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Lancôme · Sold as feminine
La Vie Est Belle Collector Edition 2022
The kitchen where the scent of freshly baked pastries and warm vanilla blends with the delicate fragrance of flowers, creating an atmosphere of pure joy and contentment.
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La Vie Est Belle Collector Edition 2022Premium · $100–250
84%Similar accords, often for lessDirham Wardi · Ard Al ZaafaranBudget tier, under $40 · shares 6 of its 10 notes8 matches →How it wears
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The story behind the bottle.
La Vie Est Belle Collector Edition 2022 by Lancôme is a Floral Fruity Gourmand fragrance for women that captures the essence of warmth and comfort. Launched in 2022, this scent was created by renowned perfumers Anne Flipo, Dominique Ropion, and Olivier Polge. It opens with bright black currant and pear, giving way to a heart of jasmine, orange blossom, and iris that is both delicate and inviting. The base notes of patchouli, praline, vanilla, and tonka bean create a warm and earthy foundation, making this fragrance feel like an embrace on a cozy evening.
Apply this fragrance in a thin layer to allow its warmth and complexity to develop gradually. It blooms best close to skin rather than projecting into a room, so two sprays on pulse points are sufficient. Ideal for evening wear when the base notes fully envelop you.
Fig. 01 — La Vie Est Belle Collector Edition 2022, Lancôme
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Anne Flipo
Elegance distilledAnne Flipo is a senior perfumer at IFF and one of the most accomplished noses of her generation, responsible for some of the most commercially successful and critically admired fragrances of the 21st century.
“Orange blossom takes a huge part in my signature too. It is the ingredient I would never be fed up with. I could create a thousand perfumes around it, without it ever being redundant.”
Anne Flipo · Everfumed (from Fernweh Editions), July 2020
Co-created with Dominique Ropion and Olivier Polge
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Respected, if divisive: loved by 41%, disliked or hated by 30%.