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
Nikki Hayes
April 24, 2021 at 6:23 pmI would give it 8 out of 10 – the bottom bit is great but the top needs to be more narrow :o)
Julia H
April 24, 2021 at 6:22 pm10/10 from me! Love the creative bottle. @happyglowlucky7
Debra F
April 24, 2021 at 4:38 pmAbsolutely love the Carolina Herrera Bad Boy lightening bolt fragrance bottle design. Would give it a 10.
Carrie Talbot-Ashby
April 24, 2021 at 3:47 pmI really love the design, nothing negative about it, smart, sassy, classy, its a 10 from me! x@carriecakes80
Would love to try this!! x
Avdeliodi Maria
April 24, 2021 at 2:51 pmStunning lightning bolt bottle! 10 out of 10! @avedimaria 🌹💫🌟
Navy Hall
April 24, 2021 at 1:56 pmI love spicy amber & bergamot! @Photini1967
Mary Hoffma
April 24, 2021 at 1:54 pmI’d give the Bad Boy’s Fragrance Bottle more than 10 if I could So 10 it is. I can’t imagine all of the work it took to design it! I don’t think anyone else would put this much work, creativity & dedication to design this one of a kind bottle.
Vivienne
April 24, 2021 at 1:35 pm10 out of 10, very stylish
Jasmine
April 24, 2021 at 1:01 pm10/10 ⚡ @senorita_hiphop 🙏🏼💓
Lady_ingenue
April 24, 2021 at 12:37 pmIt’s a 10! So fun and sexy. Total date night fragrance.
@lady_ingenue
Anne Fields
April 24, 2021 at 11:38 amDefinitely a 10! Very unique! twitter is – @sweety_ville
paula ritchie
April 24, 2021 at 11:17 amI would rate it a 10
It is so original
@pmr555
Gabrielle
April 24, 2021 at 11:02 amIt gets a 10 from me! Love the retro vibe! @velvetwhip
Manuel Vizcaya
April 24, 2021 at 9:44 amseven
Yesica Barrett
April 24, 2021 at 9:35 amBeautifully designed and a perfect match to the stiletto. A 10 for sure! ⚡️👠
@yes_barrett 🤞🏼
Amber
April 24, 2021 at 9:21 amI didn’t like it at first, but then I saw it was balanced on the gold. 10/10! Is there an award for design in packaging? If so, this duo should win.
@amber925
Nathalie
April 24, 2021 at 9:08 amThat is a stunning design! 10!
@NJA1965
Evelyn Park
April 24, 2021 at 8:51 amI love the sexy “bad” look of the lightning bolt bottle. It’s eye catching and appealing before you even smell the fragrance! @ev__park
Angela Bokma
April 24, 2021 at 8:42 am@msangela_b gives the ⚡️ a 10/10
Sue Greer
April 24, 2021 at 8:08 amI’d give it 10 its amazing
Kirsten
April 24, 2021 at 6:17 amTwitter miriama59 I would give it a ten!
Christine ann wilson
April 24, 2021 at 2:48 am10 Definitely!!! Loving the bottle design on the male fragrance the female bottles are amazing too!! What unique fabulous designs
Christine ann wilson
April 24, 2021 at 2:49 am@borobint
Katerina giavridou
April 24, 2021 at 5:48 am10 /10 Σιγουρα ειναι καταπληκτικα και τα 2 @katerinatolis
Maria Theresa Santos
April 24, 2021 at 1:16 am10 for sure. Its so beautiful
@wildfire_1230
Serena Debolt
April 24, 2021 at 1:09 amThis eyecatcher is a 10 on my scale @steelheadred
Erika
April 24, 2021 at 12:32 am10, I love it!!!