Carolina Herrera
EDT · Men's · 2019
Spicy-sweet club magnet with a cacao-tonka warmth
warm spicy · sweet · tobacco · woody · cinnamon · gourmand
Top (first impression): Bergamot · Black Pepper · White Pepper
Heart (the character): Cinnamon · Sage
Base (the dry-down): Tonka Bean · Cacao · Cedar · Amber
Season: fall, winter, spring · Occasion: date night, night out, everyday, special occasion
Longevity: long (7-9h) · Sillage: strong
Bad Boy launched in 2019 as the male companion to Carolina Herrera's hugely successful Good Girl, mirroring its provocative marketing and statement bottle - here a metallic lightning-bolt flacon instead of Good Girl's stiletto. It was created by perfumers Quentin Bisch and Louise Turner. The composition opens with peppery bergamot and moves into cinnamon and sage before settling into a sweet drydown of tonka bean, cacao and woods, placing it firmly in the spicy-sweet semi-gourmand lane. It quickly became a top seller for the brand and a popular younger-buyer pick for nights out and dates. Its commercial success spawned flankers including Bad Boy Cobalt and Bad Boy Le Parfum. The fragrance helped cement Carolina Herrera as a major player in the affordable-designer men's market.
A spicy, sweet, slightly gourmand crowd-pleaser built on pepper, cinnamon, cacao and tonka - the masculine counterpart to Good Girl. The lightning-bolt bottle is the gimmick, but the warm cacao-tobacco drydown genuinely performs for cold-weather nights out.
Nose: Quentin Bisch, Louise Turner
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