Carolina Herrera · 2023
Bad Boy Dazzling Garden Eau de Toilette
Longevity
Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection
CloseArm's length
Polarising
Mixed
gourmand
sweet
intimate
skin-close
spicy grapefruit sweets with cacao cream finish
Scent Notes
Gourmand
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About This Perfume
Think spicy grapefruit sweets with cacao cream finish: that is Carolina Herrera Bad Boy Dazzling Garden. It opens with white pepper and grapefruit, moves into clary sage and vetiver and settles on cacao and tonka bean. It leans masculine, though anyone can wear it.
It is best in spring, fall and winter and is easy to wear day or night. Reach for it for the office and date nights. Released in 2023.
In the community's experience it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something gourmand and sweet for the office.
- Sample first if: sweet is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike spicy fragrances.
Around $107.
Explore more: More from Carolina Herrera · Gourmand perfumes · Grapefruit perfumes · Clary sage perfumes
Concentration
Eau de Toilette
Occasion
Office · date
Projection
Close
Gender lean
Leans masculine
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Office
- Date
The Brand
Carolina Herrera
Carolina Herrera is a Venezuelan-American designer house. 120+ Carolina Herrera perfumes are on Scendira, priced from about $30 to $602.
Most-Discussed Carolina Herrera Perfumes
Community chatter about Carolina Herrera centres on Good Girl, Good Girl Blush and Very Good Girl.
How the picks are built
Good Girl (2016) smells like toasty coffee and almond sweetness, soft musky florals, starting with almond and bergamot before roasted tonka bean, amber and cocoa take over. Good Girl Blush (2023) reads as creamy sweet vanilla, bitter almond, floral powder, opening on bitter almond and bergamot and drying down to tonka bean and vanilla. Very Good Girl (Eau de Parfum, 2021) is described as sweet lychee berries over creamy vanilla rose; the opening brings lychee and currant, and the base settles on bourbon vanilla and vetiver.
Keep exploring: floral perfumes, or the full Scendira brand directory.
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FAQ
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It smells like spicy grapefruit sweets with cacao cream finish. It opens with white pepper and grapefruit, moves into clary sage and vetiver and settles on cacao and tonka bean.
In the community's experience it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, fall and winter. It is easy to wear day or night. It suits the office and date nights.
It leans masculine, though anyone can wear it.
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