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
Natasha Sheerin
April 26, 2021 at 10:37 am10/10
Especially after reading how much time and effort it has taken to perfect.
Also my partner is a huge flash fan so this is ideal for him!
@natasha1993
Iuliia Golubchyk
April 26, 2021 at 8:09 am10/10
Jessica H.
April 26, 2021 at 7:09 amIt’s an easy 10/10. Both bottles would look gorgeous on our vanity.
@jessicagnarly
Lilie
April 26, 2021 at 3:55 amSuch a creative design! 10/10 @lisatrbll
Rhonda Stefani
April 26, 2021 at 2:37 amAhhh my dream scent! Love the lightning bolt for men, the originality & attention stopping is terrific. Absolutely love all the notes in these!
@rstefani72
Orlaith St ledger
April 26, 2021 at 3:47 amI love the design, id definitely give it a 10, its unique, I’ve never seen anything like it
Gianna Katal
April 26, 2021 at 12:23 amI love the design i would give it a 10! Thanks for the opportunity!
@MikieTheDog
Craig Johnson
April 26, 2021 at 12:10 am9 our of 10
Jacqueline Mamiye
April 25, 2021 at 11:47 pm10/10 would love to put that on my vanity it’s so sleek and edgy!! @daintyjacq on Twitter
Elizabeth O
April 25, 2021 at 9:12 pmI love the lightening bolt design, what else would be as good? It goes perfectly with the idea of a Bad Boy scent. I give it a 10.
Janet Robertson
April 25, 2021 at 9:05 pm10/10 @janetfulcher
@SINCERELYBRXKEN
April 25, 2021 at 8:26 pm10/10
Lori
April 25, 2021 at 7:44 pmThank you for this amazing opportunity I would love the chance to win , I love her scents and I would rate it a 10 ! Lorim333
jennifer chadwick
April 25, 2021 at 6:59 pma 10
Jan
April 25, 2021 at 4:32 pm10+ Truly like the strong and modern look of the Bay Boy fragrance! @CdnCountryGal1
Yukita Manuel
April 25, 2021 at 3:43 pmYukita Unyque Manuel @Unyque76
I give both bottles a 10 #1 Im a fan of gold and black anything #2 I can walk in heels and the bottle shaped like one excitesme to pieces. Finally the lightenining bolt look is everything. I had samples of the Good Girl and Im in love but unfortunately its out of my budget right now but I can say Ive worn it and it want be a lie.
Becky donnelly
April 25, 2021 at 2:28 pmI give it a 10/10 @beckyjdonnelly
Belle
April 25, 2021 at 2:06 pmIt’s ok doesnt really match the elegance of the high heel tho. @bella_tinka
Loris Ayoub
April 25, 2021 at 4:03 pmI would give it a 10. Love the design. So unique. @loris_ayoub
claire blaney
April 25, 2021 at 11:57 ami dont rate it because i dont think is resembles a man, as the female on ie the shoe which girls love, i think a black sleek car shape bottle would have been better so im giving it a 4/10 for originality
@KittyKatclaire
Anonymous
April 25, 2021 at 10:39 am10/10 they’re both so cute!! @alyxjones
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April 25, 2021 at 8:41 amI’m good girl us Carolina’s Herrera “Good girl” fragrance!!!!😊🌼🌻❤
Alona B.
April 25, 2021 at 7:07 am10/10 @bellamiabeyou
Katerina
April 25, 2021 at 5:09 pm10/10 @KaterinaTsipoti It’s the opposite of the elegant “Good girl”. It’s such a brutal “Bad Boy”!!!! Congratulations!!!
NIZIA JAMEE
April 25, 2021 at 1:27 am8 out of 10….twitter: Niz_1094
Cassandra M
April 24, 2021 at 10:20 pmDefinitely a 10 love the ⚡️
@caseywest54
@SINCERELYBRXKEN
April 24, 2021 at 8:35 pmI would give it a ten
Rhonda Lushington
April 24, 2021 at 6:58 pmDefinitely a 10/10!
@rlushington