La Vie est Belle L'Éclat

Im just posting a review cuz I love it and cant figure out which perfume exactly it reminds me more of. I honestly keep reading on here to see what others say, so dont take my review too seriously, im still investigating LOL. I smell something nutty in this, just like I smell in Alien Mugler and even more in the beloved Essence Absolue. The opening is very unique, light floral but sweet enough to keep you smelling ur arm like a weirdo. Bergamot (my fav note) with freesia (one of my fav flowers) and mandarin, come on, amazing. Its the bergamot with the mandarin and Sandalwood giving it its nutty, almost almond-like sweetness? I dont know! Its better than Alien Mugler, slightly different imo, Alien is more serious in a way? I dont know, im in love right now. The drydown (it lasted from 5pm to its 1am now and Im still smelling it) is like Black Opium EDT had a baby with Poison Girl EDP. I might be wrong, but Intoxicating combo. I rushed to my vanity from Sephora to spray Poison Girl EDP and BO EDT and I believe the drydown of Poison Girl EDP and the La Rive Fleur De Femme has that same nutty sweet vibe, but LVEB L'Eclat is not as heavy. Update: So I bought it from Lancome's site. Lasting power is excellent. La Vie Est Belle L'Eclat is a perfume for a princess. It deserved its own new name but oh well. I dont see the original in it at all (thank god). Its exceptional, not the most unique scent as it combines the elements I love and find in other MUCH heavier perfumes in this category, but no cloying factor here. So I can indulge in it, summer or winter and wear it on a date. I still feel like it has its own identity. Its a lil bit of everything but better. It's romantic, feminine, flirty yet sensual, exactly what I was looking for that I didnt find in Poison Girl EDT or in the EDP and in Black Opium EDT. Judging by the perfumes Ive known and owned (and there are folks who have experienced more perfumes than me so I may be limited) it is indeed like a much lighter, fresher Poison Girl edp. I dont wanna have to deal with heavy notes everytime I need a sweet nutty floral perfume! Like I said there's a BO EDT vibe here, very discreet, but that one is a tomboy perfume imo (which I am but I wouldnt wear BO EDT on a date). It really has the fruity white floral game of Black Opium EDT (jasmine, orange blossom, mandarin) but the freesia takes it up a level. The white flowers are not muted, thats why it stays fresh in all its "powderiness", best of both worlds. The vanilla iris combo must be behind that light powdery sweetness and possibly the nutty aspect. The nuttiness I was talking about is what I find addicting also in perfumes like Forbidden Police, no almond here tho. The latter can be too much to wear around others even tho its a fav of mine. Babe Power is another in this category that I loved but it leans sweet/masculine on me and too distracting. I think I found my soulmate here.

First impression: Beautiful bottle. Definitely still have that LVEB DNA. I blind bought this–bIg mIsTaKe. Upon first spray I was like "weee! Orange candy!" But then middle note stays on my skin and all I smell is wood wood wood sandalwood. Whyyyyyyyyyyy where's the vanilla? Where's the white flowers?? Maybe it's there but it's so faint. I think this should have a monster sillage. Idk, I'll update again later after I wear it. But for now, it is an overwhelming sandalwood perfume and I don't see anyone under 30 wearing it. So far, this is a mature fragrance. Update: Quite hating this perfume for the first day, I was contemplating on giving it away, but the price 😭 so I decided to give it a chance. Here's the recap of my experience. Day 1: Hate it. Can't stand the smell. Too much wood, too balsamic. Ewwhhh I paid that much for this?! Should I give it away? Day 2: I began to question myself. Wait, this is not so bad. I started to tolerate the smell. I started to smell the vanilla and something creamy and tarty. Day 3: I began to like this perfume. Wore it to work. I find myself smelling my clothes a lot... Day 4: I'm whooped. How did we come to this? Why did I fell in love with this?? Omg. What the heck. It's all smell so nice and sophisticated and perfect for basically any women of all age. Whattttt Day 5: LOVE LOVE LOVE. I have Tresor Midnight Rose that I love as well but I can't wear that yet because I keep on wanting to smell this on me. I feel like I'm the best smelling person at work. I feel sophisticated, sweet, yummy, and wrapped in a warm embrace of Julia Roberts all day long. Ohhh yummy. So what I'm trying to say was Day 1 and 2 I was sick, and probably my smell aren't the best. I changed my rating–LVEB L'eclat is so beautiful. So lovely. Not too sweet but so creamy and soft and long lasting. Damn. I love this scent so much, I can see this as my signature scent. If you have a perfume you dislike, do yourself a favor, give it time. It's like getting to know a new friend; takes time to actually see the good in them and love them.

Wowzers! Disclaimer: I do not own this fragrance (yet). So here is the story: I was just testing out different perfumes on paper strips in a shop. At first LVEB L'Éclat didn't do anything for me, so no love at first sniff either. It was a bit too strong at first I think to really appreciate it's beauty. So as I wanted to leave, I couldn't see any bins around the store to throw away the strips into, so I just threw them in my purse. Fast forward a few hours as I get home: I open my purse and this really nice sweet scent hits me. I wasn't sure which tester was it, as all the paper strips kind of started to smell the same, this one seemed to overpower them. At first I was thinking it might have been Elie Saab's Girl of Now, as from memory, that was the one I tested and really smelled sweet from the beginning. But now, there wasn't any strong almond and tonka scent, so that couldn't be it. So I started to look up the notes of the perfumes I remembered testing. LVEB L'Éclat: orange bloosom and vanilla. Yes, this is what I'm smelling, a sweet orange blossom. But is it really the one? I remembered it smelled nothing like this at first. Only one way to find out. So I went back to the store after a few days, tried this one again on paper, gave it a few minutes to settle and yes, this was that sweet orange blossom that enchanted me after opening my purse. As it is quite a strong scent, I knew I have to test on skin as well, to know if it would really work for me. Well, unfortunately the scent wasn't really the same this way. That saddened me quite greatly, as I really loved this. I think I will still give this one a try in colder weather, as the day I tested it was +30 celsius, so that might have been a problem as well. Will update if that works. And a fun little addendum: the wallet that was in my purse when I first tested this still smelled this sweet, vanilla-orange blossom after more than a week! It's that long wearing.

What a little gem of a fragrance. If I was to have my time over again I would consider wearing this on my wedding day as I love the soft powdery and feminine qualities to this beauty! I wanted orange blossom in my wedding bouquet but couldn’t get in the season I wed! I did have freesias though! Which I adore! The vanilla is lovely here. Everything to me is casually and effortlessly elegant and lovely. This one is definitely in my opinion a very accepting fragrance as it is balanced beautifully, so not at all excessively sweet or loud! Slightly cotton candy sweet but softened and restrained and rounded beautifully to be uncloying and balanced in my opinion! Love it! Nice one for the office, lunch with friends, cinema or shopping! Good everyday go to or signature. I prefer this to (I write this as I have both on! One on each each arm! ) La Vie Est Belle as I find her a bit too screechy sweet, (Hello Praline!) although if applied very sparingly this is also quite nice. But you definitely have to be a gourmand sweet lover! Here you need to love white florals, jasmine and freesias, Sandlewood & vanilla! It is unusually refreshing for a white floral and smells very clean. I wouldn’t pass this for a summer nights wearing! Projection is Ok on me and so far longetivity is reasonable! I considering buying this as my next purchase. I would love to have this adorable bottle alongside my growing collection! I have a strong suspicion my Mum will also love this~ She’s a Poeme, Lou Lou,Yves Saint Laurent & Paris girl<3 PS: I’ve been wearing this off and on for over a week now and I seem to be gravitating to this a lot! there is something kind of addictive to this! The word juicy comes to my mind! Must be the orange blossom and Mandarin orange!

La vie est belle when you wear this one! And in my opinion you can wear this all year long. Not too cloying for summer and still strong enough for winter. How I hate they discontinued this beauty, as this is always a compliment getter every time I wear it. This was the first LVEB I got together with Intensement, which were both blind buys during the covid lockdown. I couldn't believe it, but the first time I sprayed it I was completely anosmic to it, which was weird and no covid since I could smell the Intensement. Sprayed some on my bathrobe and came back to it the next day....a beautiful vanilla/sandalwood remained. The patchouli is there but definitely toned down compared to the original, which I am not too much of a fan of, as I as always found it quite synthetic. Now back to this beauty, now I can't even see me not smelling this! This one is a beast at opening! It's definitely very sweet with the zest of the bergamot and mandarin balancing it out a bit in the opening, but still it's sweet. Once it sits in, the sweetness fades a bit, it's definitely not cloying. The iris and white flowers come out beautifully adding a clean vibe to the sweetness. As said this ends in a soft feminine vanilla. I enjoy every stage of this and I am happy I did manage to get two back up bottles though so I can surely enjoy this for some time to come. If you dont like the original LVEB, and you can get your hands on it, I would definitely give this one a try. I have a pretty big collection and this is absolutely one of my favorites.