Lancôme · 2025 · Anne Flipo and Dominique Ropion

La Vie Est Belle Vanille Nude

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Sunny jasmine and bergamot over glazed Bourbon vanilla and a hint of iris, settling onto creamy white musk and sandalwood.

Lancôme says

You’ll smell Solar Grandiflorum Jasmine, Glazed Bourbon Vanilla, Creamy White Musk and sandalwood.

More from Lancôme’s description

It also mentions Solar Jasmine, Glazed Vanilla, Bergamot and Iris.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

La Vie Est Belle Vanille Nude’s scent picture, a draft: jasmine, vanilla, musk, sandalwood, bergamot, iris drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

La Vie Est Belle Vanille Nude, top notes: Jasmine, Bergamot

Heartas it settles

La Vie Est Belle Vanille Nude, heart: Vanilla

Dry-downwhat stays

La Vie Est Belle Vanille Nude, dry-down: Musk, Sandalwood, Iris, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 powder

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

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterA light stabiliserRed 4Ext. violet 2Benzyl alcoholDiethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.