La Vie Est Belle Edition Limitee
The 2016 limited edition of La Vie Est Belle opens with a bright rush of candied pear and blackcurrant, sweetened further by a citrus flash that quickly dissolves into the heart.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 5 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Vanilla90
- Iris75
- Caramel50
- Patchouli
The note pyramid
- Pear
- Black Currant
- Orange
- Jasmine
- Orange Blossom
- Iris
By the editors · 2 min readThe 2016 limited edition of La Vie Est Belle opens with a bright rush of candied pear and blackcurrant, sweetened further by a citrus flash that quickly dissolves into the heart. This is sugared fruit with intention, leading into a creamy bouquet of jasmine and orange blossom softened by powdery iris. The florals never quite escape the gourmand haze that defines the fragrance.
As it dries down, praline and vanilla thicken the base into something between dessert and skin scent, with tonka bean adding a soft almond warmth. Patchouli provides minimal structure, more sweetness than earth. The overall effect is enveloping and unapologetically sweet, a fragrance that prioritizes comfort and approachability over complexity.
This suits those who want their florals wrapped in sugar, who find joy in the unapologetically feminine and gently indulgent. It wears close and warm, the kind of scent that announces presence without sharpness.
Scent twins
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