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
Hannah Anderson
April 22, 2021 at 7:54 am10! Unique and eye catching. My boyfriend and I would love these.
Jodi
April 22, 2021 at 7:53 amBoth bottle designs are incredible 10/10.
@Jodi_Williams_
Jane Peterson
April 22, 2021 at 7:53 amIt’s a 10 so beautiful!
@janeut
Sarah Jane Van Heerden
April 22, 2021 at 7:51 amIt’s a 10 for me I think it’s very manly. I like the black, its very bold. This strikes a 10 in my books 😉
Christine
April 22, 2021 at 7:50 amVery eye catching, would rate it an 8.
Deb Philippon
April 22, 2021 at 7:48 amI’d rate it a 10. My husband would like the design, and I’d love a matching one in gold.
Christine Bradley
April 22, 2021 at 7:48 amWOW! Bad Boys genius Team does it again! what unique amazing designs on both bottled ! i’d rate the design on the lightening bolt a 9/10 ONLY because I would worry about it being top heavy and possibly tipping over BUT that would never stop me from purchasing or wanting this amazing fragrance duo- thanks for the chance Dave !
Christine Bradley
April 22, 2021 at 7:50 amoops twitter @xtinebeautyrevs
Faye White
April 22, 2021 at 7:46 am@bakewelltart92
10/10 I know my fiancé would love this , he’s very much into fragrance and bottles since us getting together. Would look great in his new collection. It’s very cool looking for both genders though. I definitely have males fragrances I love for myself too. It’s a keeper.
Michelle Franscique
April 22, 2021 at 7:44 amI would rate the lightening bottle an 8. It’s a great sleek design. Very eye catching.
@michykfran
Donna Maslen
April 22, 2021 at 7:43 amDefinitely at 10! It looks very futuristic!
@iCruiseify
Adele Wright
April 22, 2021 at 7:38 amI think this is absolutely genius marketing and design. The Bad Boy lightning bolt is such a stand out alone but compliments its counter partner perfectly,both dynamic and strong,symbolic of “The feels so good to be bad” moto that resides in us all. 10/10 for me! Thank you for sharing.
Alisa Lillico
April 22, 2021 at 7:37 am@alisalillico The shoe bottle is to die for; WANT for my collection. lol The lightening bolt is fabulous and I give it a 9. I see my partner turning it upside down on the counter.
S Smith
April 22, 2021 at 7:36 amMeh, a 2. Looks too easy to get knocked over on the counter and my husband would prefer a bottle that’s easier to hold and spray. Hopefully the scent is more unique than the Good Girl that originally came out, smelled too much like a fragrance i had owned years ago, so i passed on it. HE loved the scent but as i would be the one wearing it, i said no, lol. @LancasterBHoney
sheila ressel
April 22, 2021 at 7:36 amDefinitely a 10. Love it!
@slr8
Tam
April 22, 2021 at 7:35 amIt isn’t very attractive but I suppose what could they do for a male fragrance
Janene Gutierrez
April 22, 2021 at 7:30 amI like it, it’s very unique and different from most. I’d rate it a 10!!
@JaneneGutierrez
Pamela Chambers
April 22, 2021 at 7:26 amPersonally I don’t care for it much. While the design is very different than most fragrance bottles, I don’t think a lightening bolt has anything to do with the name “Bad Boy”. I’d rate it a 5.
Barrie W Philpott
April 22, 2021 at 7:24 am@lanct22 7 as I’d prefer a more comfortable hold on the bottle shape
Roxy Taylor
April 22, 2021 at 7:24 am10, obvs. sounds like a lot of effort was put into making it *just right*
Roxy Taylor
April 22, 2021 at 7:25 amwhoopsie, @sweetghoti
Melissa
April 22, 2021 at 7:24 amOf course it’s a 10! @meroroba
Francia Malave
April 22, 2021 at 7:23 amPerfect, elegant and classic combination. Honesty 10.
Tammy O Driscoll
April 22, 2021 at 7:37 amI like it, lightning bolt I think it goes with the high heel it’s female counterpart, bad boy meets bad girl
Karin M
April 22, 2021 at 7:22 amThat is one of the more unique designs. It’s great
Connie peixoto
April 22, 2021 at 7:21 am8 just because it reminds me of thunderstorms 🌩😆😆😆 @conniepeixoto1
Maria
April 22, 2021 at 7:20 amSeriously Dave, its a 10! I can’t wait to have that on display, its amazing, stunning and classy
@blonde2221
Sheree Pitchford
April 22, 2021 at 7:20 amAnything with sandalwood gets a 10 in my book. The design makes it even better.