Carolina Herrera · 2022

Bad Boy Cobalt

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum

Pink pepper and lavender over rosy geranium and juicy black plum, drying to an earthy, mineral truffle and smoky vetiver.

Carolina Herrera says

You’ll smell Pink Pepper, lavender, geranium, Black Plum, Truffle Accord and vetiver.

More from Carolina Herrera’s description

It also mentions Truffle, Oakwood and Cedarwood.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Bad Boy Cobalt’s scent picture, a draft: pink pepper, lavender, geranium, plum, truffle, vetiver drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Bad Boy Cobalt, top notes: Pink pepper, Lavender

Heartas it settles

Bad Boy Cobalt, heart: Geranium, Plum

Dry-downwhat stays

Bad Boy Cobalt, dry-down: Truffle, Vetiver, Oak, Cedar, Coumarin (tonka)

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 sweet

4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

SalvoMaison Alhambra · shares pink pepper, lavender, geranium (rose geranium), vetiver and 1 more$24 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Bad Boy Cobalt’s $204
Club de Nuit Urban Man ElixirArmaf · shares pink pepper, lavender, geranium (rose geranium), vetiver and 1 more$50 for 105 ml · about a third of Bad Boy Cobalt’s $204
Crimson RocksAmouage · shares pink pepper, vetiver, oak and cedar (Atlas cedar)$395 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.