Lancôme · 2026 · Antoine Maisondieu and Christophe Raynaud

La Vie Est Belle L'Elixir Very Cherry

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Decadent black cherry over velvety violet leaf, settling into warm oud with cocoa butter and Madagascar vanilla.

Lancôme says

You’ll smell Decadent Black Cherry Accord, Velvety Violet Leaf Absolute and Warm Oud Accord.

More from Lancôme’s description

It also mentions Cocoa butter absolute and Madagascar vanilla infusion.

The house’s page

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

La Vie Est Belle L'Elixir Very Cherry’s scent picture, a draft: cherry, violet, oud, cacao, vanilla (vanillin), rose drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

La Vie Est Belle L'Elixir Very Cherry, top notes: Cherry, Bergamot, Sweet orange, Carvone (spearmint)

Heartas it settles

La Vie Est Belle L'Elixir Very Cherry, heart: Violet, Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

La Vie Est Belle L'Elixir Very Cherry, dry-down: Oud, Cacao, Vanilla (vanillin), Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

28 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.

6 citrus5 herbs & lavender9 florals2 woods3 sweet2 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell10

AlcoholWaterA light stabiliserAvobenzone (a UV filter)Red 4Yellow 5Ext. violet 2Benzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoatePentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

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