Lancome Creme de Marron & French Coeur L'Absolu Rouge Cream Lipsticks Reviews & Swatches
Crème de Marron (112)
Lancome Crème de Marron (112) L’Absolu Rouge Cream Lipstick (2022) ($32.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a darker, reddish-copper base with lighter gold and copper pearl throughout. It had opaque color coverage that applied comfortably and smoothly across my lips as the texture was lightweight, emollient but not heavy, and easy to work with. This shade lasted well for five hours and felt lightly hydrating over time.
FYI, this shade name existed previously but the actual colors are night and day different!
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Urban Decay Seether (P, $18.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (95% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Just Peachy (LE, $30.00) is less shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
- YSL Or Cuivre (340) (LE, $38.00) is warmer (85% similar).
- Lancome Mars (112) (P, $32.00) is warmer (85% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Pretty Penny (LE, ) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Urban Decay Heatwave (LE, $18.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (80% similar).
- KVD Beauty Super Sonic (LE, $22.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (80% similar).
- NARS Hot Voodoo (P, $26.00) is lighter, warmer (80% similar).
- Smashbox Desert Rose (LE, $24.00) is more shimmery, warmer (80% similar).
- KVD Beauty Rocker (P, $22.00) is darker (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$32.00/0.12 oz. - $266.67 Per Ounce
It was recently reformulated to be even more hydrating with "18 hour comfort" and "8 hour hydration" paired with an "ultra-creamy texture" and "intense color" that gives a "luminous finish." They distinguish the 18-hour and 8-hour claims from it being long-wearing, so presumably they are referring to how one's lips feel after the product as worn away or been removed (after fading).
Most shades had full color payoff in a single layer, while a few shades had to be built up. The texture was smooth, lightweight, and emollient without being too slippery or too thick, so the lipstick applied comfortably across my lips but wasn't prone to settling into my lip lines. The formula was more forgiving of lip texture imperfections and seemed to smooth out my lip lines more often than not.
They have a powdery floral scent, which is noticeable more in the tube than on, but it had a bit of taste initially to me. The updated formula felt very comparable to the last iteration, possibly a little lighter-weight and smoother on my lips. They wore between four and six hours and were hydrating.
Browse all of our Lancome L'Absolu Rouge Cream Lipstick (2022) swatches.
Ingredients
PENTAERYTHRITYL ISOSTEARATE/CAPRATE/CAPRYLATE/ADIPATE • MACADAMIA TERNIFOLIA SEED OIL • OCTYLDODECYL STEARATE • PEG-45/DODECYL GLYCOL COPOLYMER • ALUMINA • CERA MICROCRISTALLINA / MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX / CIRE MICROCRISTALLINE • POLYGLYCERYL-3 BEESWAX • PARAFFIN • HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL DIMER DILINOLEATE • MICA • BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2 • CI 15850 / RED 7 • CI 77491 / IRON OXIDES • CI 77891 / TITANIUM DIOXIDE • ROSA CENTIFOLIA FLOWER EXTRACT • ROSA DAMASCENA FLOWER OIL • ROSA HYBRID FLOWER EXTRACT • TIN OXIDE • AQUA / WATER / EAU • GLUCOMANNAN • TRIHYDROXYSTEARIN • SODIUM HYALURONATE • SILICA • ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE • ALCOHOL • PROPYLENE GLYCOL • HYDROXYPALMITOYL SPHINGANINE • HYDROXYPROPYL TETRAHYDROPYRANTRIOL • SYNTHETIC WAX • DISTEARDIMONIUM HECTORITE • ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE • TOCOPHEROL • TOCOPHERYL ACETATE • PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE • CI 77492 / IRON OXIDES • CI 77499 / IRON OXIDES • CI 19140 / YELLOW 5 LAKE • GERANIOL • METHYL 2-OCTYNOATE • HYDROXYCITRONELLAL • CITRONELLOL • HEXYL CINNAMAL • BENZYL ALCOHOL • PARFUM / FRAGRANCE • (F.I.L. C256729/2). 428914_LCM_MUP_LEVRES_ABS_RG_CREAM_Etui_RED_116_MV_R3 LANCÔME - MAKE-UP LEVRES SD : CC008797 CODE AC : - CODE PF : LC489700 échelle : 1/1 P. Reflex P. 2035C Vide Blue C P. Cool Gray 1C Fond à la teinte Vernis brillant Embossage leger MARCHÉ Gaufrage // zone : INTER RECTO
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Crème de Marron (112)
PPermanent. $32.00.
French Coeur (118)
Lancome French Coeur (118) L’Absolu Rouge Cream Lipstick (2022) ($32.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a rich, deeper orange with warm, red undertones and a cream finish. The consistency was smooth, lightly emollient, and thin without feeling clingy, which helped the product go on evenly but soften my lip lines. It had opaque pigmentation that stayed on nicely for five hours and felt moisturizing while worn.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Giorgio Armani Redwood (415) (P, $38.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Shiseido Sleeping Dragon (227) (P, $26.00) is darker (95% similar).
- YSL Fiery Red (83) (P, $38.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Estee Lauder Persuasive (333) (P, $32.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Hourglass Only You (LE, $34.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Fee Fi Fo (LE, $10.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Maurice (LE, $36.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Estee Lauder Light Heart (917) (P, $32.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Merida (P, $10.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Bite Beauty Hot Harissa (LE, $26.00) is more muted, warmer (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$32.00/0.12 oz. - $266.67 Per Ounce
It was recently reformulated to be even more hydrating with "18 hour comfort" and "8 hour hydration" paired with an "ultra-creamy texture" and "intense color" that gives a "luminous finish." They distinguish the 18-hour and 8-hour claims from it being long-wearing, so presumably they are referring to how one's lips feel after the product as worn away or been removed (after fading).
Most shades had full color payoff in a single layer, while a few shades had to be built up. The texture was smooth, lightweight, and emollient without being too slippery or too thick, so the lipstick applied comfortably across my lips but wasn't prone to settling into my lip lines. The formula was more forgiving of lip texture imperfections and seemed to smooth out my lip lines more often than not.
They have a powdery floral scent, which is noticeable more in the tube than on, but it had a bit of taste initially to me. The updated formula felt very comparable to the last iteration, possibly a little lighter-weight and smoother on my lips. They wore between four and six hours and were hydrating.
Browse all of our Lancome L'Absolu Rouge Cream Lipstick (2022) swatches.
Ingredients
PENTAERYTHRITYL ISOSTEARATE/CAPRATE/CAPRYLATE/ADIPATE • MACADAMIA TERNIFOLIA SEED OIL • OCTYLDODECYL STEARATE • PEG-45/DODECYL GLYCOL COPOLYMER • ALUMINA • CERA MICROCRISTALLINA / MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX / CIRE MICROCRISTALLINE • POLYGLYCERYL-3 BEESWAX • PARAFFIN • HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL DIMER DILINOLEATE • MICA • BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2 • CI 15850 / RED 7 • CI 77491 / IRON OXIDES • CI 77891 / TITANIUM DIOXIDE • ROSA CENTIFOLIA FLOWER EXTRACT • ROSA DAMASCENA FLOWER OIL • ROSA HYBRID FLOWER EXTRACT • TIN OXIDE • AQUA / WATER / EAU • GLUCOMANNAN • TRIHYDROXYSTEARIN • SODIUM HYALURONATE • SILICA • ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE • ALCOHOL • PROPYLENE GLYCOL • HYDROXYPALMITOYL SPHINGANINE • HYDROXYPROPYL TETRAHYDROPYRANTRIOL • SYNTHETIC WAX • DISTEARDIMONIUM HECTORITE • ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE • TOCOPHEROL • TOCOPHERYL ACETATE • PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE • CI 77492 / IRON OXIDES • CI 77499 / IRON OXIDES • CI 19140 / YELLOW 5 LAKE • GERANIOL • METHYL 2-OCTYNOATE • HYDROXYCITRONELLAL • CITRONELLOL • HEXYL CINNAMAL • BENZYL ALCOHOL • PARFUM / FRAGRANCE • (F.I.L. C256729/2). 428914_LCM_MUP_LEVRES_ABS_RG_CREAM_Etui_RED_116_MV_R3 LANCÔME - MAKE-UP LEVRES SD : CC008797 CODE AC : - CODE PF : LC489700 échelle : 1/1 P. Reflex P. 2035C Vide Blue C P. Cool Gray 1C Fond à la teinte Vernis brillant Embossage leger MARCHÉ Gaufrage // zone : INTER RECTO
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Creme de Marron is a beautiful shade, but I don’t know that I would want to go that level of shimmer without a try-on? Kind of hard to safely do during a pandemic that’s going into an endemic.
I absolutely love both of these shades – Creme de Marron is just perfect and I may be able to get it here in Aus (I think it’s about $57 or $60 though), so I would definitely have swatch it myself for that price.
I really tried hard to get a similar shade you reviewed – Mars – but just could not without paying an incredible amount of international shipping costs.
French Coeur is another favourite shade – but I have a good dupe in CP’s Foolish.
Crème De Marron is so me. I love and live for frosted lipsticks. This is a gorgeous color. I may blind buy and pray it’s not too drying.
Creme De Marron is pretty, I really thought I had a similar shade that I like a little better, but I can’t find it!
Creme De Marron is just gorgeous, i will look at in person this weekend at Ulta. So different from the previous Creme De marron formula.
this new Creme de Marron is much more to my liking. It seems like the older version was satin and very brown.
Creme de Marron kind of reminds me of MAC’s Funbathing. I loved that lipstick!
Whoa! I haven’t seen a color like this since the late 80’s-early 90’s! So like!
Ooops, I was commenting on Crème de Marron of course! LOL!