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
Bita Sohrabi
April 22, 2021 at 11:45 amI have been shopping around for a new fragrance and would love this! The bottle design is amazing!
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Bita Sohrabi
April 22, 2021 at 11:44 amI think that the lightning bolt is very unique and definitely something we haven’t seen before! It “strikes” as a sharp scent and it would look amazing on any vanity!
This would be such an amazing gift for hubby and myself, our 15 year wedding anniversary is coming up!
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Jennifer R
April 22, 2021 at 11:41 amThe lightning bolt is amazing! Totally different from anything out there. And the fragrance sounds fantastic. I must admit that I would probably keep it for myself instead of passing it on to the man in my life, because it sounds like it’s right up my alley.
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Kari Judd
April 22, 2021 at 11:34 amI give it a 10! Love the CAROLINA HERRERA GOOD GIRL & BAD BOY FRAGRANCE!
Sofija Jelacic
April 22, 2021 at 11:33 amI would rate this a 9/10. Thanks for this chance. @sofija_jelacic. Have a great Earth Day.
Velma Sandry
April 22, 2021 at 11:30 am10 out of 10!
I think the Carolina Herrera Bad Boy is very cool sexy bottle. It would be a showpiece that I would put on display 😌
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Susan T.
April 22, 2021 at 11:27 am10/10! I love the creativity and you can be guaranteed you won’t mistake it for anything else!
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Kristen Visser
April 22, 2021 at 11:17 amI absolutely am obsessed with this ! 10/10 all the way @weezyme
Jamie Johnson
April 22, 2021 at 11:17 amGood morning, Dave! Happy Earth Day to you! I absolutely adore this brand,including this new Bad Boy bolt fragrance bottle. I’d give it an 8 just for a lightning bolt, but then reading about all the intricate details that went into making it, I gave it a 10! Absolutely brilliant!
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Johanne Laurin-Castonguay
April 22, 2021 at 11:13 am10/10 for sure! Thanks! (@heyjo02)
Laura Johnston
April 22, 2021 at 11:11 amI am so pleased of the design. I rate it 10/10. Both Good Girl and Bad Boy designs are iconic.
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Robyn Boettcher
April 22, 2021 at 11:10 am9-If it had a bold red accent it would be a 10! @BoettcherRobyn
Emma Li
April 22, 2021 at 11:05 am7/10 @lilinaA_jj
Jenness M
April 22, 2021 at 10:57 amLove it! 10/10! @jennmills
Judy Ruffolo
April 22, 2021 at 10:55 am10/10 for sure…so sleek! @BohoJudy
Angel Mendez
April 22, 2021 at 10:54 amDefinitely 10 love it
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Tara Ware
April 22, 2021 at 10:45 amI would rate the lightening bolt a 10/10. I’m so pleased that they didnt do some boring car or boat that would be reminiscent of Avon bottles from my youth! I have always admired the stiletto bottles as works of art and beautiful fragrances for women.
Vicki Love
April 22, 2021 at 10:29 amThe Bad Boy Lightening design is definitely a 10. It would hold the status of “Badge of Honour” while on display in a home
Laura Hayes
April 22, 2021 at 10:26 amThe design is classy and sleek, I’d love to try it.
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Lisa Riley
April 22, 2021 at 10:26 am⚡️ 10 … it’s sexy ! CH is such a classic designer & for her to put out a stiletto for women and the bolt for men, she knew what she was doing. Her products say it all 🥰
Mariola daher
April 22, 2021 at 10:26 amI give it a 10 .. sounds like such a grant scent, the patchoul 😍😍have never had the pleasure of smelling good girl .. bad boy sounds like the perfect combination @mov46
linda
April 22, 2021 at 10:19 amI give it a 9 sounds divine
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Garelyn Williams
April 22, 2021 at 10:19 am9/10 @garelwilliams
Dell
April 22, 2021 at 10:16 amLove this perfume definitely 10/10 elegant classy and just divine @dellyyouknow
Katie Sullivan
April 22, 2021 at 10:10 am10/10 – I think it’s a really cool design and I love when products have cool packages. Also would be a cute couples gift!
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