Carolina Herrera · 2024

Good Girl Blush Elixir

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Carolina Herrera asks $192 for 80 ml
80 ml$192

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot and bitter almond opening onto velvety rose and creamy ylang-ylang, settling into warm vanilla and smoky patchouli.

Carolina Herrera says

You’ll smell bergamot, Bitter Almond, rose, Ylang Ylang, vanilla and patchouli.

More from Carolina Herrera’s description

It also mentions Ylang-ylang and Mandarin.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Good Girl Blush Elixir’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, almond, rose, ylang-ylang, vanilla (vanillin), patchouli drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Good Girl Blush Elixir, top notes: Bergamot, Almond, Mandarin

Heartas it settles

Good Girl Blush Elixir, heart: Rose, Ylang-ylang

Dry-downwhat stays

Good Girl Blush Elixir, dry-down: Vanilla (vanillin), Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings)

What’s inside it

What Carolina Herrera names

BergamotBitter AlmondRoseYlang YlangVanillaPatchouliYlang-ylangMandarin

What the label names

21 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.

4 citrus4 herbs & lavender8 florals2 woods2 sweet1 spices

Citrus4

Bergamot oilLimoneneCitralTerpinolene

Herbs & lavender4

PineneLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals8

Ylang-ylang oilRose oilHexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)Benzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellalGeranyl acetateMajantolRose ketones

Woods2

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Benzaldehyde

Spices1

beta-Caryophyllene
10 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell10

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateA light stabiliserBenzyl alcoholRed 4Red 33Ext. violet 2Yellow 5

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares bergamot, rose, ylang-ylang, vanilla and 2 more$115 for 75 ml
Good Girl BlushCarolina Herrera · shares bergamot, almond, rose, ylang-ylang and 1 more$184 for 80 ml · about the same as Good Girl Blush Elixir’s $192
RemainAmouage · shares bergamot, ylang-ylang, vanilla, patchouli and 1 more$475 for 100 ml · about twice Good Girl Blush Elixir’s $192
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.