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
Jayne Barnes
April 30, 2021 at 9:29 amI absolutely love the design @JayneyBarnes
Andrea Beltrán
April 30, 2021 at 9:08 amI love the design, it’s totally delicate but I would give 9/10 because for the fragance’s name “Bad Boy” a leather jacket’s bottle design could be more related.
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Mary Lou MacKenzie
April 30, 2021 at 1:00 amI love the unique lightening bolt bottle design & will rate it a 10! It really compliments the Good Girl stiletto bottle which I adore! Fingers crossed for this fabulous giveaway. @IcanLou 🙂
Charlene Argaez
April 29, 2021 at 1:30 pmI like how the bottle works with stiletto bottle. I’d give it an 8/10. Thanks for the chance to win. @charargz
Stella Kouraki
April 30, 2021 at 7:36 amI would say 7 ! I like the matching colors with the Good Girl.
Onyinye Elochukwu
April 29, 2021 at 12:18 pm10/10 for sure.
@Onyiakpanisi
Travis Irwin
April 29, 2021 at 11:05 amThis would be a lovely gift for my lady ❤️
Travis Irwin
April 29, 2021 at 11:06 amI give a 10, I like the bolt idea!
Cari Williams
April 29, 2021 at 11:01 amI give it a 9, it’s very unique!
Ada Miller
April 29, 2021 at 8:50 amDefinitely a 10! I love it! Sounds like it smells amazing. Thanks for the opportunity Dave! @adamiller28
ilaria carraro
April 29, 2021 at 5:11 am10!!!
VANDA
April 29, 2021 at 5:06 am10/10 I love it. So original!
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Ray G
April 29, 2021 at 1:57 amNot my style, but still edgy! I’d say a 7/10. @mylittlecasey1
Sarah Murphy
April 29, 2021 at 1:52 amLove the design give it a 10! Thanks for the contest @d3vilz78ca
Sarah Murphy
April 29, 2021 at 1:50 amI love the bolt design very unique! Thank you for the contest!
Toni Marie Fernandes
April 28, 2021 at 11:51 pmA definite 10/10! This bottle stands out with its unique and strong shape. I love how it looks like it’s defying gravity.
@vacation_toni
Katie O'Connor
April 28, 2021 at 7:49 pmI love the lightening bolt bottle 😍 so unique and would look great on the counter
@katieeoconnor7
Katerinaki
April 28, 2021 at 5:32 pmIt’s 10 of course!!!! Love it!
Diana
April 28, 2021 at 2:39 pm10/10 I love it. So original
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Ann-Marie Vaughan
April 28, 2021 at 1:57 pmI would give it a 7/10. @GossamerMoonglo
mary ortiz
April 28, 2021 at 1:41 pmThis is a great giveaway love to smell nice and love the decorative bottles presented.
Jaye Smith
April 28, 2021 at 1:39 pmI love all her scents. I’d give it a 10 @realjayesmith
Julie Braidwood
April 28, 2021 at 1:38 pmAmazing 🙂 🙂 🙂
Zowie Douglas
April 28, 2021 at 10:04 amI’m not sold on the bottle 7/10 but I am most certainly sold on the fragrance combinations
Cheryl Cann
April 28, 2021 at 9:56 amLove this fragrance and the new bottle. A 10 for sure 🤩 @CherylJ12234
CINZIA ROSETTI
April 28, 2021 at 9:34 amVery nice bottle design 9/10, pairs so well with the stiletto!
Sophie Carter
April 27, 2021 at 9:15 pmI would rate the Bad Boy lightening bolt fragrance bottle design a 10/10 for sure! It’s so stylish and would look fab on the dresser! 🖤 Twitter handle: @sophie_car11 🖤