Lancôme · 2024 · Christophe Raynaud and Antoine Maisondieu

La Vie Est Belle L'Elixir

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Sparkling raspberry and bergamot over velvety violet and rose, settling onto cocoa butter, leather and cedar.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

La Vie Est Belle L'Elixir’s scent picture, a draft: raspberry, bergamot, violet, rose, cacao, leather accords drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

La Vie Est Belle L'Elixir, top notes: Raspberry, Bergamot

Heartas it settles

La Vie Est Belle L'Elixir, heart: Violet, Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

La Vie Est Belle L'Elixir, dry-down: Cacao, Leather accords, Cedar, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

11 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet1 amber & resins1 powder

10 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Chance Eau SplendideChanel · shares raspberry, violet (sweet violet), rose and cedar (Atlas cedar)$185 for 100 ml
TarafArabian Oud · shares bergamot, rose, leather accords and cedar (Atlas cedar)$275 for 100 ml · about the same as La Vie Est Belle L'Elixir’s $137
Daisy Eau So FreshMarc Jacobs · shares raspberry, violet (sweet violet), rose and cedar (Atlas cedar)$129 for 75 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.