Carolina Herrera · 2016 · Louise Turner (Givaudan)

Good Girl

VersionEau de Parfum

Carolina Herrera says

You’ll smell almond, Jasmine Sambac, Tuberose Chrystal, Tonka Bean and cocoa.

More from Carolina Herrera’s description

It also mentions bitter almond, coffee and roasted tonka bean.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Good Girl’s scent picture, a draft: almond, jasmine, tuberose, tonka, cacao, coffee drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Good Girl, top notes: almond, Bergamot, Sweet orange

Heartthe first hours

Good Girl, heart: Jasmine, tuberose

Dry-downhours later

Good Girl, dry-down: Tonka, Cacao, coffee, Galaxolide, Iso E Super, Vanillin

On the label

What’s inside it

21 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

4 citrus3 herbs & lavender8 florals1 woods3 sweet1 spices1 musks

Citrus4

Bergamot oilLimoneneBitter orange oilCitral

Herbs & lavender3

LinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals8

Benzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellalGeraniolRose ketonesMajantolCitronellolHexyl cinnamalGeranyl acetate

Woods1

Iso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet3

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)Benzaldehyde

Spices1

Isoeugenol

Musks1

Galaxolide (clean linen)

Not in Ingredients yet6

Trimethylcyclopentenyl methylisopentenol, not in Ingredients yetPinene, not in Ingredients yetDimethyl phenethyl acetate, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetIsoeugenyl acetate, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholA light stabiliserViolet 2

Named by Carolina Herrera, never on a label

AlmondJasmine SambacTuberose ChrystalTonka BeanCocoaCoffee

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

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Counted from the printed lists: 21 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.