La Vie Est Belle

• La Vivacité

  Maison Alhambra · Our pick

  A touch less sugary up top, it wears a little stronger and settles into a denser praline base.

  83%83% similar$25 · 100 ml−80% ($100)
• Gourmand Orange Blossom

  Dossier

  A hazelnut accent replaces the pear, and the patchouli dry down is softer and less cloying.

  81%81% similar$29 · 50 ml−77% ($96)

• Sweet90 out of 100
• Vanilla80 out of 100
• Gourmand70 out of 100
• Fruity60 out of 100
• Powdery45 out of 100
• Iris45 out of 100
• Earthy35 out of 100

An iris gourmand that wraps blackcurrant and pear around a heart of iris and jasmine, then settles into praline and vanilla. Its sweetness is generous and persistent, which made it one of the defining crowd-pleasers of the 2010s.

• Gourmand Orange Blossom

  Dossier

  $2982% overlap
• La Vivacité

  Maison Alhambra

  $2565% overlap
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  Good Girl

  Carolina Herrera

  $16049% overlap
• Ambery Vanilla

  Dossier

  $2948% overlap
• Fruity Almond

  Dossier

  $2948% overlap
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  Angel

  Mugler

  $17044% overlap
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  Opera Noir

  Maison Alhambra

  $2544% overlap
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  Black Opium

  Yves Saint Laurent

  $16543% overlap