Very Good Girl
Carolina Herrera Very Good Girl Eau de Parfum 50ml is the middle size, and in practice it is the one most people are better off with: enough to last months of regular wear without committing to a bottle that may outlive your interest in it.
The scent opens on redcurrant, sharp and a little sour, with lychee following quickly to round it off into something sweeter and more perfumed. Rose arrives next and it is a deep, dark version of the material rather than a fresh garden one, with lily alongside giving a cool, clean edge that holds the flowers up and keeps them from sagging into the base too soon. The finish is where it earns its reputation. Vanilla bourbon is rich and faintly boozy, and vetiver works against it with a dry earthiness, so what is left on skin after a few hours reads as warm rather than sugary.
An eau de parfum concentration gives it genuine staying power. Expect it to be noticeable for the first hour or two and then to sit close for the rest of the day, which makes a light hand sensible, particularly indoors and particularly at a desk.
It is marketed to women and it is at its best in autumn and winter, after dark more than in daylight. The 50ml also travels better than the larger bottle, which matters if you would rather keep one scent at home and one in a bag, and it is the size to choose when a full bottle of anything feels like a commitment. The 2021 composition is credited to Louise Turner, Quentin Bisch and Shyamala Maisondieu.
Carolina Herrera, born in Venezuela, presented a first collection in New York during 1981. Puig, the Spanish group that has owned the fashion house since 1995, took on the perfume licence in 1988.
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