Lancôme

La Vie est Belle Intense

  • For women
  • Eau de Parfum
  • 2016

With La Vie est Belle Intense, Lancôme composes a playful and enveloping gourmand fragrance. It opens on iris and orange blossom, reveals jasmine at its heart and rests on a base of praline, patchouli and vanilla.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.

  1. Opening First minutes

    Iris · Orange blossom

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Jasmine

  3. Base Several hours

    Praline · Patchouli · Vanilla

What its composition says

  • 2 materials on top, 1 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Praline: its rarest material, which only 40 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue contain — about one in 50.
  • Vanilla: conversely, a material of the common core — 35% of the catalogue contains it.
  • Floral, gourmand and woody: 3 registers of raw materials share its palette, with floral supplying 3 of 6.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Excellent
9 h and more estimated on skin
Projection Generous
fills a room

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

At ease in mild weather, 15 to 22 °C (59 to 72 °F).

Ideal occasions

  • Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.

Our picks

  • Shares 3 accords, including gourmand — from the same house.

  • Shares 3 accords, including floral.

  • 24 Faubourg — Hermès Hermès 24 Faubourg Floral Amber Woody Eau de Parfum · 1995

    Shares 3 accords, including floral.

  • Swiss Arabian Layali Rouge Gourmand Woody Floral Eau de Parfum

    Shares 3 accords, including gourmand.

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