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Phenomenon Mainstream - Women's Perfume Review No. 4
Moin you dear Parfumas and Parfumos,
today we deal with the topic of mainstream. And which fragrance fits better than "La vie est belle" by Lancome? Right, none! :-)
(For all the impatient who just want a quick opinion on the fragrance - the review starts as always below)
Mainstream, a word that can not be more frowned upon. And a phenomenon that can be found in all areas. It means as much as mass flow, broken down to the essentials, mainstream means nothing more than pleasing the masses.
Let's take an example from music. Bin Vici is a DJ duo from Israel. And they have managed something that no one has managed before. They are the first Goa DJ's who regularly play at all major festivals in the world on the main stage. They have made Goa suitable for the masses. Now you can guess three times how the die-hard Goa scene is talking about Vini Vici. For this, feeling exclusive scene, Vini Vici is frowned upon and a disgrace to all Goa DJ's. Because they make bad music? Not at all, because the big names in the scene praise their music highly and use tracks in their own sets. So what's the reason? The suspicion is that suddenly everyone calls themselves a goafan because they listen to Vini Vici. And nothing is worse for the (supposedly) exclusive scene than not being exclusive anymore. So they smile at Vini Vici and their fans. And judge in forums sharply and not objectively about their music. Because Vini Vici doesn't just want to create psychedelic works of art, but to inspire a broad mass with their music. And they manage to do that.
Here, however, you can take almost any area of life. Fashion, film and television, sports, music, perfume. Mainstream is ubiquitous. And everywhere, especially the really big mainstreamers have only two camps. Those who love it and those who hate it. Almost, like FC Bayern. Ask 100 people about their favorite club and ask 100 people about their "hate club". Bayern will win both polls.
And as with Vini Vici in the goa scene, La vie est belle is ostracized especially in the "scene", in the community. Does Vini Vici care that the "real goa experts" (the scene) are harshly hostile to her? Not one bit. Does Lancome think about the "fine noses", the perfume connoisseurs ripping her fragrance to shreds? Probably not. Because success proves them both right.
And here lies the crux of the matter. Mainstream wants to appeal to a broad mass. Mainstream wants to please. And in all street surveys among "laymen" La vie est belle" is always far ahead. The fragrance does what it's supposed to do and what it was made for. And a rating of 6.4 is simply not objective. Period! Every fragrance twin listed here comes out better. Even the ones from Tom Tailor and La Rive. Is that objective anymore? La vie est belle was certainly not meant to be a work of fragrance art, but a fragrance that the masses would like and that would make perfume even more accessible to "normies". And they succeeded in doing that. Is mainstream therefore bad? Certainly not. I have Niko shoes. I listen to pop music from time to time. I like to watch the occasional blockbuster. And I wear one of the several mainstream designer fragrances from time to time. Today Dylan Blue. Smells good ;-). Nevertheless I am and remain independent and unique. Because not what I wear defines me. But what I do, say and think. Mainstream is no one who wears La vie est belle or who listens to Vini Vici. But this chatter and slating of mainstream, that's who!!! Uniqueness is not something I need to present to the outside world. On the contrary. The urge to do so, is more mainstream than anything I know. Of course, it's difficult for a sommelier to evaluate supermarket wines. But honestly? Then he shouldn't. And when I see La vie est belle being rated 0.5 here in some cases, it gets ridiculous. The fragrance pyramid is known in advance. The goal that this perfume pursues also. And yet, some here fall backwards in shock when they realized that a "sweet-synthetic one-size-fits-all" is served here. Well.....then let's just see what I think of this fragrance. Quite fairly rated. Not by the standards I set for a Roja or Xerjoff. That would be finally crazy. ;-)
Let's go:
The bottle: 10/10
Solid heavy glass, beautiful curved shape. Good sprayer. In short, stylish and a real eye-catcher. The same goes for the name. Great marketing, Good off Lancome!
The fragrance: 8/10
Let's give in to the scent progression. The fragrance starts with a sweet, synthetic and loud pear and a, for me a little too "scratchy" (because caramelized?) Currant. The prelude is already very opulent and mMn. a little too much of a good thing. But it is neither unbearable nor does it give me a headache. It is just a neat sweet "Haudrauf" top note. For me, as I said, unfortunately at the beginning still a little too scratchy and not quite round. Here I simply lack a soft counterpart. This comes, however, already short moments later in the form of the floral fragrance notes. These give the fragrance the depth it needs to become coherent. And now the sweet base notes are coming more and more to the fore. Tonka and vanilla (synthetic, of course, but that's okay!) take over a bit now and stay until the end. The initial scratchiness has now given way to a, still slightly burnt, but no longer annoying sugar note. There's almost a bit of popcorn stuck in a bouquet of flowers. Patchouli rounds out the scent. All in all, I can very much see why La vie est belle is the best selling women's fragrance of the last 10 years. He just smells very pleasing.
Short form: a, at the beginning unfortunately a little too scratchy fragrance, but then becomes a round (synthetic) sweet fragrance with floral touches and especially from the heart and in the base is really nice.
Durability: 8/10
Short and sweet - per hour one point.The fragrance survives 8 hours in any case. On the clothes clearly longer present.
Sillage: 9/10
The first three hours very present and almost room-filling. Also in the hours 4-6 it is enough for an experience in the elevator.
Wearability: 5/10
Here lies the great weakness of the fragrance and unfortunately the reason why many dislike it. Dear ladies, no, this fragrance is with 8 sprays certainly not a fragrance for the office or the suburban train. No also in high summer is rather nothing. But also here, let's stay fair. Who, apart from perfumos has more than one or two perfumes at home? Who distinguishes between summer and winter scents? That's right, no one - except us. Still, the fragrance very much I fall/winter due to the heavy sillage and heaviness. And again. The dose makes the poison. 3 sprays are enough here completely.
Compliments: 8/10
This thing works. Properly dosed this fragrance comes simply super. Mainstream halt :-P
Price / performance: 8.5/10
Honestly? 200ml for 100.00 € are already a fair price. Nice that there are times a women's perfume with 200ml. P / L therefore fits completely.
Conclusion:
Completely unjustly torn in the air fragrance, which was not without reason the best seller from the house Lancome. Almost everyone, outside the "scene" will find this fragrance great. For "normalos" a clear purchase recommendation.
Hanseatic greetings ⚓
today we deal with the topic of mainstream. And which fragrance fits better than "La vie est belle" by Lancome? Right, none! :-)
(For all the impatient who just want a quick opinion on the fragrance - the review starts as always below)
Mainstream, a word that can not be more frowned upon. And a phenomenon that can be found in all areas. It means as much as mass flow, broken down to the essentials, mainstream means nothing more than pleasing the masses.
Let's take an example from music. Bin Vici is a DJ duo from Israel. And they have managed something that no one has managed before. They are the first Goa DJ's who regularly play at all major festivals in the world on the main stage. They have made Goa suitable for the masses. Now you can guess three times how the die-hard Goa scene is talking about Vini Vici. For this, feeling exclusive scene, Vini Vici is frowned upon and a disgrace to all Goa DJ's. Because they make bad music? Not at all, because the big names in the scene praise their music highly and use tracks in their own sets. So what's the reason? The suspicion is that suddenly everyone calls themselves a goafan because they listen to Vini Vici. And nothing is worse for the (supposedly) exclusive scene than not being exclusive anymore. So they smile at Vini Vici and their fans. And judge in forums sharply and not objectively about their music. Because Vini Vici doesn't just want to create psychedelic works of art, but to inspire a broad mass with their music. And they manage to do that.
Here, however, you can take almost any area of life. Fashion, film and television, sports, music, perfume. Mainstream is ubiquitous. And everywhere, especially the really big mainstreamers have only two camps. Those who love it and those who hate it. Almost, like FC Bayern. Ask 100 people about their favorite club and ask 100 people about their "hate club". Bayern will win both polls.
And as with Vini Vici in the goa scene, La vie est belle is ostracized especially in the "scene", in the community. Does Vini Vici care that the "real goa experts" (the scene) are harshly hostile to her? Not one bit. Does Lancome think about the "fine noses", the perfume connoisseurs ripping her fragrance to shreds? Probably not. Because success proves them both right.
And here lies the crux of the matter. Mainstream wants to appeal to a broad mass. Mainstream wants to please. And in all street surveys among "laymen" La vie est belle" is always far ahead. The fragrance does what it's supposed to do and what it was made for. And a rating of 6.4 is simply not objective. Period! Every fragrance twin listed here comes out better. Even the ones from Tom Tailor and La Rive. Is that objective anymore? La vie est belle was certainly not meant to be a work of fragrance art, but a fragrance that the masses would like and that would make perfume even more accessible to "normies". And they succeeded in doing that. Is mainstream therefore bad? Certainly not. I have Niko shoes. I listen to pop music from time to time. I like to watch the occasional blockbuster. And I wear one of the several mainstream designer fragrances from time to time. Today Dylan Blue. Smells good ;-). Nevertheless I am and remain independent and unique. Because not what I wear defines me. But what I do, say and think. Mainstream is no one who wears La vie est belle or who listens to Vini Vici. But this chatter and slating of mainstream, that's who!!! Uniqueness is not something I need to present to the outside world. On the contrary. The urge to do so, is more mainstream than anything I know. Of course, it's difficult for a sommelier to evaluate supermarket wines. But honestly? Then he shouldn't. And when I see La vie est belle being rated 0.5 here in some cases, it gets ridiculous. The fragrance pyramid is known in advance. The goal that this perfume pursues also. And yet, some here fall backwards in shock when they realized that a "sweet-synthetic one-size-fits-all" is served here. Well.....then let's just see what I think of this fragrance. Quite fairly rated. Not by the standards I set for a Roja or Xerjoff. That would be finally crazy. ;-)
Let's go:
The bottle: 10/10
Solid heavy glass, beautiful curved shape. Good sprayer. In short, stylish and a real eye-catcher. The same goes for the name. Great marketing, Good off Lancome!
The fragrance: 8/10
Let's give in to the scent progression. The fragrance starts with a sweet, synthetic and loud pear and a, for me a little too "scratchy" (because caramelized?) Currant. The prelude is already very opulent and mMn. a little too much of a good thing. But it is neither unbearable nor does it give me a headache. It is just a neat sweet "Haudrauf" top note. For me, as I said, unfortunately at the beginning still a little too scratchy and not quite round. Here I simply lack a soft counterpart. This comes, however, already short moments later in the form of the floral fragrance notes. These give the fragrance the depth it needs to become coherent. And now the sweet base notes are coming more and more to the fore. Tonka and vanilla (synthetic, of course, but that's okay!) take over a bit now and stay until the end. The initial scratchiness has now given way to a, still slightly burnt, but no longer annoying sugar note. There's almost a bit of popcorn stuck in a bouquet of flowers. Patchouli rounds out the scent. All in all, I can very much see why La vie est belle is the best selling women's fragrance of the last 10 years. He just smells very pleasing.
Short form: a, at the beginning unfortunately a little too scratchy fragrance, but then becomes a round (synthetic) sweet fragrance with floral touches and especially from the heart and in the base is really nice.
Durability: 8/10
Short and sweet - per hour one point.The fragrance survives 8 hours in any case. On the clothes clearly longer present.
Sillage: 9/10
The first three hours very present and almost room-filling. Also in the hours 4-6 it is enough for an experience in the elevator.
Wearability: 5/10
Here lies the great weakness of the fragrance and unfortunately the reason why many dislike it. Dear ladies, no, this fragrance is with 8 sprays certainly not a fragrance for the office or the suburban train. No also in high summer is rather nothing. But also here, let's stay fair. Who, apart from perfumos has more than one or two perfumes at home? Who distinguishes between summer and winter scents? That's right, no one - except us. Still, the fragrance very much I fall/winter due to the heavy sillage and heaviness. And again. The dose makes the poison. 3 sprays are enough here completely.
Compliments: 8/10
This thing works. Properly dosed this fragrance comes simply super. Mainstream halt :-P
Price / performance: 8.5/10
Honestly? 200ml for 100.00 € are already a fair price. Nice that there are times a women's perfume with 200ml. P / L therefore fits completely.
Conclusion:
Completely unjustly torn in the air fragrance, which was not without reason the best seller from the house Lancome. Almost everyone, outside the "scene" will find this fragrance great. For "normalos" a clear purchase recommendation.
Hanseatic greetings ⚓
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