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
Matthew Burr
May 1, 2021 at 2:42 pmDifferent. I would go 8 for being bold and a statement
Sheena Batey
May 1, 2021 at 2:36 pmI think it’s a fantastic design so 10 out of 10 @LisbyBrown
Karen Hughes
May 1, 2021 at 2:15 pm@poncall a big fat 10!!
Lisa
May 1, 2021 at 2:41 pm10/10 – love it, very cool
Phil Read
May 1, 2021 at 2:14 pmI would give it a 10.
Claire Driver
May 1, 2021 at 1:15 pm@clairedriver622
I’d give it a 10
Malcolm Carrott
May 1, 2021 at 12:57 pmDon’t like it – 2
Veryan Williams
May 1, 2021 at 12:56 pmIt’s a 10 from me
suzanne dru
May 1, 2021 at 12:17 pmlove it my favourite 10
MARK THOMAS
May 1, 2021 at 12:15 pmI rate the Bad Boy lightening bolt fragrance bottle design with 8/10
Malcolm Butterworth
May 1, 2021 at 12:05 pmYes it’s got to be 10.
Valerie Brown
May 1, 2021 at 12:00 pmMemorable – 10
Emma Wolski
May 1, 2021 at 11:41 amIt is a definite 10! So funky for a dresser! @noconawolsk
Maxime Goodwin
May 1, 2021 at 11:38 amits a massive 10 from me!! PSG1968
Rena Plumridge
May 1, 2021 at 11:25 amLike it. A 10.
Jane Pearson
May 1, 2021 at 12:27 pmSculptural, I like.. 10
felicity
May 1, 2021 at 11:06 amDefo a 10, its so original and attractive 🙂
Karen Barrett
May 1, 2021 at 10:59 amTen! @chocolateonemse
Nikita Agarwal
May 1, 2021 at 2:42 am10! 10! 10!
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Chris Brown
April 30, 2021 at 11:32 pmWow! I LOVE the lightening bolt. Bad Boy can bring the lightening to our Thunder any day. This Good Girl (gone Bad) loves it.
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Andrea Hickling
April 30, 2021 at 5:31 pmWhat a lovely giveaway, someone is going to be very happy. These bottles are a work of art. The lighting bolt is great for the men and I give the design a 9. However, being a girly girl granny I besotted by the shoe in a classy gold and navy and this piece of art I give an enormous 10
Andrea Hickling
April 30, 2021 at 5:24 pmWhat a lovely giveaway, someone is going to be very happy. These bottles are a work of art.
Danielle Female Blades
April 30, 2021 at 5:20 pmAbsolutely a 10!!!!! @ferriza
Lynn Dobriko
April 30, 2021 at 4:59 pmLove it. 10
Shelley N
April 30, 2021 at 4:10 pmI like the lightening bolt bottle since it is very unique and looks like it can stand up on its own so I would give it a 9 out of 10. @Shellbran3
philipa
April 30, 2021 at 2:35 pm8/10 incredably feminine
tammy mcquilliams
April 30, 2021 at 3:36 pmLove this!! 9/10 @frostycake12
Rosa Gutierrez
April 30, 2021 at 11:29 amI would be extremely proud to be selected and love the bottles