Jazzy76Jazzy76 4 years ago
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La vie est....gourmande! The blackcurrant-praliné combo dominates the bouquet giving a very sweet character to the scent.Pleasant in winter
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