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Larcobaleno – :
In this case,less is more.This is a heavenly fragrance and receives many compliments,I love this!
FLAMBERG7777 – :
Cannot get enough of LVEB … but this and the Eclat just did not work with my skin chemistry and just smelled stale and a little jammy on me. Loved the reviews and so loved the idea of them both but neither worked for me. Blind buyers be careful!
qman – :
Ethereal feminine bliss!! Deeply fragrant, it envelops you in the most lush, creamy hazelnut cloud. Romantic and sensual is a fitting description for this decadent brew. As the name suggests it’s very intense and clings beautifully to your skin, so no need to go overboard with this one. I also layer this sometimes with Angel Muse, they work absolutely beautiful together. It is amazing – rich and sultry, with a hint of sweetness. And the staying power is beyond amazing. This one is definitely a winner! ❤❤
mnhung1712 – :
The first time after getting this, as is my custom, I gave this quite a few sprays and could barely smell anything. Even after about ten minutes, it was pretty faint. Kind of regretting my purchase, went about my business.
HOWEVER, about 20 minutes after initial application I suddenly sensed this glorious cloud of sweet, warm aura around me. Just divine. Hazelnut and whipped cream heaven.
And more than 3 and a half hours, still going very strong, that cloud still is surrounding me. Wow, I’m blown away and rarely said that about anything I have so far. Just gorgeous! Worth every penny.
Edit: Both times wearing it, got enthusiastic compliments from a man and a woman, so it apparently appeals to both sexes – nice!
skifserg – :
I love this! Rich and soft, I get sweetened tuberose and a soft nutty Chestnut. I picture tuberose petals sitting in fresh cream sweetened with powdered sugar with gently chopped chestnuts on top. Like an edible floral dessert served in a Paris cafe. Romantic, luxurious, delicate. This fragrance reminds me a bit of Tubereuses Castane from Lancome’s La Maison Line. I prefer LVEB intense because it has better longevity and sillage.
stalker70 – :
The softer, more cuddly side of LVEB. I am wearing LVEB on one wrist and Intense on the other so I can properly compare the two…LVEB is definitely shouting several octaves above Intense, so I wouldn’t call Intense intense at all. It is far more subdued. Very pretty and contains the LVEB DNA, unmistakably, but instead of praline there is a creamy hazelnut taking up that gourmand slot. Praline is generally a “piercing” note, so Intense lacks that sharpness. It is just smooth and sweet but not candied, more of a full-bodied milky sweet instead of a syrupy sweet. Tuberose provides a gentle white floral aspect in place of the orange blossom that imparts that thick fuzziness to LVEB.
LVEB is a strong scent. Its notes are nearly tactile in their intensity and this can be off-putting to some people. Of course, plenty of us LOVE LVEB in all its rough-edged and loud glory, but sometimes you just want to wear something quieter.. if that is what you seek but still crave LVEB, Intense is the way to go. Conversely if you just love hazelnut scents, this is a great addition to anyone’s collection.
I suppose the word “intense” can mean different things to different people but for me, that is the wrong word for this fragrance as I would assume intense = stronger, and that is not the case here. Maybe because it is a deeper and more nuanced scent, that is why they called it Intense? In which case it does make sense. This scent has more depth than LVEB. It has more of a mature feel to it as well, where LVEB luxuriates in its youthfulness. Either way, I am loving this journey through the LVEB flankers. LVEB is still my number 1 but the flankers really do cater well to different tastes.
Vampire407 – :
I’ve already reviewed LVEB Intense about two years ago but I HAD to write a second one
It’s not the right time for this perfume as we’re in the middle of a boiling hot summer and I’m in one of my worst modes possible,nothing could fully satisfy me but now I can see that this hazelnut cream-iris-tuberose treat was all I needed
I’m not still a true fan of LVEB edp( I prefer ten times Maubossin pour femme elixir to the original LVEB)but I adore it’s flankers,I have the intense one,edt,florale and eclat and I love them all but intense has been a stable among my top favorites since two years ago and sampling over a thousand of fragrances hasn’t changed it
There’s no LVEB patchouli sharpness or praline-burnt-sugar-thing here,it’s smooth and creamy.very yummy without smelling like a specific food,it has a balanced,subtle woodyness which balances it’s sweetness,fruits are present only in the opening part and they blend so well with warm and deep creamy notes.iris gives it such a luxurious classy vibe and buttery floral notes,specially tuberose provide enough of feminity and sensuality
It worthes every penny they ask for,even now that perfumes are unbelievably expensive here and they’re twice or three times pricier than usual thanks to Iran Sanction
Highly recommended
P.S: it layers very well with Angel Muse,also any creamy tuberose dominant fragrance
کاری ب اینکه لاوی…اصلی رو دوست دارید یا نه نداشته باشید،حتما فلنکرهاش رو تست کنید.بشخصه بااینکه خودشو زیاد دوس ندارم عاشق تمام فلنکرهاش هستن(لانکوم لاوی…ادوتویلت/فلورال/اکلت/اینتنس
تو ورژن اینتنس رد پای نت های میوه ای فقط تو نیم ساعت اول دیده میشه ک اونم ب زیبایی با بقیه ترکیبات میکس شده،اینجا خبری از پچولی تیز و یا رایحه شکرسوخته مانند پرالین نیست،ترکیب خوشمزه(اما نه کاملا خوراکی مانند)خامه،فندق،زنبق و مریمه که رایحه گرم،شیرین اما بالانس شده ای(بسیاری شیرین و تلخ حسش میکنن)تولید میکنه ک بسیار شیک و به یادموندنی، قوی اما بدون تندی و تیزی هست
توصیه میشه حتما امتحانش کنید
vargan – :
As others have stated in reviews below, yes, I find this a “smoother,less sweet, a tad more woody,calmer version of the original”. I like original LVEB…but I LOVE this intense version !! The word intense is over used in the fragrance world…I would say IMO, this goes for this scent too…It is calmer and smoother..lighter..than the original,which for me is way better to my nose and chemistry…A must have/buy for me…and I will give my huge bottle of oringinal LVEB away to a friend. Done deal, I LOVE this one.
Madazolla – :
Of the whole “La vie est belle” family, that is, by far, the best in my opinion. It is sweet but not as cloying as the original, and it has less “floral notes than the “absolu”…that I thought I preferred. But no, this one is simply DELICIOUS; it has this deep creaminess, nuttiness and woodiness,…. just mouth watering! Don’t let the “intense” word fool you, the original version is stronger!
Great sillage and longevity.
Nice gourmand.
LOVE that one!
Just LOVE it!
crazy22000 – :
This one is definitely less sweet than the original LVEB. If you think the original is “cloying” or “overly” sweet, you may find this Intense more “tolerable” in that regard, as praline was replaced by hazelnut and whipped cream. On me, it has a “darker”, and stronger opening in a “spicy” and sort of “sharp” way (don’t know from which listed notes). The dry down is more pleasant, creamy and just gently sweet and not too powdery. Iris is laying back for orange and orange blossom to shine. I kinda miss praline from before though. I’m still debating between keeping this one or not.
LVEB Intense version, give and take, is not a step up or a step down from the original. It is more like “re-arranging furnitures between two rooms in an apartment”. I’m not so fond of it as I thought I should, because it is an Intense version of the one that I love. It is still a LVEB but slightly different. Oh well, can’t win it all sometimes 🙂
Antohaha29 – :
I was hoping this to a bit more different to the original LVEB than it is, but it’s not. It’s very close with a slight tweak; nothing ‘Intense’ about it. I prefer the original because of that luxurious sweet powdery dry down. This one is actually missing that. Instead its got a somewhat sticky hazelnut creamer kind of scent. Still a gorgeous perfume, but I much prefer the original!
Absommaalonse – :
After trying several perfumes, I finally chose La Vie est Belle EDP Intense. It’s ok, I like it. But I think it smells better on my seat belt than on me. Recently i just can’t get a perfume that i really like. My first branded was a gift “Rose Cardin” when I was 15. Then followed Cerruti, Tresor, Amor Amor Tentation, Yellow Kenzo, Indecence Givenchy, Flowerbomb, Gucci premiere and many more. Now these perfumes do not impress me anymore except Amor Amor Tentation and Flowerbomb EDP. Can someone here give me few recommendations based on my choices? Thanks!!!
dpb295Diobtetty – :
This parfum right here o my be ready for complements and everyone ask what do you have on it’s smells very very nice I’m happy..
smfd – :
If you like iris, you will probably like this perfume. I’m not a big fan of iris so this fragrance was kind of a disappointment to me, I didn’t think it was SO floral, I was hoping hazelnut would be the strongest note, but it is not, iris rule this fragrance. Nice perfume, but not my cup of tea, the original one is much better, more gourmand. I don’t really feel/smell creaminess in this intense version. Longevity and silage are huge though.
olenj – :
To Feltface:
The recomendation for very strond scents is to spray in the air and go through the bubble of parfum.
bca091intitytek – :
I really wanted to like this. Sometimes something simple and sweet is exactly what you want.
I risked a test on a paper strip and was pleasantly surprised to be reminded of maple syrup. A cautious skin test seemed to be safe enough.
I applied a few molecules from a mini spray and immediately saw the error of my ways. A generous dose of unscented lotion did almost nothing to take the edge off. Let’s bear in mind that the much maligned Angel EDP essentially vanishes when you do this.
There was little I could do at the time, went to work, suffered miserably, then ten hours later washed to spot twice and applied more lotion. It helped but on the next morning the smell is back. Not as intense but still going strong.
What do you do for relief if you applied a full-on squirt and want rid of it? Amputate?
I’m not stranger to strong perfumes, or in any way against them. But this is in a category of its own. It’s the olfactory counterpart to a mouthful of chemically pure artificial sweetener, which keeps beating you over the head until you cut away the skin it was applied to.
There are no notes, no nuance, no anything that would constitute a perfume in the dictionary sense. This is chemical warfare.
Other houses have demonstrated that there is such a thing as getting your money’s worth from perfumes where a little goes a long way. But like or dislike them, they’re well-constructed perfumes to begin with. And you need to know when to stop cranking up the potency. At some point the strength turns it into a distorted nightmare. This is no closer to a good value fragrance than 100% pure alcohol makes for a good drinking experience.
I’m not even comparing this to any classics, or even mainstream releases of the previous decade. I’m comparing it to so-called boring celebrity scents. This stuff is so frightening that “boring” sounds like bliss. People complain about too much sugar and vanilla – I wish I had their problems.
exter – :
Absolutely love, love, love! I am in love with LVEB EP since the first moment I sprayed it on my wrist, but I have to admit this big sister of hers is seriously 10 times better! More intense? I don’t totally agree with that, is more woody because of the hazelnut and the whipped cream makes it a bit less sweet and more powdery at the dry down when it really starts to smell more like the original, but in the beginning when that tuberose appears that sweetness makes it to me the most delicious floral-gourmand I have ever smelled. It is just as sophisticated; the sillage is apparently enormous although for my feeling it feels less overwhelming than the original, maybe because the patchouli on this one is way more balanced. I got a compliment immediately the first day I wore it to the office from a colleague who was sitting at least 3 meters away. He told me he loved the perfume someone in the room was wearing and yep that was me. I love it. I love all versions, L’eclat is also one of my favorites now, more chilly and fresh… I am happy they have so many flankers because this fragrance never gets boring, every single bottle is like a chameleon, just transforming for every mood you have. Honestly this perfume can be worn at all occasions, but I swear when you wear this you feel like a million dollars, like Julia Roberts herself wearing that amazing dress
safas – :
I really like it but it lasts forever….12 hrs and still going strong.
Its like La Vie Est Belle, but has a more caramel hazelnut flavor, sexier. less floral than LVEB
Its so good….
I only have a sample of this, but I will eventually get a FB, it’s that good,
DARR – :
If only my chanel beige had the longevity of this baby. one spray under your shirt on your chest….24 hours plus no problem.
gets creamier as the hours pass, not bitter with age.
definately a keeper, would not wear it every day. It is a mood parfum for sure. I like Samsara one day, No. 5 one day, and this the other day, and move from one to the other.
kqr244bedyWelty – :
This is probably my favorite of the LVEB line. It smells like buttery toffee and flowers on my skin. Gorgeous. I already own, and adore, Angel Muse, but I do not find these to have any similarities. The vet over in Muse makes it less sweet than LVEBI.
rolexreplica85175 – :
My dad returned from a business trip with a bottle of this fragrance for me. It was just a month before my wedding. I had been unable to get my hands on some Christian Dior Midnight Poison- I had planned onto wearing that on my wedding day since I was 17- I had given up and I was exhausted from all the planning. I opened the box of LVEBLDPI and it smelled mild,light,slightly floral and gently vanila to me. I tried it for a day and got so many compliments whrich I found strange because I CANNOT SMELL THIS ON MYSELF. I kept it away for the wedding and I’m still shocked when guests ask me about the perfume I used 1 year ago. Everybody remembers it yet I can only smell it for a 30 seconds after I spray it. What’s going on? I hardly use it because I love to smell my fragrances throughout the day like I can with TM Alien or D&G The one. None of those get as much attention when I wear them as LVEBLDPI. help me make sense of this?
movredi – :
it smells like cinnamon, a very disturbing cinnamon note..the bottle is like perfection but the fragrance….i cant stand it
sachko074 – :
My favourite ladies perfume. This is a delectable, creamy goodness that I wish I could smell all the time. It just makes me drool.
I won’t pay too much notice to the note pyramid here and describe what I smell, to give a different kind of input.
The opening is a beautifully sweet, slightly sparkling cloud of creamy praline, white flowers and a nice powdery iris. I wish I could eat it. As it moves to its dry-down, it becomes far more understated (yet still incredibly well-performing), with a very stylish take on the gourmand genre. The powdery aspects subside, and the cream becomes very noticeable, mingling with a smooth praline.
Performance is excellent, with at least 12 hours of longevity and at least 6-7 hours of very good projection.
Stylish, lip-licking, seductive goodness.
rasputeen – :
This sweet baby is a powerhouse! The initial hit includes the citrus top notes along with a sweet woody creaminess. As the day wears on, the citris and florals fade into soft, creamy, hazelnut perfection.
The first time I tried it was a very warm day and this fragrance was way too much. I tried it the next morning fresh out of the shower and it was a completely different feel. So freaking good that my stomach started to gurgle. Yes, this perfume smells so good I become hungry!
This fragrance lasts all damn day and night. This is serious stuff. Proceed with caution if wearing to work. One spray only!
Bonus! I do not smell any patch in this!!! Don’t get me wrong, I love patchouli but not in La Vie. The original to me is unwearable because the patchouli puts it over the top.
Dimarin32 – :
i recommend for someone looking for something with long lasting power and sillage. Yes, La Vie est Belle edp intense (very intense) has both. hours of smelling good. And, it depends on your opinion and taste… I think that’s perfect for any one. No gender perfume (JCE)
kkoba200690 – :
mmmmmmm this one has a personality of its own
far away from alll the other editions
the name is misleading , it’s NOT the intense version of the original
as the original is pretty strong perfume on it’s own
as mentioned the notes are different
This one has plum notes or prunes,
the sweetness here is from a hazelnut cream not praline or spun sugar this time 🙂
dry down is powdery
PEPS.777.KZ – :
This makes me hungry, I’m sure chocolate bar is a note in it somewhere!
myp3uk27rus – :
Can’t believe some of the reviews I’m seeing. IMO any sign of Iris is just swamped in a heavy sticky sugar!
Don’t get me wrong, I really like it and feel it’s abit more mature than some of the sugared up releases of late but let’s not core tend it’s something it’s not. I get patchouli, vanilla, sugar caramel and a little praline. It’s definitely a comforting scent and longevity and projection is fierce. A great line of perfumes from Lancome but let’s just call it what it is shall we?
IP7an – :
Delicious perfume! To me it smells identical to the original La vie est belle. Sweet but not candy sweet. And also powdery. It lasts the whole damn day and also the other day lol.
Im still debating if I should buy another bottle cause I want to try other perfumes. Only one thing I not like about it is that I can smell it on other people and its a popular scent. So its not unique perfume. But its definitely worth the money!
saska43 – :
I LOVE IT!! IT IS VERY STRONG THO…ONE SPRAY IS ALL YOU’LL NEED.
valifatullayev – :
Initiallly, I get a lot of the pink pepper and hazelnut. I haven’t noticed other reviewers mentioning the pink pepper, so maybe this isn’t typically a strong opening note. I love it though. As time passes, the hazelnut and cream notes are much more smooth. The longevity and silage are wonderful- not overpowering (to me, but I love a big fragrance) but lingering in a sweet, warm cloud for hours, and I love that. I don’t think I’m excellent at noticing iris soecifically, but I feel like it contributes to the soft “texture” of the fragrance. I would like to get better at picking out some of the notes that I don’t feel certain I’m findiing.
This is definitely delicious, and I love it tremendously. I don’t love the original LVEB for the overload of patchouli (in my opinion). I do, however, love the flankers and have the Intense, Florale, Legere and Toilette. I find them different enough to be worth having all of them, and I love the DNA they share so much. If you don’t love the original, try the flankers. If you do love the original, I think you’d still love the flankers for the beautifully done similar thread woven through them all.
supermatuba – :
They sprayed this perfume on tape and tied around my hand on Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. I had Angel Muse on and I already felt sick and not anymore in love with Angel perfume. Just few drops of this perfume keep me thinking and smelling in all my way to Vienna.
Somehow in Vienna’s Flughafen I lost my wonderful pale pink tape, and I totally forget it.
Around November I went to Muller, and spray it all over my wrist but it didn’t smell the same way.
I guess it was one night stand perfume (in my case one flight stand).
Skydaynek – :
this is the best LVEB.why?? because it is a real perfume. a very sweet, sexy, warm fragrance but so much better from the first lVEB beautiful and worth the money. AS PerfumeLoveKK said, she had a feeling that this one gonna be way different than the original and other versions, i will add: YES IT IS SO SO MUCH BETTER… <3 Actually, it is a serious perfume.
gjh820Unlogrere – :
On my skin this is an iris bomb and while I do appreciate iris, this one is just too buttery for me as well as carrying on the gourmand-aquatic start from the original which I did not apprecciate. If you like buttery iris with a sweet gourmand background this may be for you. Not bad but not for me. The drydown is quite gorgeous powdery iris sweetness. And it lasts almost indefinitely.
317 – :
Well I’m a bit disappointed as I blind bought it expecting much more after reading all the good reviews!
On my skin, it starts off with a bit of a sharp acetone-like note, my guess it’s the iris, as I get the same effect when I first apply Shalimar Parfum initial. It gets slowly sweeter but doesn’t really resemble the original LVEB edp or edt. It’s a simple sweet creamy fragrance.
While, longevity’s rather moderate, sillage leaves much to be desired.
kalner – :
This was a christmas present to myself. Very big BIG gourmand. Lasts on my skin 24+ hours, on fabric 48+. A total sillage beast wouldn’t wear more than 2 spritzes to the office, 4 and everybody will know you are there.
I feel like a meringue-hazelnut muffin when I wear this… totally eatable :D. The powdery note of the iris balances the sweetness and makes it a real perfume. After a few hours I do smell the tuberose, the pear and the rosy pink pepper notes but it maintains its creaminess from start to finish.
Totally recommended if you are into gourmands but not the cheap barbie doll perfumes.
100utok – :
I am waiting for one.. Have no patience.
dimonlogin – :
I am in love with LVEB intense. This is love at first sniff. It’s the most comforting scent for me. The only downside-it’s a bit pricey.
bav176InsuffBooni – :
I don’t own this but have tried it. I kept returning to the bottle and inhaling deeply. It is pure powdery, creamy hazelnut. Yum!!! I absolutely LOVE the fragrance – and love it way better than the original LVEB which is just too too much for me. I just wish this one wasn’t so overwhelming and (cough) intense. I sprayed it on my wrist and enjoyed it immensely but was so super conscious that it is strong smelling. When I did this, I accidentally sprayed a bit on the cuff of my winter coat. Let me tell you – it has been a week and my cuff smells the same as the day I sprayed it and it now smells quite a bit like the original LVEB. I really do love the fragrance of LVEB and the flankers such as Intense and Legere. I just wish these scents weren’t so strong. The sillage makes me uncomfortable. I never want to be ‘that woman’ whose perfume is making everyone cough. Maybe I just have to do the smallest of sprays … I need to make this work for me!
grigneeweme – :
****omg im in a spin ****
courtesy of glamour magazine via a card sample just 10 minutes ago, I glanced at the advert at first, saw a square bottle with pink juice, immediate thought was MEH… im not going to like this, assuming it was going to be a sickly flowerbomb, then I peeled back the sample
oh my my my
speechless
now you might know from other posts, Im a die hard fan of oudh/smoke, so much so, that I often mix mens frags with oudh notes, with my gourmands, (for example 1 spray of YSL M7 and 1 spray of something gourmand to soften the smoke fume)
This is basically the above mix ready made, bottled
Why the hell is it pink? If scent were a colour, this bottle would be like the contents of a witches couldron…dark, smokey woody, mystical, a lady of the night, perhaps. I would put it in a black bottle with a flower choker on bottle neck
Oh I adore!
so does that mean I can finally put the cap on my M7 and store away? HELL NO Im gonna be embalmed in that baby.
But this?.. Yes please !!! its going on my wants list 🙂
лопата – :
Lveb Intense it’s really good. I like it a lot . It’s a powdery sweet and smoky fragrance , very suitable for evening,special ocasions or cold days. Love it !
dagi05 – :
Similar to the original. I spot a descreet carrot scent…
Medda866InsuffBooni – :
Don’t know if I can pull this off because I generally don’t wear sweet perfumes, but I gotta admit: it’s gorgeous, simply gorgeous.
The original one to me is kind of meh…consider the intense version more proportionate than the original. Don’t be fooled by the intense statement; it’s not more intense. In fact it is a tad lighter, but still, warm and classy. Classier maybe. On me it’s sweet boozy. I like it but I don’t think I will buy it.
Wintery scent, sexy (af), sillage reduces as time passes, but it is long lasting. Well done Lancome.
It’s heavy from the start till the end. The blend is amazing, I cannot tell the notes apart and really I won’t even try harder, but I do detect, at least on my skin, a creamy iris combination, with a nutty hint. Seems the nuts aren’t as prominent as they’re supposed to be. Still it’s gorgeous. If you happen to hate The original version, sample the intense flanker, you will be amazed.
sct516Unlogrere – :
I’m actually shocked just how much I enjoy wearing this because,with respect to all members here, I LOATHE the original La vie est belle! 🙂
But this version, this creamy edible iris and hazelnut ice cream amazingness has made me so blissful and just yesterday I received compliments from three different strangers. It’s 8 degrees Celsius where I live and I feel that the cold weather really opens this perfume up to its full ‘bloom’ so to speak.
This is by no means a cloying, sugary, cheap gourmand- it is absolutely smooth, very long lasting, slightly powdery, a bit vintage in feel and just very classy.
Highly recommended 😉
161077 – :
This really smells like hazelnut! Although the top and middle notes are supposed to be fruity and flowery, I am immediately hit with the strong hazelnut smell, with some creamy vanilla. Only later I can detect the flowers (iris and tuberose). The scent is rather unusual and memorable, however in terms of projection and longevity, the original LVEB actually performs better.
Januso – :
I bought LEB intense on an impulse, not sure about it. But after a few times wearing it, I’m in love. Cream satisfies my gourmand craving while hazelnut makes it deep. Flower are there to brighten the composition.
It’s sweet and elegant, suitable for any occasion. it has good sillage and it ‘s super long-lasting.
I already own and adore the EDT and this is a close favourite.
xim – :
@Siv55 Maybe try it and then come back with a review instead of hypothetical disgust.
kaktus69 – :
I have a love/hate relationship with the original la vie..it was sometimes too much,too sweet,too intense even for me and usually there’s nothing sweet and intense enough for me.it’s also too popular,every girl has it and last and most important,although it’s very sweet that’s something in it that turns sourish on my skin,just like manifesto edp and I don’t like it’s sharp sweetness so although I almost love it on others when it’s lightly done, I was never willing to buy it
When I first tried intense version in a mall,I sprayed it on my wrist and continued my shopping,I wanted to see how can an intense version of a bomb smell and I was pleasantly surprised
There are similarities between them and it’s obvious that they are from a same family but I find intense version very well balanced,it’s sweetness doesn’t seem too much,it’s less fruity and more floral and it’s less gourmand,no lets say it’s more gourmand but in a different way
Edp version accomplishes to be a gourmand by using too much sweetness and fruity notes,but intense version is a gourmand by using delicious notes(cream and hazelnut) and florals(tuberose)ofcourse there are fruity notes here too,I can detect casis and pear but there’s just a hint of them and they calm down soon and melt in creamy tuberose and hazelnut cream.intense version is less sharp and more rounded,it’s powdery and woody aspects add an interesting edge to it’s deliciousness,it’s deeper and more mature
If you’re expecting to detect a powerful tuberose or iris or any if the notes listed here,you’re expectations are not gonna be fulfilled..all the notes melt in each other and non of them stands out on it own but still,all of them.are detectable..this is a very artistically done fragrance and makes me decide to try all the flankers
It’s a cold weather scent and although it’s not as sweet as edp,it can still be too much in heat,longevity is more than edp,but sillage is softer(it’s still strong)
It’s ageless IMO in case that you like sweet scents
❤❤❤❤
Edit:
there’s something in it’s middle notes that I don’t like.I think it’s too much iris that adds a blust of bitterish powder to it’s sweetness,but as it dries down I start to like it,I think I have to change my ranking from 4 hearts to 3 heart
I’m still happy to have a bottle of intense version,but I think my most favorite can be edt version
❤❤❤
2nd edit :
Today I wore it for a date,and now I confess that I adore it
When I smell my skin closely,I get lot of iris in the opening and it puts me off,but whiteout sniffing my skin,I could smell clouds of it surrounding me the whole night.I love it when I can smell my perfume without smelling myself. It’s a combination of sweet and bitter notes and is a true masterpiece, much much better than original and not so similar.all the night I could see people sniffing me
Now after more than 5 hours, there’s still a dense cloud of hazelnut cream which is to die for. So warm,so delicious, so unique and so sensual.
I give it’s five hearts if I could I’d give it 6
It will be among my favorites and in my fall/winter rotation
❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
Love,love, L O V E
cheap ugg boots – :
Seriously there is an INTENSE version of this!? Given they threw everything but the kitchen sink in to start with, and how strong the original is, this seems frankly pointlessly dangerous. Like covering a nuclear bomb with razor blades. This must be eau de napalm, I’m too scared to even try!
IcerWeertymar – :
Gorgeous! Strong; long lasting; great sillage!! Beautiful!!!
But I wish the notes listed here, were the same as on the box of the perfume, and on the Lancôme website – then I could vote on the wonderful patchouli! Beautiful patchouli in this perfume! None of the top notes listed here are there! (On the box it says: ‘Concrete of Iris Pallida, Jasmine Sambac Absolute, Orange Blossom Absolute, Patchouli Essence; enlightened by a smile of fine delicacies.’ And on Lancôme’s website, that ‘smile of fine delicacies’ is called ‘Sweet Gourmand Blend and Hazelnut Accords’. All truly superb.
Oh well!
Anyway, it’s a GORGEOUS PERFUME. I absolutely love it!
proklopik – :
Gorgeous. So delicious. Intense hazelnut cream cake. Too beautiful for words. Stays strong forever.
igor_golovan – :
Absolutely divine!!!!
walmar – :
very beautiful scent , reminding me of loverdose red kiss
اگه ازین عطر خوشتون اومده ، حتما لاور دوز رد کیس از برند دیزل رو هم تست کنید
successor_ – :
Such an interesting version, I like it more than the original one.
ksn684speagoessenda – :
very very great and sexy perfume …i am thankful to the noses behind it ..it is more sexy and attractive than the normal la vie est belle …any men smell it on me gone wild and asked me about its name …i am really proud while wearing this and i feel i am the most beautiful and sexy girl in the place which i am in it …it will make u wanna make love with ur self ..too too sexy
Mewly197JeomiWogkig – :
I smell this and upon first blast my instinct is “Roberto Cavalli EdP, is that you?”. To me, it resembles the bubblegumminess of that perfume more than the original LVEB for sure. It lacks the sharpness and the energy drink note of the original LVEB, which to me is one of its defining features.
For the sake of really benchmarking this one against others in its class, I am sitting here with LVEB Intense on my left wrist, Thierry Mugler Angel Muse on my right wrist and another Roberto Cavalli offering, Just Cavalli Gold, on the left fold of my arm. All three are heavy on the hazelnut with cream, but they are all very different from each other. Out of these, I actually find LVEB Intense to be the least