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
Taylor Smith
May 6, 2021 at 5:35 pmIt’s a great match to the stiletto. 10/10 jazzts2000
Dimitra M
May 6, 2021 at 4:38 pm10!
Amanda Richardson
May 6, 2021 at 4:30 pm9/10 it’s so classy. They make a good couple together
Mark Mccaffery
May 6, 2021 at 3:56 pmI’m not sure about this one 6/10
Ruth Harwood
May 6, 2021 at 2:45 amI really love this – definitely a 9/10, amazing design xx
Ashley Murray
May 6, 2021 at 4:45 amI would say 9/10 – very flashy and unusual!
Sari O.
May 7, 2021 at 3:09 amNot as nice as the Good Girl bottle – 8/10
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Helen W
May 6, 2021 at 1:36 am8 out of 10 it would look very flashy on the side
Donna Niman
May 5, 2021 at 6:05 pm9/10
Classy and certainly very different! It would certainly look good in my shelf!
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Jett
May 5, 2021 at 4:47 pmThe bottle design is 10/10! Very striking and unique, just like it’s feminine counterpart Good Girl.
emma harding
May 5, 2021 at 3:33 pm10/10
Emma Beattie
May 5, 2021 at 2:30 pmDefinitely 10/10!! Would love one for my husband, it would look brilliant next to my nearly empty “Good Girl” Stiletto which he got me for Christmas 🙂
Jennifer Braswell
May 5, 2021 at 1:07 pm10/10 both the lightening bolt and the stiletto are unique and representative of the scents they hold. Good girl makes me feel the same way a beautiful shoe does, female, flirty and confident. The lightning bolt is strong and fierce and electric and bad boy reminds me of the excitement of a first date. Good Girl is my favorite scent. Thanks for the opportunity. @jenoah1982
ROBERT MCINTOSH
May 5, 2021 at 12:54 pm10/10 From me
Chari Pérez
May 5, 2021 at 10:37 amAwesome 10/10
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Maria Quinsey
May 5, 2021 at 8:15 am10/10 stunning
@Quinsey28
Maria Quinsey
May 5, 2021 at 8:13 am10/10 stunning
Melissa A Zimprich
May 5, 2021 at 8:00 amVery intriguing design! 10/10
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Catherine Strong
May 5, 2021 at 6:38 am10/10 absolutely unique
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Natalie J Vandenberghe
May 5, 2021 at 2:13 amI think the Bad Boy lightening bolt fragrance bottle design is SO cool–very unique!
Regina Haugh
May 5, 2021 at 3:56 am10!!! It is soooo cool!!! @rustylee98
Sarah Kirby
May 4, 2021 at 10:45 pmI like the design, I think it is sleek and stylish and would give it 10/10 @themadoldcrow
S. Bennett
May 4, 2021 at 4:06 pmThe Bad Boy lightening bolt fragrance bottle design is a perfect 10/10. It is gorgeous and unique. It is perfect for those who love shoes!! @happy2beloved
Sandra McDaid
May 4, 2021 at 11:34 am10/10 Its unique
Alison Braidwood
May 4, 2021 at 11:27 amI’d give it a 10/10. I like it even better than The Shoe. @Boomergirlz
Donna Niman
May 5, 2021 at 6:04 pm9/10
Classy and certainly very different! It would certainly look good in my shelf!
Milly Youngman
May 4, 2021 at 4:41 amTotal 10/10, would look so cute on my dresser!
Rumkobi
May 4, 2021 at 4:21 amThe design is so gorgeous I give it 10/10 @Rumkobi
Victoria
May 3, 2021 at 5:39 pmGets a 10 from me, very cool!
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