La Vie Est Belle
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La Vie Est Belle(2012)

Lancome · Dominique Ropion · Floral

At a glance

Created by Dominique Ropion for Lancome, La Vie Est Belle opens on blackcurrant and pear, moves through a heart of iris, jasmine, and orange blossom, and closes on praline, vanilla, patchouli, and tonka bean. Its dense, gourmand-iris structure, combining a powdery iris with a sweet, almost edible praline-vanilla base, became one of the best-selling feminine fragrances of the 2010s, its optimistic title, meaning Life Is Beautiful, matching an equally uplifting, universally appealing olfactory profile.

Did you know? This scent's orange blossom note was reportedly the only perfume Louis XIV could tolerate by the end of his life. Read the full story →
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Brand
Lancome
Launched
2012
Family
Floral

La Vie Est Belle is a fragrance from Lancome, released in 2012 and composed by Dominique Ropion. It sits in the Floral family. It opens with Blackcurrant and Pear, moves into a heart of Iris, Jasmine, and Orange Blossom, and settles into a base of Praline, Vanilla, Patchouli, and Tonka Bean.

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Top notes
BlackcurrantPear
Heart notes
IrisJasmineOrange Blossom
Base notes
PralineVanillaPatchouliTonka Bean
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● drafted · last checked 2026-07-16