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Good Girl
The base is what sells the Carolina Herrera Good Girl Eau de Parfum Gift Set, and it is worth being specific about what is in it: cocoa, handled dry and bare, with tonka bean laying a mellow, slightly floury warmth beneath it. Above that base sits the rest of a short and confident composition. Almond opens the fragrance with a bitter, nutty sharpness rather than a sugared one. Sambac jasmine and tuberose fill the middle, big white flowers with a creamy thickness and a sweetness that carries, and they are the reason this scent is noticed across a room rather than discovered up close.
Five materials. Nothing is hidden and nothing has been padded out, which is unusual at this level of popularity and part of the reason the fragrance has lasted as long as it has. The concentration is eau de parfum, so expect eight hours and more, with the base still on a scarf days later. Go lightly with it: this is a scent that grows on warm skin instead of fading from it. Cold weather, evenings and occasions where being memorable is the point of getting dressed at all. In summer heat it can become hard work, which is worth knowing before you spend. Boxed as a set, it is the obvious present for a landmark birthday or for anybody who has mentioned the name more than once in your hearing, and the bottle has enough presence of its own that no wrapping is required. The composition is Louise Turner's and Quentin Bisch's work.
The house is a fashion label from New York, begun by Carolina Herrera in 1981 with her first collection, and perfume has been part of the business since 1988. Good Girl is the franchise it is best known for in scent.
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