Bad Boy Cobalt 2022

Bad Boy Cobalt by Carolina Herrera
We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network and Amazon.
7.5 / 10 348 Ratings
A perfume by Carolina Herrera for men, released in 2022. The scent is sweet-synthetic. It is being marketed by Puig.
Pronunciation
We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network and Amazon.

Main accords

Sweet
Synthetic
Fresh
Fruity
Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
LavenderLavender Pink pepperPink pepper
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Black plumBlack plum Egyptian geraniumEgyptian geranium
Base Notes Base Notes
CedarwoodCedarwood TruffleTruffle OakOak VetiverVetiver

Perfumer

Videos
Ratings
Scent
7.5348 Ratings
Longevity
7.0309 Ratings
Sillage
7.0309 Ratings
Bottle
7.2317 Ratings
Value for money
7.0287 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 07/19/2025.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to
Coach for Men (Eau de Toilette) by Coach
Coach for Men Eau de Toilette
Invictus Platinum by Rabanne
Invictus Platinum
Bad Boy Cobalt Elixir by Carolina Herrera
Bad Boy Cobalt Elixir
Shiyaaka Shadow by Khadlaj / خدلج
Shiyaaka Shadow
Odyssey Aqua by Armaf
Odyssey Aqua
Sauvage (Eau de Toilette) by Dior
Sauvage Eau de Toilette

Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions
8
Pricing
7
Bottle
9
Sillage
8
Longevity
9.5
Scent
Mitchcraft

36 Reviews
Mitchcraft
Mitchcraft
Helpful Review 5  
A new favorite blue
I really like this, the plum is so sweet and satisfying! It's not a deep, heavy, sickly kind of sweet like you get from the likes of JPG Scandal EDT and neither is it like the sweetness that you get from one of the fragrances this is getting compared to being, 1 Million Lucky. I do understand why, people are comparing this to Lucky when you first give it that initial spray, but once it settles you won't be thinking of 1Million Lucky at all. I can also understand why people are comparing it to YSL's Y which i think it may actually smell amazing layered with tbh. For me though Bad Boy Cobalt has its own identity and so far i really like it. If anything i would say it smells like Versace Dylan Blue in its later stages of dry down. It has that softness to it and by soft i don't mean weak.

The Pink Pepper is there in the opening also but it's not as strong and sharp as it is in something like Spicebomb Infrared. It's just enough. The entire fragrance is just well blended tbh but be careful not to overspray. You may think at first to do so but it is not required and i made that mistake at first and it can become too much. This is a Parfum and for once performs like one! Give it a good 10-20mins and it will create this bubble around you just by spraying on skin alone. A quick EDIT here: Another reason not to over apply this as i am 3 hours in once again being reminded that they have done something clever with this fragrance in the way that i can only guess that they have created it in a way that certain notes become stronger in the dry down. Thus creating a stronger projection as time goes on from your initial spray. I warn you, do not over spray this. This is a treat to behold :-)

Something funny i noticed is that when i had sprayed it in my room that had my cup of regular tea in it. I thought i was drinking English Rose tea which i am sure you can imagine what that tastes like. A sweet floral rose tea. So one of the notes is making my drinks taste better too lol. Certainly not a complaint i love English Rose sweet Tea! So that rose scent (Geranium) is definitely doing something in there.

Longevity is pretty good and i can smell it coming off of me while sitting watching TV and going out to the local store while it is rather cold here still in the month of February. Going in and out of a room that has had this sprayed in it is simply bliss!

This is definitely one to add to my favorite's which i have been struggling with recently as i kept getting fresh oceanic types of blues while Bad Boy Cobalt doesn't have that fresh oceanic salty kind of notes like Versace Man Eau Fraiche or D&G Light Blue Eau Intense as those sea notes in them that can be overpowering.

I think this is a fun scent, something that can be worn at any occasion. It is expensive but definitely worth it imo as there is a note in there that adds this richness to it and i suspect it is the truffle nicely blended with the vetiver, oak and cedar woods. After a few let downs recently it's nice to have a smile put back on my face again .
I have the atomizer that doesn't have a cap you can pull off to reveal a regular atomizer like some bottles have now. This is the usual Bad Boy lever kind of atomizer and it gives out a really good blast of it. I sometimes just press it half way it's that good.
Yup, really happy with this one
0 Comments
7
Pricing
10
Bottle
7
Sillage
6
Longevity
9
Scent
TonkaTommy

51 Reviews
TonkaTommy
TonkaTommy
3  
Ladies, watch out!
Kicks ass. It's a safe wear, sexy, warm, airy, fresh. This is for a smaller collection, typical bad boy type scent. If your a heavy frag head you've probably smelled this 10 times over from other places, but CH does have some masterful blends, she's a GREAT buy for any guy looking for scents a woman will love. CH does NOT fail the notes department, but like alot of her frags the performance is only roughly 3-5 hours even in the (watered down now a days, I swear!) EDP. Great scent for summer, and really all year probably, spicy enough for winter, sweet and fresh enough to entice the opposite sex.
0 Comments
5
Pricing
4
Bottle
5
Sillage
6
Longevity
4
Scent
Ursaw

146 Reviews
Ursaw
Ursaw
1  
Dried plum and geranium, yay...
Initial cloud of pepper quickly dissipates and opens the door into a whole miserable world of dried plum and geranium. Lavender stays on the sidelines at first, mostly just giving it an additional dusty quality. Smells like folk medicine for constipation that grandpa left in a cabinet and then forgot about. The longer you wear it, the more that medicine takes in the smell of the old wood.

In the span of the next ~4ish hours it slowly mellows out, settles close to the skin and transforms into a vague generic "shower gel for manly men" scent. Rather dated. If someone told me it came out 20 years ago, I would've easily believed them.
0 Comments
7
Pricing
8
Bottle
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
7
Scent
minilover92

13 Reviews
minilover92
minilover92
2  
giving me a headache
you know what this cologne smells like? have a flashback to your high school years when 15-16 year old boys weren't allowed to buy cologne so they literally drowned themselves in cheap axe body spray. this is exactly what this cologne here smells like. very very strong, in your face and headache inducing. it lingers forever (which is a plus to some) but doesn't give off fancy cologne just ... body spray. yikes.
0 Comments
4
Pricing
7
Bottle
7
Scent
Vlyr

11 Reviews
Vlyr
Vlyr
1  
Zappy, fruity and hollow (good)
This fragrance literally smells like the color of the bottle.

It gives me an airy fruity plum vibe, grounded into a spicy earthy base, which luckily for me my skin mostly ignores, leaving me with a zappy, fruity, hollow and airy wave, and what this does is what I apreciate in every perfume: it incites you to smell it more and more and more, far from repulsing you from it.

For me, this is a type of fragrance that doesn't absolutely wow me, but at the same time its balance and simplicity works so quietly well, that invites me to wear it more often than not.

It just arrived for me, so I am still testing the longevity and projection (seems weak in both, but let's see)
0 Comments
More reviews

Statements

20 short views on the fragrance
SpacebaseSpacebase 2 years ago
7
Bottle
9
Sillage
8
Longevity
9
Scent
Keep this in your spring/ summer rotation guys, as a go-too blue! Just like OG Bad Boy it is mass appealing, compliment-ready & different.
0 Comments
JomjikJomjik 2 years ago
9
Bottle
7
Sillage
7
Longevity
9
Scent
It actually smells really good. Not basic, mass appealing scent for summer. Not as fresh as some blues, but versatile and I like it
0 Comments
Topfpflanze3Topfpflanze3 1 year ago
7
Bottle
7
Sillage
7
Longevity
7.5
Scent
Very pleasant youth fragrance in Sauvage style. Not really a bad boy, more like a good son-in-law. Certainly not a bad alternative
0 Comments
GeorgeReidGeorgeReid 3 years ago
7
Bottle
7
Sillage
8
Longevity
8
Scent
Cobalt is a massive improvement over the original Bad Boy. Still, if you have other fresh designer scents, Cobalt is probably skippable.
1 Comment
DrakeporkTWKDrakeporkTWK 11 months ago
7
Bottle
7.5
Scent
Smells like blue raspberry candy
0 Comments
LorenzobrLorenzobr 2 years ago
8
Bottle
6
Sillage
6
Longevity
7
Scent
Too generic, it recalls other perfumes with sweetish bases. Truffle not perceived, I was expecting something about black orchid but is not.
0 Comments
AshrafRAshrafR 2 years ago
10
Bottle
9
Sillage
9
Longevity
9
Scent
Good for summer and winter days
0 Comments
PosthumanPosthuman 3 years ago
Reminds me of Invictus or YSL Y. Fresh and very mineral/metallic. I don't get any truffle. A disappointment for me, I prefer the original.
0 Comments
HugoMontezHugoMontez 3 years ago
6
Bottle
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
7
Scent
Revisited: Geranium and truffle over the OG DNA. The overall smell is kinda generic but appealing, like all the line. I kinda like it. 3/5
0 Comments
JanetbearyJanetbeary 12 months ago
5
Bottle
6
Sillage
6
Longevity
6
Scent
Incredibly fruity blue fragrance, for better or for worse depending on what you’re into. That being said, it’s also a very sweet one.
0 Comments
More statements

Charts

This is how the community classifies the fragrance.
Pie Chart Radar Chart

Images

5 fragrance photos of the community
More images

Popular by Carolina Herrera

CH Men Privé by Carolina Herrera Good Girl (Eau de Parfum) by Carolina Herrera CH Men (Eau de Toilette) by Carolina Herrera Very Good Girl (Eau de Parfum) by Carolina Herrera Good Girl (Eau de Parfum Légère) by Carolina Herrera Good Girl (Eau de Parfum Suprême) by Carolina Herrera Good Girl Blush (Eau de Parfum) by Carolina Herrera 212 Men (Eau de Toilette) by Carolina Herrera 212 VIP Men (Eau de Toilette) by Carolina Herrera Chic for Men (Eau de Toilette) by Carolina Herrera Herrera for Men (Eau de Toilette) by Carolina Herrera Bad Boy (Eau de Toilette) by Carolina Herrera Very Good Girl Glam by Carolina Herrera 212 VIP Black (Eau de Parfum) by Carolina Herrera Mystery Tobacco by Carolina Herrera 212 Sexy Men (Eau de Toilette) by Carolina Herrera Good Girl Blush Elixir by Carolina Herrera Bad Boy Le Parfum by Carolina Herrera 212 by Carolina Herrera Bad Boy Extreme by Carolina Herrera