La Vie est Belle L'Éclat L'Eau de Parfum Lancôme 2017

Really sweet orange blossom is the only thing I can smell. To me al orange blossom sent are to similar. Same orange blossom as alien fusion ,libre intense ,black opium neon. The al have something similar . This is al sweet floral orange blossom. For daily use . Easy to wear . I’m in love with it . The bottle is amazing but not really travel proof . It a big Bottle even a 30ml .It last a long time on my skin and on my clothes even longer. To me it’s a feminine sent libre without lavendel and a little less jasmine . Or alien fusion without the cinnamon. Black opium without the coffee .

Not long ago, I was standing at an intersection next to two women, one of whom - or both? - was unmistakably wearing something that, at first sniff, reminded me of Lancôme's La Vie est Belle. And yet, not quite. The scent was even less ignorable and more insistent than I remembered La Vie est Belle to be - which could simply be due to the (over)dosage - if its sweetness hadn’t been different, albeit of a kindred nature. White blooming. More voluminous. Even more self-assured. Even sweeter.

La Vie est Belle, the original - can you believe it’s already five years old? - would not be so successful (despite its brutal advertising campaign and the grotesquely photoshopped Julia Roberts) if it didn’t push the right buttons for many - and I don’t just mean the pretty, pink bottle with the nice glittery ribbon around its neck. La Vie est Belle captures a zeitgeist of floral sweetness that will surely be named one of the main fragrance trends of this decade in the near future: it was followed by Dior and Gaultier with pink near-clones of Lancôme's floral splendor. Most recently even Guerlain, but Mr. Wasser is not just an artist, he is also a businessman. Upbeat cheerful. Sweet. Loud.

La Vie est Belle L'Éclat turns up the volume on the original once again. And often, the volume changes the essence of a tone, a chord, an arrangement. In my comment on La Vie est Belle, I called it harmless, pleasing, and ultimately very conventional. In contrast, its L'Éclat version tips into the shrill, sometimes sharply bordering on the almost somewhat ordinary. Too much orange blossom and jasmine, both intoxicating and synthetic in their impression. Too much vanilla, powdery yes, but no less artificial. A scent like free prosecco for all women at an over 30 party. Sounds good at first, but quickly becomes exhausting and too much. Just like Lancôme's La Vie est Belle. And La Vie est Belle L'Éclat even more so.

Conclusion: cheerful, loud, and self-assured were also the two women next to me at the intersection. And they found themselves sweet, at least they called each other that: 'Sweetie, did that guy just check me out?' 'No, he didn’t.' 'Then he must be gay, otherwise he would have.' And I thought: 'Yeah, right.' Next to us at the intersection sat a homeless man with a cardboard sign and cup in front of him on the sidewalk, and then one of them said half-loud to the other: 'Oh God, not a nice profession either...' And I thought again: 'Yeah, right.'

La Vie Est Belle has never appealed to me in its original form, and neither did any flanker. However, when it comes to perfume, I generally have the mindset to test everything - from three-euro discount water to mainstream or limited high-end perfumes, all the way to the hundredth extraction from L'Oréal or Coty. There is simply nothing that I categorically reject from the outset. You have to dive for pearls!

And so it was here as well. L'Éclat stood in "my" perfumery on the shelf with the new arrivals, and so I sprayed it on. Hmm, I surprisingly like it a lot! And in my opinion, it has nothing to do with LVEB anymore. The original has something scratchy about it that I just can't stand on myself. I can't quite put my finger on it; I've even been approached by others who said I smell oddly intrusive when I wear the original. It must be some kind of skin chemistry thing. But honestly: The fact that every third woman in the subway smells like it doesn't make the perfume any more attractive to me.

The little sister, on the other hand, completely breaks the mold. Instead of pears and pralines, we are served mandarin and vanilla here. Right after spraying, the top note comes through with a very slight sharpness, but only for a few minutes - then the delicate jasmine and orange blossoms reveal themselves. But what I like best is the vanilla. I'm not exaggerating when I say this is one of the most beautiful vanilla interpretations I know. And I love vanilla and have tested quite a bit accordingly!

The vanilla is very soft and delicately sweet, supported by gentle sandalwood. Exactly the opposite of the standard LVEB occurs with L'Éclat: My skin chemistry harmonizes wonderfully with this scent; it needs skin, and I feel really pleasantly enveloped and secure with it. The longevity is amazing, especially on clothing. The scent is noticeably present for several days, and the vanilla base note truly lingers forever on textiles. I had sprayed it on my blazer, which I hung outside to air out after wearing it - yet L'Éclat could still be sniffed out.

So give the scent a chance if you like, for example, Poison Girl EdT or Mon Guerlain - they go a bit in this powdery-sweet direction. It is a beautiful gourmand when you let it work. And for me, because of the vanilla pod, it is even something very special, although you wouldn't think that of LVEB at all!

For a long time, I avoided La Vie est belle - on one hand because I really don't like Julia Roberts, and on the other hand because it received a lot of criticism in the forum.

But I have a soft spot for "underdogs" and gave the original La Vie a chance.

And it captivated me - no matter how unnaturally Julia Roberts stumbles through the commercial and how many noses are wrinkled here.

Further variations of the "beautiful life" of the original version were to follow.
Of course, I was curious about the uproar.
I was not disappointed.

It becomes herb - fresh around my nose - and the original mother is only recognizable from afar.
Life is still beautiful - but a bit more mature.
It doesn't greet me as sweetly anymore, but with interesting spirit.
Vigor and elegance pair skillfully here.
The citrusy opening receives an aquatic nuance from the mandarin.
Fresh and clear.
The floral notes provide casual elegance - and the sweet - bitter vanilla does not take away the fragrance's momentum.

Among the La Vie's, this one confidently dances out of line - without being bothersome.

I would love to take a dance with it.

As a new fragrance achievement, La vie est belle eclat came to me. I acquired it at a good deal without a prior test and expected it to smell like its predecessors, perhaps even more intense, more pronounced, and more distinctive in scent expression.
But, far from it, the Eclat is not one, but a very wearable perfume that doesn’t annoy anyone, rather it brings a lot of freshness from citrus notes, and at the same time a sweetness that resonates elegantly, but for my taste, it’s not over the top, providing long-lasting wear, a beautiful expression, and a pleasant feeling on the skin.
The feedback from those around me was correspondingly positive, "you smell good, very pleasant warm scent, but not intrusive." In contrast to the original scent la vie est belle, the eau de Parfum, where I had to be told whether I had sprayed the whole bottle, and that everywhere I had been, even in the stairwell, my scent trail remains for the next hours.
In conclusion, it is not the Eclat that smells as it is named, but with a slightly more generous application, the original scent becomes the same. A clear recommendation to test the lveb eclat.
I find it particularly beautiful.