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
Angela Citrigno
April 22, 2021 at 10:06 amDave, 10/10 for innovation! Their new signature Lighting Bolt bottle ⚡️, a symbol from Ancient Greek times is genius. I can imagine the many sleepless nights for the design team to find a symbol that would catch our eyes and to stand next to their classic classy Stiletto bottle. I love it 🖤💛 @959angela
Sandra Dufoe
April 22, 2021 at 10:00 amI love it 10/10. @spacemom2
Christine Lewis
April 22, 2021 at 9:59 amVery bold and sleek. 9/10. @parlaid1
daniela d sborlini
April 22, 2021 at 9:59 amthis is a big 10!!!!! whats not to love, the notes sound fabulous and the design of the bottles are masterpiece!! im so crossing my fingers for this one! good girl meets bad boy love love love it @daniela27
Aurica
April 22, 2021 at 9:58 am10/10. 🙂
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Patricia B
April 22, 2021 at 9:58 amI like the design for Bad Boy I think it’s very fitting with the brand and the perfume’s name, the scent sounds like it’s really good too! I give it a 10! @fatamorgana1986
Annette P.
April 22, 2021 at 9:53 amI love the bolt. It is a 10/10. It mirrors the stiletto design of Good Girl’s bottle. @anoushka636
Nafisa Miah
April 22, 2021 at 9:52 amLove the bottle!! Very unique and stands out from other perfumes // @nafisamiah
ANNA KARAGKOUNI
April 22, 2021 at 9:50 amI love the bolt!! 10/10!!@annitakara
Alison Harrison
April 22, 2021 at 9:45 amFantastic scents in fantastic bottles 10/10 @Lanchid19
Emilee Veillon
April 22, 2021 at 9:40 amhonestly 10! love the bottle!
Liz Howard
April 22, 2021 at 9:40 amI give it a 10/10 it’s very unique!!
@WhatsupLiz
Alison Clifford
April 22, 2021 at 9:38 amI like it so would rate it 8/10. It’s unusual to see effort being put into a different shape bottle for men’s fragrance.
@MrsC2708
Stephanie B
April 22, 2021 at 9:37 am8 of 10. Very unique, I like it. Thanks for the chance to win! @sjptx
Kristen Christensen
April 22, 2021 at 9:34 amdesign is a strong 8 if not a 9 it’s as cool as the scent self and smells amazing on my man thank you for the chance
Sara Alfred
April 22, 2021 at 9:31 am10! Love the bottles! @smommers
Kay Z
April 22, 2021 at 9:30 amI really like the uniqueness of the lightening bolt bottle! I would give it a 9! @kzarr on twitter
Marla Veis
April 22, 2021 at 9:55 amI think that the bottle is amazing more than a 10 out of 10. It’s very unique.
Denise
April 22, 2021 at 9:28 amI thought the bottle was amazing before I saw the question so a 10!
April Richie
April 22, 2021 at 9:25 am10! I love the bottles. I would love to be able to collect perfume bottles.
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Alison Harrison
April 22, 2021 at 9:42 amFantastic scents in equally fantastic bottles. @Lanchid19
Karen Kryzanowski
April 22, 2021 at 9:18 am10 for sure both bottles are so unique.💕
Ritula
April 22, 2021 at 9:16 amI think the lightning bold design is an 8 / 10
Muhammed
April 22, 2021 at 9:14 am10 for sure.
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Sonia G
April 22, 2021 at 9:09 amI rate the lightning bolt a 10. Original, Unique & Captivating!
Felicia
April 22, 2021 at 9:09 am10/10🔥🔥🔥 @rofbell
Mary Helen Toal
April 22, 2021 at 9:06 amA big 10 for being stunning and unique.
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