The house and its flower
Born in Caracas, the designer showed her first collection under her own name in New York in 1981. Since 1988 the house's fragrance license has belonged to Puig, with creative direction entrusted to Carolina A. Herrera. The house's signature flower is jasmine, which returns in several fragrances of the Good Girl family.
The fragrance families we carry
Good Girl and its variations
Good Girl Eau de Parfum was released in 2016, created by perfumers Louise Turner and Quentin Bisch. It grew out of the idea of contrast between light and dark, and the house places it among the floral ambers, with an opening of almond, a heart of sambac jasmine and tuberose, and a base of tonka bean and cocoa.
Very Good Girl has a lacquer-red heel, the house color, and the house presents it as a fruitier, brighter take on the original. It's a fruity woody amber that starts with redcurrant and lychee, moves to rose, and closes with vanilla and vetiver.
For the tenth anniversary of the original came Good Girl Jasmine Absolute, a gourmand amber designed for evening. It opens with mandarin and blackcurrant, has a heart of jasmine and bitter almond, and a base of caramelized toffee and toasted tonka bean. The bottle is lacquered black, with a white jasmine flower on the heel.
Bad Boy
The house's men's fragrance, the counterpart to Good Girl, is Bad Boy Eau de Toilette. The house describes it as an aromatic amber that opens with white and black pepper and bergamot, has a heart of sage and cedar, and a base of tonka bean and cocoa.
La Bomba: fragrance and body
La Bomba Eau de Parfum is a fruity floral amber in a refillable butterfly-shaped bottle of fuchsia and pink glass. It's the family that includes body products: La Bomba Body Cream and La Bomba Shimmering Body Oil.
Which Carolina Herrera fragrance to choose
If you're after jasmine and tuberose with tonka and cocoa, start with the original Good Girl; if you prefer a fruitier, brighter version, there's Very Good Girl. For a sweet evening fragrance, there's Good Girl Jasmine Absolute. For him, the choice is Bad Boy, with spicy pepper notes over tonka and cocoa. And if exotic fruit appeals to you, La Bomba brings together pitaya, cherry peony and vanilla, and pairs with the body cream and oil from the same line.
Other fragrances to compare
For more sweet, vanilla-led scents, browse our gourmand fragrances; for a wider comparison, see women's fragrances and men's fragrances.
Frequently asked questions
Which Carolina Herrera perfume should I start with?
The place to start is Good Girl Eau de Parfum, released in 2016 in the stiletto-heel bottle, which the house places among the floral ambers. The Very Good Girl and Jasmine Absolute variations carry over its idea and bottle shape, while the men's counterpart is Bad Boy.
How do these fragrances open on the skin?
It depends on the fragrance. Good Girl opens with almond, Very Good Girl with redcurrant and lychee, while Jasmine Absolute starts with mandarin and blackcurrant. Bad Boy, the men's fragrance, begins with white and black pepper, and La Bomba opens with pitaya, the exotic fruit at the center of the scent.
What's the difference between Good Girl and Very Good Girl?
The olfactory family and the notes change. The original is a floral amber of sambac jasmine and tuberose, while Very Good Girl is a fruity woody amber built around rose, vanilla and vetiver. The bottle changes too: in Very Good Girl the heel turns lacquer red, the house color.
How does Good Girl Jasmine Absolute compare to the original?
Both put jasmine at the center, but Jasmine Absolute pairs it with bitter almond, caramelized toffee and toasted tonka bean in a gourmand amber. The house created it to celebrate ten years of Good Girl and gave it a black-lacquered bottle with a white jasmine flower on the heel.
Who created Good Girl perfume?
Good Girl was composed by perfumers Louise Turner and Quentin Bisch, under the creative direction of Carolina A. Herrera, who oversees the house's fragrances. The scent grew out of the idea of the dual nature of femininity, light and dark.
What does Bad Boy smell like?
Bad Boy is the house's men's eau de toilette, which the house describes as an aromatic amber and suggests for day into evening. The lightning-bolt bottle, in glossy black glass with gold details, is for the house a symbol of strength, confidence and rebellion.
What are the notes in La Bomba?
La Bomba is a fruity floral amber built on pitaya, with red frangipani and cherry peony at the heart and a sunny vanilla in the base. The butterfly-shaped bottle, in fuchsia and pink glass, is refillable, and the same scent carries over into the line's body cream and body oil.
What's the difference between La Bomba body cream and body oil?
The Body Cream hydrates, smooths and leaves skin soft, while the Shimmering Body Oil is a lightweight oil that absorbs quickly and adds a pearly sheen for a luminous effect. Both share the same scent as La Bomba Eau de Parfum.
