Good Girl is the fragrance that tipped Carolina Herrera into sales records, released in 2016 under the signature of Louise Turner. The house gives it as an ambery floral: bitter almond in the opening, jasmine sambac and tuberose at the center, roasted tonka bean and cocoa in the drydown. The stiletto bottle in midnight blue carried the launch as much as the juice did.
Commercial success did not bring the critics along: Now Smell This describes a sweet, well-behaved floral in which the announced coffee and cocoa go missing.
What critics say
Robin, Now Smell This, March 1, 2017
Robin starts from an observed gap: best sellers often pass perfume lovers by, and Good Girl meant nothing to her before she gave it a try. She describes a start that is strong and sweet, and that calms considerably without ever losing its sweetness.
A fruity, citrus brightness crosses the opening, quickly covered by jasmine and tuberose, handled in her view in the department store manner: forthright, crisp, without rough edges or animal facet, and without depth despite the volume.
The drydown strikes her as quieter and less gourmand than announced. The coffee goes missing, chocolate and almond are no more than a murmur, and the base joins the vanilla, musk and woods of any mass-market oriental.
Her verdict holds in one line: wearable without being her style, neither sophisticated, nor distinctive, nor memorable. She adds that the stiletto bottle is what sells the juice, and files that design among the things she detests.
From the same line
- Good Girl Suprême
- Very Good Girl
- Good Girl Blush
- Good Girl Blush Elixir
- Very Good Girl Elixir
- Good Girl Jasmine Absolute
The whole line on the blog: Carolina Herrera’s Good Girl: the whole line, from 2016 to 2026
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