La Vie Est Belle L’Eau de Toilette Florale

Okay, I am feeling the need to leave a review for this one. I love LVEB and own it in several of it's guises (the original, Intense, L'absolut and now this one) and while yes, I agree with so many that it is insane that one perfume can have so many versions, I can honestly say they really ARE all different from one another! If you wear them alternately one day after the next, it really hits you just how different they are! Anyway, back to Florale! I had never tried the EDT version, so really wasn't sure what to expect from this in any way at all. In my head I assumed it would be weaker and softer and kinda fade away to not much in 3-4 hours - well wasn't I wrong! Firstly I have to say, this little beauty seems to last on me for ages! I sprayed a tester on me about 11am in a shop, and the following morning at 7am when I woke, I could still smell it! Amazing! Now as to the smell, on first spray, sure, I just thought 'it's LVEB without the harsh note' - (quick note here, much as I absolutely adore fragrance, I am no professional and can not start naming ingredients, I can only compare and describe to the best of my ability!) - but that changed pretty quickly. For sure, that sharpness of the original is definitely absent, this is softer, smoother and to be fair, heavenly! Yes, as it's name suggests, it is more floral than the original, but I get a kind of honey smell to it too, which is just delicious. As it warms up on your skin and develops, to my nose it becomes a combination of LVEB (unmistakeably) but with a lovely edge of Lady Gaga's Fame Black Fluid, which I love, but vanishes on me in about an hour. This is truly the best of both worlds. With Florale, I get the lovely LVEB trademark scent, but softer and smoother rather than weaker as I expected. I am just so impressed with it for an EDT and indeed as a flanker it really does set itself apart. I can easily wear it in the daytime, or I can also definitely see myself using it on a summers night evening. It's a little bit of heaven that puts a smile on my face and a glow in my heart! Florale, I love you <3

It's not a real review since It's the first time I'm trying it but I know that I need to have this beauty ASAP As someone who never haved or loved original la vie,it's funny that I love it's flankers so deeply Intense version is among my favorites and I find edt very addictive.I didn't expect to love floral version because it's notes aren't very interesting for me Just like the intense version this one has it's original personality while sharing a common DNA with original It's really sweet but it doesn't have much of burnt sugary kind of sweetness that original edp and also edt have.nevertheless it's strange that there's no sweet/gourmand note listed.I expected to see praline or maybe caramel/vanilla? something that could explain it's juicy sweetness in opening and it's creamy sweetness later on.but as I said sweetness is more tamed here thanks tobsoft,powdery florals.it's more sparkly with more flowers and also a lot more fruits.maybe cassis and osmanthus are making me to think of fruits here,donno,the only thing I know is,this one is different enough to compell me to buy it and it's very delicious and super feminine with all these sweet,powdery florals Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be very longlasting on me.I sprayed it 5 hours ago and I can't smell even slightest trace of it.while blumarine rose which I sprayed on my other hand is still there.but I can't judge with a single test and the most important thing is,it is very potent while it lasts and this is more important for me I don't see it as a summer scent.it's too sweet for hot weather.but mild to cool spring and fall days sound appropriate Gonna edit as soon as I buy my own bottle and can't wait long

I hate lancome la vie este belle.it's very cheap heavy headacky and shouts for attention.maybe I hate it more because every woman in street and every where use it.most of them it's fake.with twenty sprays even in hot days!when I smell it I feel I can't breath but this one.it's one of best perfumes in my life.it's very different.very classy lux feminine beautiful!I don't like la vie este belle and I don't like floral perfumes so I didn't think I love it but I do.it's sweet and there's flowers and fruits that I don't know.I can just smell iris.it's something you can't forget.it smells very expensive very high class and rich and very sweet powdery but not headache making.Longevity and sillage are great.I will buy four or five boxes of it for spring 10/10 من از لانکوم لاویه استه بله متنفرم.عطر چیپ و سنگین و سردردی و جلب توجهی هست.شاید بخاطر این خیلی بدم میاد که در خیابان و همه جا همه استفاده نی کنند اون هم اکثرا فیکش را اون هم بیست تا اسپری حتی تو هوای گرم!با همین کارها این عطر را خز کردن درحدیکه الان اگه بوش بهم بخوره نفسم میگیره.این نوع فلورالش اما فرق داره.بی همتا هست رویایی شیک فنسی تجملاتی لطیف زنانه.اوج شیکی هست.چون هم لاویه بله را بدم میلد هم عطرهای فلورال را اصلا فکر نمی کردم از این خوشم بیاد اما عاشقش شدم.شیرین هست و پودری و گلها و میوه ها را نمیشه تشخیص داد البته به جز زنبق.شیرینی این عطر خیلی فرق داره.گران و های کلس و لوکس هست.خیلی خانم هست.واقعا زیباست.ماندگاری و پخش عالی..برای عید حتما می خرمش و حداقل چهار پنج تا دیگه هم ازش می گیرم و نگه میدارم ۱۰/۱۰

I never liked La vie est belle, not that it's a bad perfume but it's too edgy. It could be either sickly sweet or unpleasantly synthetic and sharp. It's ok for all ages since it has so many editions but please, please don't over use it! Lancome's quality is more than great and it doesn't need more than 2 sprays to be noticed. I decided to try Florale although I am not a floral type. I am more on the gourmand side. What I really dislike in LVEB-EDP is the 'dirty' patchouli, the 'sour' combination of black currant-praline and the fight between super strong and a bit darky notes, against sweeter/fruitier one. In the beginning I was so impressed from LVEB-Florale. I thought that it could be a huge like but really fast it became exactly the same with the original, plus it's more sharp. I shouldn't expect more, it's the same name, different edition of the perfume but Osmanthus is the main character and it makes it so similar to Flowerbomb from Viktor & Rorlf. I have to find the more gourmandise edition of LVEB and who knows? Maybe I'll fall in love. Quality is indisputably good but... p.s: Although it's a more formal/business type of smell, if you use it together with a refreshing neutral body lotion and you decide to wear it for night time clubbing, you'll have the absolute summer perfume! In a smokey environment it becomes an attention getter because of the sharp character. Thumbs up Lancome!

This edition of La Vie est Belle, EDT Florale is really pretty. While it maintains the DNA of the original, this Floral version is less sickly sweet and more complex in the sense that it has so many varieties of flowers: mimosa, violets, jasmine, iris, rose, freesia, orange blossoms, magnolia and osmanthus. Mimosa was originally my favourite yellow flower, before discovering ylang ylang. Mimosa combined with violets give perfumes such a sweet powdery facet, while the addition of osmanthus flower gives a subtle peachy effect. Jasmine flower comes across very strong blended with a subdued rose, freesias and orange blossom. The sweetness of all these flowers and of the amberwood from the base is counterbalanced by green, fresh currants buds and patchouli plus zestiness from the bergamot. As a flanker, this Floral version is very well done and more balanced and nuanced than the original! It brings a bit of freshness and a bunch of different flowers to the sweetness and powderiness of the OG LVEB. For an EDT this performs impeccably, more like a regular perfume. It’s strong, intense and has very good sillage. This is not a summertime floral scent, more of a spring and fall scent! It was a limited edition release and I back in the days, I was a huge fan of La Vie est Belle line. Now not so much anymore but I am so happy to have a bottle of this in my collection.

I received it as a generous gift from a friend of mine and I can't say how much happy I am as I wanted it for nearly a year As much as I wear it,I can see less similarities between this one and original LVEB and I find it more similar to lancome tresor lanuit caresse.to be honest,I find it's opening identical to tresor lanuit caresse which I also own and like It's very sweet when first sprayed.syrupy sweet,delicious,spicy and fruity.blackcurrent isn't one of my favorite fruity notes but I like it here. Something I really like about this perfume is how it develops and changes on skin.it becomes less sweet,less syrupy,less spicy and less fruity as time passes.it becomes more floral,a tad powdery,gentle and pleasant.I can detect iris and candied violet,but they don't stand out as much as I thought before.I can sometimes feel something fresh,green and menthol-like which comes and goes and I really like it. I really like this perfume and I believe whether you like original LVEB or not,you'd better try this one and make sure to give it enough time to settle down.it's a beautiful scent and has good sillage in first hour of application The only thing I really dislike about LVEB flankers is that their bottles look almost the same,there's nothing to encourage collectors to collect them

Gorgeous bottle - this would make a beautiful gift! Very much a Springtime perfume, as is the previous LVEB EDT, in my opinion. Florale smells so similar to the other flankers that nothing really stood out about this one for me. I plan to revisit this when the weather's a little warmer as I feel like I've tested this in the wrong season, which possibly hasn't done it justice. UPDATE So, I tried this again, a couple of weeks after my first testing. My perception of it this time was much more favourable than last time and I think the weather had a lot to do with it as I suspected (today being a very sunny, albeit still cold, day). This perfume really is beautiful and perfect for Spring. Much smoother and less cloying than the original LVEB. I actually think they are improving and perfecting the formulation with each flanker! While I was wearing it, I was constantly wanting to smell my wrists. Very nicely blended overall and a perfume that I've now added to my want list for Spring. Again, beautiful bottle (even prettier than the previous LVEB EdT). Note - unlike previous LVEBs, sillage is very soft.

I simply love LVEB it is my signature perfume! And this flanquer is quite delicious and unique, when I noticed it was recently launched I rushed to the store and gave it a try, I bought it right there and then! to me this is by far one of the best versions of LVEB out there. From the first spray I was bought, it's freshm fruity and more playful to me a spring fragrance! the osmanthus is very present. This could definetely be worn at all times but I incline more to day. It smells kind of powdery at the dry down without losing that LVB effect, I don't really miss the praline in it... it's just another version with it's very own signature. Dry down on me is quite woody and I do notice the musk and amberwood, which I think are the ones turning this fragrance around although you definetly smell that they are sisters. If you would wear on one wrist LVEB EDP and on the other this version you will definitely notice their differences. Delicious EDT although it has more a character of an EDP. If you are a fan go for it!

I purchased this on Zulily when they have their perfume sales. Ahhh what can I say, La vie est Belle Florale EDT is a great softer than original summer scent. It is absolutely amazing. With so many beautiful florals in like Jasmine, Freesia Iris, Osmanthus and Magnolia this is a soft bouquet to me. I love the “patch” mixed in but not strong like let’s say Angel Mugler type. It’s playing hide and seek, the florals come first. This is one of my favorites. I do have the original and the intense (Oh my goodness how different version do we need) but this is again a favorite for summer. I feel these designer house just add a different twist every year and after a while it gets confusing and for some like me who collects drives me crazy lol. Sillage is definitely there, you will get noticed just like original. Lasting power excellent on me 12 hours or more.

Update: this has just become my signature fragrance for the spring months... it has a long lasting sillage after hours of having sprayed, I get very often compliments suprisingly from a lot of women and then only at the dry down such as: "you smell delicious like sweet popcorn" or "You smell so sweet like fresh baked waffels" so it is a fragrance that invites to take a bite, if you like candy-like smells then this is it for you too... crazy enough there is no praline on this one but only the sweetness of flowers... could this be the pink peper and amberwood playing mind games on us? Anyway I love it!

Love this one! This version does have LVEB DNA in it in the drydown, but of all the flankers that I’ve tried, this one is the freshest and most airy. It’s a sweet, feminine floral with a little something extra. I prefer this one to the original... it’s on the same level as the “en rose” flanker. En Rose is a bit fruitier. Longevity is amazing, of course (thank you, Lancome). Projection is good as well, slightly less that the original. If I close my eyes and smell this, I imagine pastel colored flowers and sugar cubes floating around on pink clouds.

Whilst I'm well aware that the perfume world seems to have gone crazy with flankers, I'm still really looking forward to trying this! There are several notes in this that I'm not particularly familiar with, which makes it all the more interesting to me. So glad that the oh-so-sweet praline note has been left out but kind of sad that the almond note I so loved in the previous EDT has also gone too. Anyhow, I plan to test this ASAP (luckily for me the nearest Debenhams is just a few miles away) and hope to leave a proper review shortly.

I have a small vial. At the first moment I dissmissed it with a wave, it seemed to be boring and I could smell only an average sweet base similar to LVEB edp, but slightly weaker than that. After an hour or soooo I cought some beautiful fume that reminded me of SoOud Nur's raw-clean, patchouli-tobbaco side. It is a little bit green, elegant. The iris developed soooo nice on my skin. I adore it. It is close to Valentino Donna. I keep on testing but I love it so much!!!!

Out of the 'La Vie est Belle series' I've only tried the original, the eau de toilette and this Florale one. The Florale one is my favourite by far. I love it so much! It's so refined. The floral mixed with the sugary notes is absolutely to die for. I can't get enough of it! I have 60 + perfumes and at the moment this is my number one for sure. I guess that is saying quite a lot.

This is absolutely gorgeous. It’s not super unique, as it still has that basic LVEB DNA. But it’s basically like the original Le vie est Belle but with floral notes. I really like it ... how can you go wrong?? Easy to wear, great silage, pretty, feminine.:) very happy with my 10mL travel size and would consider getting a full size bottle in the future.

it doesnt make any sense it all - LVEB is characterized by Praline, why this is a flaker with no Praline in it at all??? Im confused....seems absolutely nothing like LVEB, rather a completely new scent - why do they use the old bottle and name then?? because of profit, of courese....So are you gonna play theit game??!! not with me, this is ridiculous

It's beautiful, round, soft and the most delicate and wearable for more sensitive noses:) Finally a LVEB for all those who do not put up with cloying sweet praline bombs but would still love to smell something popular and trendy. It smelled forever on me, I hated to wash it off, my favorite in the range, alongside with LVEB le Parfum Intense:)

let me say this I’m not into LVEB the original, but this one is one of my favorites. It’s fresh and bright not so goopy and syrupy as the original on me. The middle notes is what does it for me because I’m a big floral lover. I bring this out for spring and summer every year. Recommended 9/10

flowery powdery classy soooooooo feminine perfume longevity is amazing also the vibes <3

Selling my bottle. Sprayed twice maybe, comes full presentation. Uk shipping