Carolina Herrera Good Girl & Bad Boy Fragrance Giveaway
Fashion label Carolina Herrera’s tagline may be “It feels so good to be bad”. They may want to edit it to say it also smells good to be bad. That’s because the brand has just launched a complementary men’s fragrance to its Good Girl franchise called Bad Boy. It’s a fresh spicy-ambery scent with notes of black and white pepper, bergamot, tonka bean, cocoa and amber wood. The fragrance was created by perfumers Quentin Bisch and Louise Turner, the pair behind the global smash Good Girl – a scent that has recently cracked the top 5 worldwide.
“We wanted to push the boundaries and create something new,” explains Carolina Herrera. “Most men’s fragrances today are fougeres. So we set out to reimagine it by pairing roasted tonka bean with clary sage. It is fresh yet still incredibly sexy.”
She says that when they were developing the Good Girl fragrance, the team tried over 600 different styles of shoes for the bottle shape. “We tried sneakers, ballerina flats, prostitute shoes…everything. Finally we came to the stiletto and we knew it was right for the project. For the men’s version, we asked ourselves, should we have a bottle shaped as a motorcycle helmet, boat, motorcycle, or a car? But we wanted something that was more symbolic.” Enter the lightening bolt. From the ancient Greeks to modern superhero films, the lightening bolt is iconic.
But making a lightening bolt fragrance bottle turned out to be a bigger challenge that first imagined. Most glass bottles are dropped and blown into a round shape. This bottle had to be dropped into a mold, turned upside down, then turned upside down again. More than 25% of the prototypes had to be recycled. It took months to perfect.
The Good Girl stiletto flacon took more than two years to create. It too was a technical challenge of mammoth proportions. It had to balance perfectly on the gold heel. Not surprisingly it was an immediate hit with fashionistas around the globe. The ambery-floral scent blended notes of almond, coffee, bergamot, tuberose, jasmine sambac, orris, orange blossom, Bulgarian rose, tonka bean, cacao, vanilla, praline, sandalwood, amber, musk, cinnamon and patchouli. It’s a complex blend of notes.
Initial response to Bad Boy has been very strong. The fragrance is already ranking in the top 20 in the United States and in the top 10 in the U.K. with more countries launching this spring. It looks like Carolina Herrera has another hit on her hands.
THE GIVEAWAY: I gave away a Carolina Herrera Good Girl & Bad Boy fragrance duo to one lucky ready. To enter, I asked readers to tell me in a blog post comment below how they’d rate the Bad Boy lightening bolt fragrance bottle design on a scale of 1 to 10. Franca from Canada told us and we drew her name from all entries. Congrats Franca!
Carolina Herrera Bad Boy is available in Canada at select Shoppers Drug Mart and Hudson’s Bay stores.
738 Comments
Ayesha
April 22, 2021 at 7:20 amDefinitely a 10, I used to work at Boots and always spray this perfume when I got in! Their hair Mist is amazing too!
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Maria Varouti
April 22, 2021 at 7:19 am10!! Amazing 😀😀
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Sherri Gelbart
April 22, 2021 at 7:18 amA 10 for sure! I could give this to any male member of my family or male friend, and all of them would be happy and proud to display it on their dresser or shelf.
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Charlene Guenther
April 22, 2021 at 7:18 amOne word. Unique. 8
Stephanie Garcia
April 22, 2021 at 7:16 am10/10! I Love The Black Sleek Lightning Bolt Design, And That It Sort Of Matches The Heel Design.
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DAHM
April 22, 2021 at 7:15 amThat bottle design is a 10 period! It sexy, can double as something else like a paperweight or small decor once all of the product is gone. I love it!
Seti N.
April 22, 2021 at 7:14 am10! looks amazing and unique!
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Shawn Stover
April 22, 2021 at 7:11 amIt’s awesome so a 10 @sastover1717
Jocelyn Gipson
April 22, 2021 at 7:10 amThe bad boy design is a 10/10. Reminds me of Zeus who was def a huge bad boy. @virgoj24
Branka Stefanovic
April 22, 2021 at 7:09 amI would give it a 10/10 ⚡ Thank you for the chance 🙏 @luckyBgirl
Varsha Kukreja
April 22, 2021 at 7:08 am10/10 Obviously . 😃
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Carina
April 22, 2021 at 7:07 amAs a compliment to Good Girl, it’s a 10!
Catherine Strong
April 22, 2021 at 7:19 amI am giving it a 10/10 looks so masculine & strong nice compliment to good girl!! ⚡⚡
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Janice Cournoyer
April 22, 2021 at 7:05 amGiving it a ten, such a gorgeous bottle @janicour
Nuria Macías
April 22, 2021 at 1:30 amI like it! 10/10
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Gretchen
April 21, 2021 at 11:32 pmLove the bottle, very cool! A 10! @gretchrr
Sonya
April 21, 2021 at 10:30 pmDefinitely a 10. Sharp!!
renee mirsky
April 22, 2021 at 7:10 amPerfect 10! @aerokorngal
Karen Ali
April 21, 2021 at 9:57 pmI like it! 10/10! 👍👍
@KarenAli11
Tracy Davis
April 21, 2021 at 9:52 pmI would give it a 10!
Brenda Disimone
April 21, 2021 at 8:57 pma `10 very unique ! @bdisimone
Mary Dailey
April 21, 2021 at 7:02 pmA 10! I love beautiful bottles and these definitely are gorgeous!
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Rebecca Deselle
April 21, 2021 at 6:50 pmI would give it a 10! I love the lightning bolt design! My Twitter handle is @rebeccadeselle
Jibralta Merrill
April 21, 2021 at 6:19 pmI’d give it a 3 because the BAD BOY lightening bolt will probably fall over easily, but I’d DEFINITELY wear BAD BOY it’s interesting that it’s not a fougere. It sounds like a divine combination of scents: pepper, bergamot, tonka bean, cocoa and amber wood!
I STILL want to win GOOD GIRL bc it’s so complex. It contains some of my favorites: coffee, tuberose, orange blossom, Bulgarian rose, tonka bean, cacao, vanilla, sandalwood, amber, musk and patchouli! I’ve found if it’s got TONKA BEAN, it smells great on me… Cher’s old scent Uninhibited smelled wonderful on me & it had both vanilla & tonka bean in it. I’d give both the scents a 10! Thanks, Dave! @PeconicLady
bn100
April 21, 2021 at 5:12 pm7
Wendy
April 21, 2021 at 3:21 pmI would give it a 10. I love the design.
Birdie Colleen Trafford
April 21, 2021 at 3:12 pmSo Unique , would give it a 9 @birdie0322