Oui La Vie est Belle

I couldn't wait to rave about this amazing fragrance I picked up from Sephora. This is my first Lancôme fragrance. I've never been really interested in the La Vie Est Belle line simply because it's too similar to Flowerbomb, which was a scent I was very familiar with and had several dupes of. The sparkling bottle had caught my eye, and the rest is history. Now, when I first smelled this in store, I immediately picked up a sweet and fruity Iris. Being a fan of Iris, I sniffed the tester strip probably 50 more times lol. On my skin, it opens the same with the sweet & fruity Iris. That fruity accord I get is the Raspberry making its presence known. I've always known Raspberry to be a bit sharp and sometimes dry in some fragrances, but the sweet notes used in this composition really helped with making the Raspberry more sweet and enjoyable. Now this isn't a gourmand sweet, but more of a sweet floral scent. The Rose is detectable, but remains in the background with the patchouli as supporting notes of the prominent notes. The Pinkpepper adds a mild spice to this composition, but not too much to where this scent couldn't enjoyed in warm weather. In the dry down, I'm left with a calm Patchouli base, topped with Iris & Raspberry. This lasted on my skin a good 6 hours and about 10 hours on my clothes, with an impressive sillage in the first 2 hours of wear. Now, y'all know I could've found this a reduced price online, but for $102, I have 0 complaints. This is definitely another Iris favorite of mine. Scent: 10/10 Packaging: 8/10 Performance: 7.5/10

I think the note pyramid is deceptive, as is the “main accords” bars at the top beside the bottle photo. Don’t blind buy, it just doesn’t smell how you think it would if you look at the order of these charts. Unless this review sounds appealing to you. Note: This is just my skin, so you may experience different. This is immediately leaning mature to me. There’s something that just saves it from being called so, but only barely. It’s like a modern take on a mature scent. Very powdery in a pink and purple way. The raspberry is powdery (more like dusty), as are the generalized “sweet notes”. It eventually dries down to mostly a white musk (fresh dryer sheets scent), powdery floral, and a touch of fruity sweetness. If the drydown were a color, it would be the most pastel pink you ever saw. Despite it smelling like this, I can see myself having a travel size for the possible occasion. Not sure what occasion, but sometimes you crave scents that you don’t really like so you can understand them better. Or perhaps you see potential with layering them. Angel Nova sounds like a good one to layer on top of Oui. I would try it, but I’m testing Oui solo for now. Eventually the raspberry fades away, so you’re left with just those “sweet notes” and clean, powdery florals. Does the patchouli come through? I would say no, but that’s just my skin in this moment. Glad Macy’s sent out a sample of this one, otherwise I would have blind bought it based on the main accords and note pyramid. Happy sniffing! 🧚♀️

I'm a big fan of the OG in winter time. However, sometimes the OG is too overwhelming because of the strong patchouli. This flanker Oui LVEB is the floral, fruity, light version of the OG but with a dry down of the same DNA. I think that if you think the OG is too strong on you, this one might suit you very well. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of floral and fruity scents, and after blind buying it and spraying it for the first time I thought oh no, not fruity or floral... but this scent just rocks it! You really notice the raspberry and floral notes in the beginning, but very soon they settle down and then the LVEB DNA takes over, making it a very warm, sweet but not overwhelming scent. To me, this is the perfect spring flanker of the OG. The only thing that could have been stronger for me personally, are the vanilla notes. But I solve this by layering this Oui with the Intensément. Love that combination! The Intensément gives it a bit more warmth. This is a safe blind buy to my opinion, if you like the OG but think it's too strong. More than other flankers, this has the real LVEB DNA. I'm not fan of some of the flankers of LVEB. I do not like the Eclat, I do not like the Rose, and the Cristal Soleil I like but don't love.... I really love the OG + the Intensément + this one, the Oui!

Finally a La Vie est Belle for me! I’ve always loved LVEB on others but on me it just smells...dirty. Not in an unpleasant way, but not what I was hoping for since I was hoping the delicious vanilla would radiate from it. THIS LVEB is a great 10th anniversary launch. It’s actually happy-smelling and so uplifting. I don’t normally love fruity fragrances but the pink pepper does a lot to keep the fruits more interesting and not juvenile. It’s grounded in a more sophisticated way than most fruity fragrances and on my skin, the top notes mingle with the dry down for hours. I also love the bottle! It keeps the signature crystal smile of LVEB but the glitter is on point for how I think we all want to feel after the pandemic years of uncertainty and inwardness. I would actually have loved this even as a blind buy. If you’re looking for a great new spring /summer fragrance, try it.

So i have the original Lancome Belle, but once that runs out I'll no longer be purchasing it & I'll now be buying Lancome belle Oui! It's such a beautiful scent! VERY feminine, soft, long lasting, berries, candy, rose, pepper scent. Masterpiece. I highly suggest & will be purchasing this for myself for new years(; lol. It reminds me of a beautiful summer day, walking down the town, at beach, and you can smell the flowers in the wind, and as your walking past your local pastry shop(cakes, fruits, etc) Fun, girly, sweet, summer fragrance & I can't wait to have it.