Composition
La Vie Est Belle L'Extrait is a feminine extrait de parfum from Lancôme, launched in 2023. It opens with Frankincense, Red Fruits and Bergamot. The heart reveals Iris Pallida and Damask Rose settling into a base of Oud. Its character is defined by Oud, Amber and Rose accords.
To me this smells like a cathedral where someone has been burning oud and frankincense for a hundred years. The incense opens first — ancient, resinous, almost overwhelming — over red fruits dark as stained glass and bergamot bright as a struck match. It is not the La Vie Est Belle you know; this one has seen things. Iris pallida brings a cool, powdery solemnity to the heart, Damask rose blooming dark and velvety like altar flowers, and then the oud takes over completely — deep, animalic, meditative, endless. It smells like devotion and opulence at once: beautiful, formidable, and utterly uncompromising. Not for beginners — beginners stay away.
⚠ Not for beginners
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