Very Good Girl

Fact sheet

• Full name: Very Good Girl Eau de Parfum
• Brand: Carolina Herrera
• Olfactory family: Fruity – Floral – Woody
• Concentration: Eau de Parfum
• Launch date: 2021
• Perfumers: Quentin Bisch & Louise Turner
• Available sizes: 30 ml, 50 ml, 80 ml & 80 ml refill

Composition: the olfactory pyramid

Top: sparkling redcurrant & juicy lychee

The opening snaps like a contagious laugh: tangy red currant and Rose First lychee deliver a fruity freshness tinged with petal nuances. A tiny shot of pink pepper lends the whole a spicy vibration.

Heart: velvety Bulgarian rose

At the heart, Bulgarian rose absolute unfolds, silky and syrupy, recalling the satin of a bustier dress. Its slightly honeyed facet embraces a touch of peony for more volume and modernity.

Base: creamy vetiver & sensual vanilla

The base sets Madagascar vetiver, purified for its woody-hazelnut accents, against a syrupy Bourbon vanilla. A breath of white musk fixes the whole; the sillage becomes red velvet on skin for more than ten hours.

Bottle: the stiletto draped in red

Ruby lacquered stiletto, gold stiletto heel: the signature object becomes refillable.

A cult jewel-object of perfumery, the Good Girl stiletto is this time covered in a garnet red lacquer. The metallic, rose-gold stiletto heel signs Herrera's excess. Thanks to an unscrewable pump (50 ml+ sizes), the bottle is refillable, cutting glass consumption by 45% over three refills.

Advertising campaign

Directed by Jean-Paul Goude, the film shows actress Karlie Kloss crossing a corridor of red mirrors. Each reflection reveals a facet — demure, daring, rock. To the disco soundtrack of Cherry Lips, she slams the door and leaves behind the imprint of a red stiletto. Tagline: “It's so good to be Dear Me.”

Reviews & verdict

Very Good Girl reinvents the Good Girl formula by trading the cocoa gourmand quality for a brighter fruity-rose cocktail. Ideal from September to April, it offers a fresh-gourmand contrast that will appeal as much to the air-conditioned office as to the dance floor. On warm skin, black cherry can be sensed behind the redcurrant; on cool evenings, the vetiver gains a velvet effect. Marked projection for one hour, then a long-lasting passion-red halo: the ideal dress, in fragrance form.

Recommended wearing momentsMomentOccasionSillageApplication tip

Cool morning

Terrace coffee

Light

Two sprays on a scarf

Afternoon

Art gallery

Moderate

Mist on nape and wrists

Dusk

Rooftop cocktail

Strong

Cloud crossed over shoulders

Party night

Electro club

Enveloping

Layering with rose cream