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
Alison
May 17, 2021 at 1:12 pmLove them, I perfer the female one 10/10 and 9/10 for the male version
Jenny Jones
May 17, 2021 at 12:45 pm10/10 love it so much
Erica Hughes
May 17, 2021 at 12:36 pmIt’s very stylish. I’d wonder if it would stand up nicely on a dressing table though. @ericahughes
Anne Plumb
May 17, 2021 at 11:49 am9/10
Anthea Holloway
May 17, 2021 at 11:48 am@antheajholloway 10/10
Sarah Mills
May 17, 2021 at 11:47 am10 i love the designs by them
Anthea Holloway
May 17, 2021 at 11:46 am10/10 – I love it. It is wonderful and almost appears to defy gravity!
Jessica England
May 17, 2021 at 11:43 amWhat man wouldn’t like a lightening bolt bottle?! It’s definitely manly and I’m positive that it smells sexy. I’d rate it a 10!
Jules HW
May 17, 2021 at 11:33 amHas an art deco feel. Would look good in the right setting. 8/10
Mike Bull
May 17, 2021 at 11:29 amNot impressed with the design and it looks unstable. I give it 3/10. Much prefer the Good Girl bottle. @fatstat60
Rai
May 17, 2021 at 11:03 amIt’s very striking (geddit?) but not really my thing. I like a pretty glass bottle.
@rai_louise
Alan Taylor
May 17, 2021 at 10:59 am9/10 @Alacharl
Gemma Gray
May 17, 2021 at 9:11 amIt’s different, it stands out against “normal” bottle designs. But not entirely sure it goes with Good girl. You wouldn’t think they’re related scents.
Melissa Zimprich
May 17, 2021 at 8:14 amBad Boy Lightening Bolt fragrance bottle is the Perfect design in my opinion!
Definitely 10/10
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@MamaZimp
Brenda Davies
May 17, 2021 at 6:58 am6/10
Eloise W
May 17, 2021 at 6:10 amStunning! 10/10 @wtfwyltk
Joanne Welsh
May 17, 2021 at 6:04 amLove it! 10/10
HELEN COOPER
May 17, 2021 at 6:01 amGREAT PRIZE LOOKS FAB WOULD LUV TO WIN
Leslie Evans
May 17, 2021 at 5:48 amI think the design is an unessasary expense.
greig spencer
May 17, 2021 at 5:04 amlove it guys , what a fab prize 10/10
Wilma Jones
May 17, 2021 at 4:46 amLove it 10!
Deborah Hambleton
May 17, 2021 at 2:57 amI love the design – I’d give it a 9/10 but the female one is def 10/10! Twitter @psimbee1
Carla
May 16, 2021 at 10:39 pmThe design gets a 10/10! It’s so chic! Twitter- @carlademontreal
Gina Raymond
May 16, 2021 at 7:51 pmI’d give it an 8/10. Beautiful? yes Stylish? yes Practical? not so much twitter @bearsbluegirly
Francesca H
May 16, 2021 at 3:47 pmI think an 8 out of 10!