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Tasty iris

Posted by Robin on 18 October 2012 18 Comments

Perfumers Olivier Polge, Dominique Ropion and Anne Flipo talk about Lancôme La Vie Est Belle. (3 of french leading perfumers? really?)

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: anne flipo, dominique ropion, lancome, olivier polge, video

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  1. datura5750 says:
    18 October 2012 at 1:13 pm

    Funny, to smell it, you would never know it had any luxe ingredients at all…

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    • Robin says:
      18 October 2012 at 1:19 pm

      I did not spend enough time with it to say — do love that bottle though!

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      • datura5750 says:
        18 October 2012 at 1:39 pm

        the bottle is pretty!

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      • KateReed says:
        18 October 2012 at 5:36 pm

        Are you joking? That bottle, particularly with the pink juice in it, looks like some kind of vicious dental appliance!

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        • Robin says:
          18 October 2012 at 7:14 pm

          Seriously?? Not seeing that at all, I think it’s pretty!

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          • KateReed says:
            19 October 2012 at 4:17 pm

            Could just be me, I come from a family full of retainers, dental chains, braces, bruxism-guards and assorted other torture devices.

          • Robin says:
            19 October 2012 at 4:36 pm

            LOL! Maybe that’s it.

  2. Bejoux says:
    18 October 2012 at 1:28 pm

    This smells like it has been consumer tested to death. There is nothing left in it to offend or to interest.

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    • Robin says:
      18 October 2012 at 2:00 pm

      I have a feeling they learned their lesson from Magnifique, which nobody liked but me.

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      • breathesgelatin says:
        18 October 2012 at 9:46 pm

        No, no, I liked it very much! I keep hoping to see it at TJ Maxx so I can snap it up cheap!

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  3. Dilana says:
    18 October 2012 at 3:48 pm

    A much better ad than the new CHannel No. 5,and much cheaper. But where is Roberts?

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    • Robin says:
      18 October 2012 at 3:56 pm

      Here:

      https://nstperfume.com/2012/08/14/its-a-beautiful-life/

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  4. sinnerman says:
    18 October 2012 at 8:21 pm

    For me that was pure perfume porn ! I loved it . I got a little sample of this yesterday and have yet to huff it . Now after seeing this I will appreciate it a little more . Thankyou for the post ,

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  5. Omega says:
    19 October 2012 at 1:27 am

    3 of leading French perfumers..to make a fruity sweet bomb. I got angry when I smelled this on someone. I did! I went and smelled an aldehyde bomb in rebellion, lol. Hate that stuff!

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    • NotAnExpert says:
      19 October 2012 at 8:16 am

      Haven’t smelled it yet; but it sounds like one of those love-hate relationships, just like those provoked by Angel, Poison and even FlowerBomb (which was also from Olivier Polge, if I’m not mistaken…)

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  6. Nile Goddess says:
    19 October 2012 at 8:50 am

    The flacon is fir for a Hitchcock movie and looks like it should contain curara or some other poison – fast and lethal.

    Instead, it contains some syrupy concoction.

    If one adds Flowerbomb to Infusion D’Iris and add a touch of Diesel – Fuel for Life, will the result be similar to La Vie est Belle?

    Though why would one spoil good fragrance to achieve a mediocre one is another matter …

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  7. Nile Goddess says:
    19 October 2012 at 8:54 am

    Forgot to mention …

    Whatever was left from the making of La Vie Est Belle seems poured into YSL’s Manifesto – and yep, again Anne Flipo!

    For some reason I get Issabella Rossellini’s face in front of my mind’s eye when I hear “Manifesto” – possibly she had a fragrance too?

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  8. LaMaroc says:
    20 October 2012 at 2:58 pm

    This fragrance is confirmation of the suspicion that I’ve been quickly nudged out of any fragrance target audience. I loathe it and it is selling out everywhere (at my local dept. stores and Ulta AND Sephora) so this is the final kick out the door! lol

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