Lancôme · 2023 · Anne Flipo and Dominique Ropion

La Vie Est Belle Iris Absolu

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Fig, blackcurrant and bergamot with pink pepper over rose, jasmine and orange flower, settling onto powdery iris, patchouli and sandalwood.

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

La Vie Est Belle Iris Absolu’s scent picture, a draft: fig, blackcurrant, bergamot, pink pepper, rose, jasmine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

La Vie Est Belle Iris Absolu, top notes: Fig, Blackcurrant, Bergamot, Pink pepper, Mandarin

Heartas it settles

La Vie Est Belle Iris Absolu, heart: Rose, Jasmine, Bitter orange

Dry-downwhat stays

La Vie Est Belle Iris Absolu, dry-down: Iris, Patchouli, Gourmand notes, Sandalwood, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

9 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 & lavender4 florals1 sweet1 powder

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

EmpressaPenhaligon's · shares blackcurrant (cassis), bergamot, pink pepper, rose and 4 more$290 for 100 ml
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares bergamot, rose, jasmine, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and 4 more$115 for 75 ml · about the same as La Vie Est Belle Iris Absolu’s $170
Mon Guerlain IntenseGuerlain · shares bergamot, rose, jasmine, orris and 3 more$185 for 100 ml · about the same as La Vie Est Belle Iris Absolu’s $170
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.