Good Girl Crystal Class Eau de Parfum 80ml

Four materials make up Carolina Herrera Good Girl Crystal Class Eau de Parfum 80ml, and a composition that short deserves to be described as what it is rather than dressed up.

Almond is the opening and the backbone, treated bitter rather than sweet, with the faintly medicinal edge the material always carries. Jasmine and tuberose sit in the middle and do the heavy lifting between them, the jasmine sweet and slightly waxy, the tuberose creamy, thick and heady, a combination that fills out quickly on warm skin. Tonka bean is the only thing underneath, and it gives the finish a soft, powdery warmth with a dry bitterness at the edge of it.

There is no long evolution here and no fourth act to wait for. What you smell after ten minutes is close to what you will be wearing three hours later, with the flowers slowly giving way to the tonka. Some people prefer that kind of fragrance and others find it flat, so it is worth knowing before you buy an 80ml bottle of it.

The eau de parfum strength holds up well, usually seven or eight hours, and keeps a moderate presence rather than filling a room. Two sprays is plenty and the scent grows rather than fades in the warm. It is a women's fragrance, best in autumn and winter and after dark, and it is the simplest reading of this line to be found on the shelf. If you want the version with the fewest moving parts, this is it.

The label belongs to the Venezuelan born Carolina Herrera, who founded her New York fashion house after a collection in 1981, and its perfumes have been made by a Spanish licensee since 1988. In scent, Good Girl is the name most people know it by.