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
Charlotte Loveslife
April 22, 2021 at 9:02 amStunningly unique and would look fabulous on anyone’s dressing table. 10/10
@charfah1
Steph B
April 22, 2021 at 8:59 amAmazing bottle 10/10
@Stephcomp33640 on twitter
Linda Bragg
April 22, 2021 at 8:58 amThe lightning bolt is very clever. Masculine, enticing, and unique. I love it. I would rate it a 10 as there is no other as admirable as it is. Just beautiful!! @ldystetson101
Teresa Ong
April 22, 2021 at 8:55 am10/10…a unique looking bottle….
@musicsoul_tesa
Sandra T.
April 22, 2021 at 8:55 amBonjour, le design de la bouteille de parfum Bad Boy Lightening Bolt est chic alors je noterai 10/10
Twitter : @cendra971
Suzanne Giroux
April 22, 2021 at 8:53 amI would rate it a 10. The design is so unique. @pinksuzanne
Janice Cash
April 22, 2021 at 8:51 amI would rate it a 10, very unique.
@Janice1_Iam
diane sabatini
April 22, 2021 at 8:49 amI’d have to rate it a total 10; very chic.
@littlecity413
Shannon Boon
April 22, 2021 at 8:48 amTwitter – @boon_shannon
10/10 rating! Really innovative bottle design, knowing more than 25% of the prototypes were recycled shows the attention to detail!
Great giveaway!
Edith Lianexay
April 22, 2021 at 8:44 amVery unique, for that I rate it a 10! Definitely a pair of bottles to be displayed. ⚡👠
@elianexay. #WIN ♥️
Maria Evagelopoulou
April 22, 2021 at 8:42 amAbsolutely love this A 10! @MEvagelopoulou
Annet
April 22, 2021 at 8:33 amDefinitely 10. Amazing bottles design
@sincerelyannet
Tracy
April 22, 2021 at 8:33 amI rate it 10/10. Eye catching and along with the stiletto unmissable as a pair! @Shoe_winner
Jacqui
April 22, 2021 at 8:31 amA definite 10! ⚡️ Twitter @Bella123Jahrr25
Serena Velarde
April 22, 2021 at 8:30 amI would give the bottle a 9.5/10! It’s quite beautiful, but I wonder how sturdy it is! Twitter: @serenavelarde1
Susan Stickney
April 22, 2021 at 8:24 amI would give it a 10 because it is remarkable! @stickney_susan
Patricia Walls
April 22, 2021 at 8:15 amWow, I would say 10 out of 10 ! I would say for me not only will it be a wonderful fragrance to try but even when empty it will be piece of art displayed on a floating shelf I have.
Kiana S,
April 22, 2021 at 8:12 amI would rate it a 10! It is unique, creative and very bold. Love the design. @kimasun1
Rosario Casarino
April 22, 2021 at 8:08 amLove This !! Good Luck
Martina Anderson
April 22, 2021 at 8:05 am10 out of 10, truly unique and exciting
@MartinaRohling
Vicki Davis
April 22, 2021 at 8:03 amAbsolutely love this ❣️👠 A 10 no doubt❣️@VickiDa66669336
Alejandra
April 22, 2021 at 8:00 amSo unique! 10/10 😁 Twitter @alesaenz83
Aimee
April 22, 2021 at 7:58 amI’d rate the bottle design as a 10, nice to see something completely different. Great prize
Sushmita Das
April 22, 2021 at 8:42 amDefinitely 10/10
@DasSushmita
Teresa Bradshaw
April 22, 2021 at 7:58 amAs for Bad Girl bottle is absolutely amazing !👠 Bad Boy lightening bolt is different & very innovative, but not practical.
Men don’t have a patience for complicated cosmetics, I’m afraid my son would breaks the fragile bottle… but looks like a perfect match with stiletto⚡️👍
I would give 7 for now, after I smell it 👃, I might give 10!🤩
@Mother3Teresa
Julia Balla
April 22, 2021 at 7:54 amOne of the best fragrance ever . The smell is so good and lasts too long . 100/10 🥰🥰🥰