Good Girl Carolina Herrera 2016 Eau de Parfum
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What a Shame, Chocolate
Good Girl, the perfume in the shoe. Well, I think the bottle is great and I had hoped that I would like the scent. I’m not quite sure what I expected, but not what’s actually inside:
The opening is quite lightly citrusy, but actually, we immediately dive into the flowers. So it’s not light and fresh at the beginning, but rather heavy and floral right away. I immediately smell the orange blossom, and my relationship with orange blossom is a bit complicated. Often I love it, sometimes I find fragrances that are all about orange blossom quite dreadful. Here it reminds me of "Black Opium (Eau de Parfum) | Yves Saint Laurent," and that’s exactly how I like it: beautiful, soft, seductive - it pulls me right into the scent, so I’m surprised to like it. (Even though I had hoped for that with the bottle.)
The orange blossom doesn’t stand alone but mixes with other flowers that I can’t quite identify. Something bothers me here already, something seems synthetic, almost piercing and a bit stuffy, I suspect the tuberose. Nevertheless, the whole thing becomes soft and heavy and sweet, first a dry sweetness that then becomes stronger. The warmth of the base also comes through quickly and gives it fullness - roundness, isn’t that what you call it with wines? I think that word fits here too, quite delicious thanks to the tonka. It becomes softer and cozier and more impactful. Still, this heaviness, floral-gourmand quality has to be liked. If not, it can indeed come off as intrusive, especially at the beginning.
But I could like it, actually. If it weren’t for something that bothers me. I wasn’t quite sure what it was. At first, I thought maybe one of the flowers or just the general "heavy floral mix of a party scent." This kind of thing bothers me often, and most of the time I can’t name why. Maybe it’s just too sticky-synthetic for me, or maybe this scent isn’t balanced well enough and my nose picks up on that? Time to look into the notes. And even though I believe there’s something to the sticky flower bouquet theory, I immediately found new suspects: praline and cocoa. What initially reminded me of Black Opium along with the orange blossom turns out to be cocoa, not coffee. I can smell the roasted aroma here too, but also something quite disturbing. As often happens, the chocolate note drives me away here as well.
If that doesn’t bother you, and if you enjoy heavy floral gourmands, you should definitely give it a try. Unfortunately, there won’t be a high heel bottle for me.
The opening is quite lightly citrusy, but actually, we immediately dive into the flowers. So it’s not light and fresh at the beginning, but rather heavy and floral right away. I immediately smell the orange blossom, and my relationship with orange blossom is a bit complicated. Often I love it, sometimes I find fragrances that are all about orange blossom quite dreadful. Here it reminds me of "Black Opium (Eau de Parfum) | Yves Saint Laurent," and that’s exactly how I like it: beautiful, soft, seductive - it pulls me right into the scent, so I’m surprised to like it. (Even though I had hoped for that with the bottle.)
The orange blossom doesn’t stand alone but mixes with other flowers that I can’t quite identify. Something bothers me here already, something seems synthetic, almost piercing and a bit stuffy, I suspect the tuberose. Nevertheless, the whole thing becomes soft and heavy and sweet, first a dry sweetness that then becomes stronger. The warmth of the base also comes through quickly and gives it fullness - roundness, isn’t that what you call it with wines? I think that word fits here too, quite delicious thanks to the tonka. It becomes softer and cozier and more impactful. Still, this heaviness, floral-gourmand quality has to be liked. If not, it can indeed come off as intrusive, especially at the beginning.
But I could like it, actually. If it weren’t for something that bothers me. I wasn’t quite sure what it was. At first, I thought maybe one of the flowers or just the general "heavy floral mix of a party scent." This kind of thing bothers me often, and most of the time I can’t name why. Maybe it’s just too sticky-synthetic for me, or maybe this scent isn’t balanced well enough and my nose picks up on that? Time to look into the notes. And even though I believe there’s something to the sticky flower bouquet theory, I immediately found new suspects: praline and cocoa. What initially reminded me of Black Opium along with the orange blossom turns out to be cocoa, not coffee. I can smell the roasted aroma here too, but also something quite disturbing. As often happens, the chocolate note drives me away here as well.
If that doesn’t bother you, and if you enjoy heavy floral gourmands, you should definitely give it a try. Unfortunately, there won’t be a high heel bottle for me.
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