Lancôme · 2012 · Anne Flipo and Dominique Ropion

La Vie Est Belle

VersionEau de Parfum

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

La Vie Est Belle’s scent picture, a draft: orris, patchouli, vanilla, spun sugar, pear, blackberry drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Heartthe first hours

La Vie Est Belle, heart: Spun sugar, pear, Blackberry, Bitter orange, Jasmine

Dry-downhours later

La Vie Est Belle, dry-down: Orris, Patchouli, Vanilla, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

10 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet1 powder

Not for the smell13

AlcoholWaterA light stabiliserOctinoxate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)BHT (keeps it fresh)Red 4Violet 2Benzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoateBumetrizole, not in Ingredients yetBenzotriazolyl dodecyl p-cresol, not in Ingredients yetPentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

Named by Lancôme, never on a label

Iris pallidaPatchouliVanillaSpun sugar, not in Ingredients yetPear, not in Ingredients yetBlackberry, not in Ingredients yetOrange Blossom absoluteJasmine Sambac absolute

The label, as printed on the house’s page

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