La Vie Est Belle Soleil Cristal

🗣La Vie Est Belle Soleil Cristal Edp: (Sunshine, The Sea, Beach, & Holiday's In A Bottle) Maybe!! "We Are Off To Sunny Spain" So The Song Goes, And When I First Smelt And Tried Out This Version Of La Vie Est Belle, I Was Immediately Transported To Somewhere Tropical, Warm And Sunny, And No Joke When I Say This, I Could Actually Smell The Pleasant Salty Warm Sea Air Wafting Through This Very Well Done And Blended Fragrance!! This Deffo Does Give Of The Present Of Bare/Naked Skin, In The Heat Of The Day, Basking Under Uninterrupted Warm Sunshine And Blue Cloudless Skies On A Beautiful Tropical Beach, Palm Trees Swaying Gently In The Warm Sea Breeze, And Your Body Covered In Creamy Suntan Lotion, While Sipping Away On An Ice Filled Glass Of Cold Malibu Drink!! The Aroma Of The Sweet Coconut Drink Gently Mixing With Whatever Suntan-Lotion Aroma Already On Your Skin/Hair!! This Fragrance Will Be Absolutely Perfection In The Spring And Summer Months Ahead, And If We'r All Lucky Enough To Actually Escape And Get Abroad On Holiday This Year!! For I Can Already Imagine Myself Wearing This Beauty On Holiday, And Heading Out For A Meal/Night On The Town Etc With My Hubby!! And As I Have Already Said And You All Already Know, La Vie Est Belle Intensement Is Deffo And Remains My ALL Time Favourite Flanker In The La Vie Est Belle Range!! Although This One I Would Deffo Place As My Second Favourite, (Already Own It) This Will Be My Perfect Companion For The Spring And Summer Month's Ahead/Taking Away With Me On Holiday!! And The Wow Factor Is!, Is'nt That Glass Heavy Bottle Just Something VERY Special And Beautiful Indeed!! The Orange Blossom And Pink Pepper Top Notes Really Do Add A Natural Fresh And Juicy Vibe To It, The Vanilla And Coconut Give It It's Certain Pure Over All Creaminess, Followed By The Beautiful Powdery Iris And The Depth Of Yellow Florals, Jasmine And Fresh Citrus Notes Of Bergamot And Ylang-Ylang That Are All Blended So Well Together With The End Note Of Very Well Behaved Patchouli!! This One Is Deffo NOT An Overly Sweet And Screechy Mix, Like In The Original La Vie Est Belle!! So Yes Indeed Roll On The Long Warm Summer Day's So That Im Able To Test Drive This One Out To The Max!! Lancome Deffo Sure Have Captured A Little Piece Of Warm Summer Sunshine And Pure Happiness In A Real Stunning Bottle!! And If Your After A Well Done And Blended Gentle Coconut Fragrance, Deffo Look No Further!!! Lancome Sure Is - The Maker Of Smiles For Sure!!! Simply Stunning!!!

I did not think I would like this perfume. Lancôme la vie est belle line has assaulted me in magazine samples before and it’s a yawn like a lot of department store samplers: a synthetic punch in the face, too floral , too biting. Because of online recommendations I grudgingly ordered a 2ml in search of a summer perfume. Boy was I wrong! The opening IS strong, synthetic, floral “department store perfume counter” but it only lasts a few seconds. What’s left behind is the best floral blend I’ve ever smelled- and I hate floral perfumes. There’s vanilla, but it’s balanced by the iris and Jasmine. In turn, the iris and Jasmine don’t get full command thanks to the pepper and solar notes. There is a faint powdery-ness (usually a hate for me) but it’s mellow and almost marshmallow for me- probably due to the coconut. It gives this perfume a clean scent, a very youthful “just out of the bath” scent without being “old”. I hate patchouli usually, it is too often way spicy/dirty, but I don’t detect it in this fragrance. I know patchouli can smell a bit soap like when done right, and I think that it blends very quietly and nicely with the powder/coconut. Occasionally I get “warm vanilla sugar” from Bath and Body works (blegh) from this but only from certain whiffs when the vanilla is strong. Then I smell it again and pick up on the florals and the other more complex notes, which give it that “expensive” feel. Nothing against Warm Vanilla Sugar, but I like that right when you think this is a basic scent it sends you into these other more interesting beautiful notes that bring intrigue. The dry down is coconut/vanilla, not very sweet with a little powder and that tiny bit of patchouli. The coconut is not super strong. It’s skin scent at this point, and I love it! So many perfumes are too showy to really go to sleep in, but I actually like putting this on before bed. This can be worn anywhere, any time of year. This is going to be my new signature scent. That being said, if you’re looking for something with a lot of warmth, spicy, gourmand and/ or tropical smelling... this isn’t it. This also isn’t a puzzling/strange perfume (looking at you, Vacation by Arquiste) and it’s not busy or flashy. It’s more of a beautiful flower arrangement in a white room on a sunny day. I don’t really get “sunscreen” from this at all. This wasn’t what I was looking for yet I’ve bought the full size already.

🗣La Vie Est Belle Soleil Cristal Edp: UPDATE: Monday 7th March 2022. I Wore This ALL Day Yesterday For The Very First Time (Cold Sunny Spring Day) And Can Now Honestly Say/Tell You, That This Is Also Very Much A STUNNING Beauty!! And Every Bit As Nice As My ALL Time Favourite "La Vie Est Belle Intensement"!! And I Will Deffo Have/Keep Both In My Vast Perfume Wardrobe!! As I Can See Myself Deffo Reaching For This Beauty As Often As I Do With The "INTENSEMENT"!! On My Skin, It Creates The Most Beautiful Cozyness, And To Be Honest I Could'nt Stop Sniffing My Wrists!! And Also When I Moved, I Kept Catching The Most Gorgeous Whiff's Of Soleil Cristal - A Very Soft Coconut/Warm Yellow Floral, Citrus And Very Well Behaved Patchouli!! I Put This On At 11am On Sunday Morning, After My Daily Shower, And As Soon As My Daughter And My Mother Both Arrived For Dinner At 4.30pm And I Hugged/Greeted Them, They Both Gave Me A Second Sniff Saying How Good Do You Smell, And What Is It That Your Wearing!! Happily I Showed Them It, And Immediately Both Remarked That The Bottle Was Just Absolutely Stunning, And Deffo It Was As Nice As My Favourite "Intensement"!! But With A Nice Positive Twist!! (My Daughter Compared It With Her Tresor La Nuit Nude) Saying Her's Has A More Pronounced Soft Rose Note, But That She Much Preferred The Soleil Cristal I Was Wearing!! She Also Said That She Would Purchase Herself A Bottle In The Next Few Day's!! The Longevity Of Soleil Cristal Is Also Outstanding, As It's Now 10am Monday Morning, And I Can Still Smell It Softly On My Skin!! (Deffo As Good Staying Power As The Intensement I Own And Love) Lancomė Perfumes Are Indeed Of A VERY Good Quality!! And Thus Far, Im Absolutely Over The Moon With It, And I Highly Recommend It!!!

HEAVENLY ! The opening of this new fragrance is really bright and citrusy ,very energising ,and in the background you can already smell the coconut and some light airy sweetness. After a while the coconut start to be more prominent and it's mixed with the floral heart (sambac jasmine absolute,orange blossom absolute,ylang ylang essence) ,from this part it's more and more floral but never gets boring. I have to say that this is less sweet than the other editions ,it's still sweet but not overpowering and stickly ,it's a very grown up sweetness and very well blended.This sweet citrus-coconut-sweet floral stays strong till the dry down where the patchouli add a touch of dry and light spicy touch but for me it's more of a musky spicyness. The whole composition reminds me Dolce Garden, La Nuit Tresor Nude and the discontinued La vie est Belle L'eau de Toilette ,but JUST reminds me ! it's not the same ,just a pinch of them are mixed here in a gorgeous and addictive way.From the distance (when you smell it in) it's a really floral coconut ,not heavy ,more beachy and light EXOTIC-TROPICAL goddess. The longevity and sillage is as always absolutely amazing ,it last and last and lingers around you the whole day. I highly recommend it if you'r a coconut lover and want a very long lasting gorgeous summer coconut scent with a depth and soul and with a bright and happy aura. (It's absolutely nothing like the original or the other editions ) For me Lancôme ALWAYS do a great job and I absolutely adore they creations ,and this will be a perfume HIT this summer that's sure ,and I absolutely adore this .....forever.

Ive been looking for a good coconut perfume for a good while and Soleil Blanc is by far my fav but unfortunately its out of my budget. Found this and after all the reviews ive seen on YouTube by fellow fragrance lovers and the fact that folks compared this to the aforementioned and Beach Walk by Replica, i was pretty sold (even though I would be blind buying it, which definitely has the potential of becoming a bad deal and after one of the reviews compared the dry down of mixing patchouli and coconut as dirty I was a bit scared). LUCKY for my I Love the Product I ended up getting. Definitely pretty long lasting with good silage, however I disagree with its comparison it gets with Soleil Blanc and Beach Walk because I dont think it smells like either. This Actually smells more like Tom Fords Orchid Soleil, Especially in the Mid-Dry Down aspect of it thankfully the bright opening of Soleil Cristal Helps to tone down it down it bit. Definitely was a good buy from my point of view but id recommend sampling before you buy. EDIT* About a couple days later I sprayed both this and Soleil Blanc on paper and compared them side by side and I found that Note wise they share alot of similarities but they couldn't smell anymore different. This fragrance vs Soleil Blanc and Beach walk, they all have a sort of very zesty opening but I find that with Soleil Cristal, its way more blended with florals and a tad bit of spiciness where as they others are deff more "beachy" or "suntan-ish" and "creamy"

OK I already wrote my review (see below) but just wanted to add I'm really surprised with some other comments. Maybe this is a perfume that changes A LOT between one skin and the other, depending on each one's "chemistry". Because I see a lot of comments about how strong the patchouli is here, and how the coconut fades, and I don't sense that at all. Only on the far drydown, I can smell some patchouli, but never overpowering the other notes. And the coconut is present all the time, even after many hours. And that's what I LOVE about this perfume. It's a gorgeous coconut, not childish, not cheap, very well balanced with the iris which gives the perfume elegance. I can't smell the ylang ylang though (it's a note I really like). I've been collecting perfumes for 5 years now, buying, selling, sampling, testing everything that crossed my nose (and that was A LOT), and I never smelled anything that was (for me) better than Hypnotic Poison EDT, which is my holy grial. Well I'm thinking I love this one even more, that's how much in love I am with it. A masterpiece, it makes me feel like I don't need any other perfume (if I were not the fragrance addict I actually am). It just checks all the boxes. Conclusion: one man's (or woman's in this case) trash, is another one's treasure, as the saying goes. Keep that in mind, and do your own testing. Don't risk to miss your own holy grial.

What a pleasant surprise! It's the dead of winter here, so if it's better suited for warmer weather, then I can't wait, because it's pretty awesome already. I find La Vie Est Belle a bit screechy and sometimes overly sweet, so when people here on Fragrantica would be saying that these two perfumes are similar, it'd put me off from trying Soleil Cristal. Eventually, though, I read enough positive reviews to dare blindbuy it, and here we are; It's divine! (And if there's any resemblance to the original LVEB, it's for seconds only during the first spritz) Probably one of my overall best blind buys. I also blind bought La Nuit Trésor Nude recently, and that's also fantastic, but I don't actually think they're similar - well, maybe they give off a similar vibe with their soft creaminess, but scentwise they're different, and while I love LNTN, I'm surprised to discover that this one may actually be a bit better. It's just such a warm, comforting scent, well-blended and harmonious, not overly sweet and completely inoffensive. And as I said previously, I don't actually think this is a summer fragrance only - I'm definitely wearing this to work today, and it's freezing outside. Just beautiful! Oh, and let's not forget - amazing longevity (with extreme perfume prices, I want my fragrance to last!).

I adore this. It's funny how impressions change from the moment you first "meet" a new perfume, to the day when you already wore it several times. At first in the store, when I tested it on paper I sensed a highlighted chalk note (maybe the iris? IDK). It was very notorious and weird but I went ahead and got it nevertheless because I'm a sucker for the coconut note and I didn't have any other coconut prominent perfumes. I never had the original LVEB, but from what I remember about it when my mom had it, this is not very similar. It just unfolds a divine chemistry on my skin. It's gorgeous. To me, it doesn't smell synthetic, or cheap. The best part: it's not overly sweet (I was worried because I don't like very sweet scents, and sweet is listed second on the main accords in the fragrance profile here). I sense a nice muskiness on it, even though musk is not listed in the notes. And the performance is not disappointing either (which was my other worry). I sprayed it 7 hours ago and I still smell it on myself without sniffing my wrists. The bottle is also really beautiful. It's a shame I keep all my fumes in their boxes in a dark cupboard, because it deserves to be displayed. Overall: just amazing.

I thought nothing could top the original classic LVEB, but I smelled this in a store once and COULD NOT leave without the 100ml bottle. For some reason, this reminded me of Christmas in the heat (I am Brazilian). There are some memories connected to this scent, and I have no idea why. Needless to say: this feels incredibly nostalgic to me- not in a sad memory, something that causes you pain and absence to remember, but a very happy polished memory that brings you extreme joy every time you smell it. It's a very hard scent to explain and break down, but I do recognize the notes of coconut and flowers first, and then some delicious vanilla that isn't gourmand. It absolutely broke my heart to know this is being discontinued, so I will definitely macerate the original and live off of dupes, though I can't imagine any other brand will be able to do it justice. This is the warmest, brightest, most golden scent I've ever smelled in my life and my top 1 favorite. It does have one flaw: I notice, once it settles, a very pungent note that I don't like, but know it to be heavily common in expensive perfumes, especially Lancôme. It's not overpowering, but it does burn my nose a little when I sniff my wrist.

I did not like LVEB original nor most of the flankers, but I absolutely love this! I’m sad to see it gone before i actually had a chance to stock up on it. I sprayed one spray on the back of my hand as I walked around the store and I kept getting these lovely whiffs of it the entire time. I even washed my hand several times and the scent persisted through several washings. It has massive staying power! I will say that the patchouli drydown is very much like the rest of the DNA, it’s the top and middle that sold me and made me love it. Overall, It’s warm, sultry, feminine, and tropical in feel. The coconut shines without smelling like tanning lotion. Thank heavens! There is also a sea salt & driftwood note I pick up that creates a cozy beach blanket feel around the ylang ylang and other florals. I just can’t place where it’s coming from. Anyone else smell that too? Anyway, that’s the part I love the most. Enough for me to immediately find a 3.4 ounce bottle. And the perfume bottle? I’m a sucker for anything made with iridescent glass. It’s absolutely lovely and what I would expect a mermaid to have on her boudoir dresser.

Just got this in the mail. The bottle is gorgeous and the scent...ahhh...it was what I expected..it was bright, fresh and I smell the coconut right away. I live in the tropics and this is definitely up my alley. I have the OG and the L'eclat which I also enjoy but this is definitely true to its description...one happy and elegant scent for the summer. Its a sophisticated take on coconut...a blind buy and I'm glad that it was love at first sniff💜 After wearing it for a good 5 hours, I can still smell it on me. However, the coconut and citrus notes which I loved in the opening is now dialed down. I get now the semblance of Soleil Cristal to the OG in the dry down but less patchouli. It is more of a coconut-vanilla which is still beautiful. It also reminds me of the dry down of YSL Mon Paris Couture for some reason though that one is more fruity. Maybe its because of the patchouli. No complaints here. Still loving it. Longevity is pretty good...I wore it in the evening and I can still smell it on me til the next day.

I will forever love this scent. It's coconutty, floral, elegant, and instantly gives me a good mood. Reminds me of summer, but I feel like you can wear it all seasons. It's a delicate, non-invasive scent, yet it has a decent projection. Longevity on my skin is moderate (4 to 6 hours). And one of the reasons for me to love it, is sweet, but elegant sweet (NO gourmand!) just like the original LVEB. I find the Soleil Cristal way more versatile and I wear it in many occasions, from work, to vacations, to nights out with friends... For me, it's like the scent of Australian Gold Sunscreen mixed with a sweet floral luxurious perfume! However, don't buy it expecting it to be a fresh summery floral - it's definitely not fresh, but creamy and even powdery. I don't recommend anyone to blind buy this because I know coconut notes are not the cup of tea of many people. Ylang ylang and Patchouli are also notes that whether you love or hate. In this perfume they are beautifully blended and easier to please different noses.

I wish lancome had released this as a standalone fragrance and not part of the LVEB lineup because then it may actually get the attention it deserves. Even fans of the line are too exhausted to keep up with the ridiculous amount of flankers, and everyone who doesn’t like the original (which probably outnumbers the fans at this point), are not even going to give a second of thought towards a flanker. This has a summery coconut sunscreen profile. It’s sweet, but it feels very much like it belongs here. It really makes me think of the beach, and I do sense tiare or another flower like that here too. The Iris and patchouli of LVEB are there, but muted, and very much not the star of the show here. This is all about summer. This has more of the guilty pleasure feeling to me rather than a sophisticated summery fragrance like Terracotta or Dune. But I crave scents like this sometimes. It’s straightforward and not trying to be anything else. It’s summer in a bottle. A beautiful bottle too!

Nice! I bought this because I was curious about the LVEB line but I'm not generally interested in extremely sweet scents. The reviews about it smelling like old people, etc. gave me hope, as I love vintage, and chypres are a favorite. This doesn't smell vintage to me, but I like it. The pink pepper isn't too strong here, which I appreciate. Too much pink pepper always smells cheap and overly unisex to me. The coconut is noticeable but this doesn't smell like tanning oil. It immediately reminded me of Kimora Simmons Dare Me/Baby Phat. Musky coconut with some white florals supporting, on a base of creamy sandalwood. I do think there's sandalwood in here, maybe not a prominent note. LVEB also adds the woody and waxy iris which, to me, is unusual and beautiful in combination with the coconut. It will definitely find summer wear in my collection. Also, the bottle is really pretty! I love its little neckerchief, so cute!

I have grown to like this scent very much. I don't own other LVEB fragrances nor have I tested them that much either, so I can't compare this to the original or the other flankers. But one perfume this does remind me of is Black Opium and especially Black Opium Floral Shock. They are not dupes by any means but imo they are similar. I have read reviews about LVEB Soleil Cristal saying it's an "old lady fragrance" but I disagree. On me at least, it smells fresh floral and powdery in a clean and youthful way, also a little bit lactonic. I wouldn't say this isn't suitable for younger people, but this might be a bit bold choice for someone in their early 20s (however, I think on the right occasion and with the right wearer, someone young can still rock this perfume!). A little warning: it has a strong sillage and overall it's a strong scent that can be even headache-inducing for some.

I fell in love with heavy fruitchoulis over the winter of 22-23, so I'm updating my review for this. Easily love this flanker after my ongoing obsession with LVEB Intensement. Another reviewer said this is like Intensement (subbing coconut for raspberry) and I totally agree. The perfect dose of pink pepper (SERIOUSLY MY NEMESIS!) makes Soleil Cristal addictively bold and deep. Ambery florientals rely on cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, anise, etc to achieve this effect and any of those would have pushed this into Dior Dolce Vita territory. The notes here are unique, and stay interesting to my nose, especially surprising for a modern perfume. Another win from Lancome, one of the only historic houses still making great perfumes that are worth their price, even as those metrics have declined in the segment as a whole.

I realize that some famous YouTubers (or social media "influencers") do not talk favorably about the La vie est Belle lines (I also love Black Opium lines, ahem). I feel that these influencers have conditioned the way we experience certain scents without giving it our own subjective thoughts and experiences on how these perfumes interchange with our own skin chemistry and how it makes us feel. Well, I am here to say that I love this version of the original LVEB. Opens up as tropical flowers, dries down into a drier version of ylang-ylang, which I love. A little bit of a plastic-y note at the end, which I am not opposed to. Experience your scents, honor the work that went behind it, and if you don't like it, just move on without the hate.

YUM! 🤤 it’s quite an interesting fragrance, its smells like a really good shower and putting sunscreen after the shower. First it has grandma vibes, it smells very mature for the first 30 minutes, after that it mellows down and it’s a clean girl scent with a hint of coconut. It’s spicy tho, I think because of the pink pepper note, it’s somehow heavy and a little sharp, but I enjoy this. I can not put my finger on what I like about this one (other than the bottle) but I really like this scent. I don’t think it’s a summer fragrance, but for spring it’s really unique choice, it’s sweet, kind of sharp, and you can smell the coconut and patchouly. What a surprise... I thought I’d hate this, but it’s interesting.

I simply love it! First I did not like it at all, when smelled it on paper! With one order I received a sample and applied it directly on clean skin. Ooh that was a big big difference on the way it is smelling on my skin! It's something very warm, lovely with summer vibes. I feel it like a warm hug from the sun, citrus, a little powdery and a hint of coconut. I'm not a fan of coconut in perfumes but here smells really good. It's longevity on my skin is around 6 hours and silage is around one arm around me in the first hours, than stays close to my skin. It's a sweet and powerful fragrance, not for every nose! Smells like summer holiday! LE: Now I'm on the 3rd bottle, this is happiness in a bottle! Love it!

I watched a you tube review this past week talking about this perfume and how it worked for transitional seasons like fall, and despite having a coconut note, it isnt just for the beach. I thought well that makes sense. I sampled it yesterday at macys and i was instantly in love! The creamy scent of coconut was so amazing! I absolutely must have this. Last night i couldnt stop dreaming of all things coconut- i considered making coconut ice cream, coconut milkshakes, coconut cookies. Weirdly, i never liked coconut much as a kid, but damn i do love it now! I will wear this all year i dont care what season it is! Also— it really is a totally different fragrance than lveb, it stands on its own!