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.

I knew from the first spray that I'd like this...freesia comes out immediately for me, the mandarin oranges are on trees as you walk by but aren't too pronounced. It's a bright, cheery fragrance that shines in the drydown. You pass through the mandarin orange orchard and the path dotted with freesia to a field where white flowers, jasmine, and newly-bloomed orange blossoms join together in a wonderful combination. You don't notice the separate base notes of patchouli, sandlewood and vanilla but those form a creamy base for the floral middle notes. I disagree with those calling this a fruit-flower patchouli bomb -- this is a finely-balanced delicate fragrance that doesn't hit the screechy unrelenting fruit notes like some do. It's not spicy like V&R Spicebomb but just as sweet, and I've found I like patchouli base notes because it pulls the flower notes down for us mere mortals to enjoy. I kept expecting it to fall into a fruit or flower-only scent during the drydown, but it stays very structured and the orange blossom, jasmine, freesia all share the limelight together. Nice. Sillage is great--a little goes a long way! Longevity is good as well--this will last all day. This is blind buy safe if you like florals. If you enjoy Elie Saab's Le Parfum Eau de Toilette, D&G Pour Femme, Mugler's Alien, Guerlain's Mon Guerlain, or Fiori di Capri Carthusia, you will absolutely enjoy this.

Now THIS is how you do an iris note! Starts off (for me) with a blast of powdery iris. I can also smell jasmine and vanilla, à la good fortune minus the nasty fennel note. This is a gorgeous, unassuming white floral. Doesn’t smell like the OG LVEB whatsoever to my nose. I can’t even really detect the patchouli in this. I like it! I’m glad i got it. After being disappointed in good fortune and getting rid of it, this kind of fills that void without the not-so-desirable effect I was getting from my skin chemistry. This isn’t quite a love for me, but a really strong like. Very classy and soft. Edit: months later, and I still feel the same way about this fragrance. My only complaint is the jasmine can get a little indolic here; which isn’t necessarily my cup of tea... however, it isn’t so strong it overpowers everything else in the perfume. This is a gorgeous iris fragrance, perfect for spring date nights. As for comparisons, someone compared it to DBIR which, they smell nothing alike to me. Someone else said Armani Code, and while I don’t think they necessarily smell the same I can see WHY someone would make that comparison... they have a similar profile. If you can get your hands on this and like sweet, spicy iris scents, I’d grab it.

I really like this and I wasn’t expecting much. I don’t mind the OG, it’s just kind of common, so coming into this one I was just expecting something similar but I was wrong. This is much better as far as the scent profile goes. It’s not all over the place and the notes makes sense together. This is a sweet orange blossom scent. Nothing revolutionary but it’s really nice. Performance is outstanding which I’ve come to find that most Lancôme scents are that way. I’d say this is my favorite La Vie Est belle that I’ve smelled this far(I haven’t tried intensement, absolu, or parfum). I don’t mind the new soliel crystal either but I find it to be to dependent on the coconut and I’m not really that into coconut to wear it constantly but it’s also a nice scent. This would not be a blind buy I’d recommend because of the strength and overall scent. This would be pretty loud for most but I love all types of scents so this is very nice to me. Unexpected but pleasantly and I’ll take it.

To appreciate this for what it brings to the table, one must know the value of what it doesn’t bring to the table. This is about classic flowers that are not to be eaten. This is the squish of plush iris, the willingness of indiscreet orange blossom, and the sensuality of expressed jasmine without the indolic notes of cavities or the aggressive notes of dirty pants. This smells sensual, but friendly and clean. This smells timeless, but not ancient or stale. This smells approachable, but rather wise. The inedible gourmand notes are classy and understated... not like the mouthwatering tingle of the original La Vie Est Belle, but more like the cerebral comfort of Midnight in Paris by Van Cleef and Arpels. Just a moderate mist of this mixture offers the olfactory equivalent of touching flower petals. This feels like a nostalgic French creation in a modern presentation. It creates a delicate, sophisticated aura that reads as clean and slightly niche.

How bored were/are you with the LVEB flankers? Well, I sure was until this one got launched. I would consider this one of my favs for last and this year. I love sweet fragrances and this one is just so right for me. I enjoyed wearing this so much in the winter that I literally didn't' pick up any other perfume other than this. I was actually combining both this and EDT version and they really worked hand in hand for me. Orange blossom absolutely shines in this perfume, combined with a very noticeable Mandarine and of course, vanilla. It really isn't anything like the og lveb, but you can tell it's the same group. I just love how much more "fresh-sweet" this one is. It stays on the skin for the longest imaginable time and it also develops pretty interestingly. It drifts a lot more towards lveb when it's been on the skin for around an hour, but it still has some freshness to it, surprisingly. Lovely fragrance, both this one and EDT!

This is so beautiful! Upon first spray, this is juicy, fresh, and citrusy. After a little while, it develops a kind of makeup/lipstick scent, which I'm guessing is from the iris. This part I'm not a fan of. However, this fades quickly into a pleasant white floral scent and the vanilla really kicks in! It becomes so soft, sweet, and sugary but not at all in a way that is cloying or juvenile...simply pretty and sophisticated. I don't detect much patchouli at all. This is hard to dislike. It's most suitable for spring but really I think it would work all year round. It's very versatile; it is appropriate for literally any occasion and all ages. This is the perfect floral for someone who doesn't like florals. Performance is not through the roof, but not bad at all. Plus the bottle is gorgeous. One of my best blind buys. Wow I really love this perfume, thank you to the masters Anne Flipo and Dominique Ropion for creating this beauty!

I've decided long time ago that I will wear whatever kind of perfume I like regardless it was for Men or Women. This,was supposed to be a birthday gift for a Taurus female friend of mine. The minute I did smell this adorable fragy,I made up my mind that it will be all mine! I have tried a lot of female fragrances before ( flowerbomb, Eau Mega, Bonbon, The one, and almost the entire Body shop collection) but this is completely something else. I guess there is something hypo with this fragrance that gives you the real feeling and believe that Life is really Beautiful! In Some of the bad days at work, this fragrance kept me going on as I was only getting up , get dressed for work only for the sake of wearing this beauty and enjoying it the whole day, and YES, longtivity and projection is enormous, way beyond Victor & Rolf and even Rose Taif. A true gem that in case I was looking for a signature scent, that would definitely be it .

My best blind buy to date! It reminds me of Donna Born in Roma - just less aggressive/sexy, more sweet & girly. A bouquet of flowers and sweet citrus, but warm and comforting at the same time. 9/10 for me! Updating because I was too optimistic with first impressions: this is indeed gorgeous upon opening with a well-balanced citrus/floral ratio. I also love the jasmine & orange blossom that follow slightly afterwards; however, the base notes are practically a skin scent by the time they appear and are gone completely within 1-2 hours of wear on me. I still enjoy the scent, but longevity is not there at all. I will wear this scent if I need to run a quick errand or someone is stopping by my house for a limited time, but it's definitely not an all day scent. I'm too lazy, forgetful, and cheap to reapply perfume throughout the work day or weekends spent out and about. Hopefully performance lasts longer in the summer time!

I was surprised to find a tester of this sitting out at an Ulta near me, despite there seemingly being none in stock. Even stranger is that it seems that they don't even sell it online, so I'm not even sure what it was doing sitting out as a tester. But because it had been on my list to test for a while and I figured that I would probably never have another chance to test it again, I chose this as my tester for the day. Of all the LVEB flankers, I think this may be the absolute best that I have tested, so it baffles me that Lancome discontinued this one. As a lover of the original, I find this flanker to be even better than the OG, and had it been available when I first purchased LVEB I might have chosen this one instead. If by chance I ever find a bottle of this, whether it be in a discount store like TJMaxx or at full price, I will 1000% purchase it.

All I get from this is honey, honey, and more honey. I don't love it, I don't hate it, and I really don't understand why there is no honey note listed! Maybe I'm going nose-crazy, but it's honey all the way through, with the faintest touch of vanilla as it dries down and some high notes of white flowers that fade into HONEY after a few minutes. Smells super expensive. EDIT. Oh, for God's sake, I think I've fallen in love with this damn sample. I hate it when that happens, I can't afford for this to happen, I have enough loves in my life. I stand by the whole, honey thing, but like another reviewer said about 10 down or so, this really does smell like 'you just stepped out of a milky bath'. It is sooooo beautiful and I just adore the lack of patchouli and musk. God dammit, I'm so mad right now. On the want list it goes to join the crowd. Bugger.

This perfume is not one I reach for everyday. It is strong, sweet, and floral. But when I am in the mood for it, it really hits the spot. The opening has a tangy fresh burst of citrus that develops into an orange blossom mix with a hint of powdery iris, but not so powdery we are going to powder town, it just adds a touch of elegance. As the fragrance dries down the vanilla really comes out blending with the orange blossom until you are left with the impression of a sweet orange blossomy vanilla that lasts for hours. As others said that citrusy mandarin and orange blossom cuts the sweetness in this fragrance, keeping it from tipping over to the cloying realm while staying quite sweet. This perfume lasts all day with just a spray or two and I can smell it on my clothes the day after. I can’t believe Lancôme discontinued this.

Hello, I usually watch you tube videos with Jeremy fragrance because I find his perspective as a man that reviews women’s scents so interesting. So I picked this one up, after it was in his top five best fragrance for women. This scent is lovely. My taste this is 7.9/10 Longevity is 4.5 hours Compliment getter from females 7/10 Male magnet 7.9/10 Worth the money no but you should still buy it. Perfect for a signature scent Summer friendly Holiday friendly Meeting your In laws Lady in professional work clothes picture a skirt Pearl necklace affair This is what the Stepford wives (with Nicole Kidman) would smell like. Silage 0.5 meters max Amount needed approx 5 sprays for 0.5 meters for 4 hours About 7 sprays on cleaver back section under hairline clothes and skin 6hours 1 meter

Just want to come up here and add another review for this perfume. For me, this perfume is ALWAYS changing. Some days I don’t really like it. It can be too cloying and too heavy on the orange blossom. BUT, some days, IT IS ABSOLUTELY DIVINE. Light, airy, sweet, and floral. If you have this perfume and don’t like it, or have found you no longer like it, HOLD ON TO IT. I’ve thought about giving this perfume up so many times, and today I’m wearing it and am so glad I didn’t give it up. I’m even thinking this is a staple in my collection. It’s so beautiful. Today, it’s a cool yet sunny day out here in Tennessee. I’m wearing a flowy white top with light blue denim and white sandals. I’ll be doing some business today as I have 2 new clients! This perfume is perfect for today.

This is my first true signature scent, and I am utterly devastated about its disappearance. I had received multiple compliments on this, and was asked a few times by passers-by what perfume I am wearing. I have went through 2 big bottles, and then when I searched to repurchase, it was gone... I still managed to find a bottle at some discounter. I have it, but somehow I'm a bit unsure what happened, I am just not into it anymore! I have a suspicion it is to do with that particular bottle/batch, as before I simply could not get enough of this perfume! maybe it's a last batch that just didn't turn out as it was supposed to or something? Either way, this will forever be in my memory as the best non-heavy perfume I found that fit my skin and me self perfectly.

I never commented on La Vie Est Belle or its flankers because everything worth mentioning was already said many times over by so many people, but I test LVEB and its different flankers every time I go to big department stores - just trying to see which I prefer in case I decide to finally buy one of them. Yesterday I took out a sweater I wore about two months ago when I sprayed LVEB L'Eclat in Macys on the edge of my sleeve, and as I wore it again yesterday, I enjoyed almost full strength scent of LVEB L'Eclat wafting around me all day. I mean it was so strong like I just sprayed it several hours ago, not 2 months ago. I think it's the longest-lasting fragrance (on clothes) I've tried so far. And yes, it's a stunning-looking bottle, too!