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Lancôme · Sold as feminine
La Vie est Belle L'Extrait
A sunlit library filled with leather-bound volumes and fresh flowers, where the scent of oud lingers softly in the air.
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The story behind the bottle.
Launched in 2023, La Vie est Belle L'Extrait by Lancôme is a captivating Oriental Floral fragrance created by perfumers Anne Flipo and Dominique Ropion. The composition opens with fresh spicy and citrus notes of bergamot and red fruits, before transitioning into the heart where damask rose and iris pallida create an elegant floral bouquet. The base notes of oud and amber add warmth and depth, grounding the fragrance in a rich, sensual finish that evokes a sense of lasting luxury.
Apply two sprays to pulse points for a balanced experience — the citrus and spicy top notes are bright but fleeting, while the base of oud and amber blooms slowly over time. This fragrance is best enjoyed close to skin, making it ideal for intimate settings or quiet moments.
Fig. 01 — La Vie est Belle L'Extrait, 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
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