Carolina Herrera · Eau de Toilette
Carolina Herrera Bad Boy
- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Bad Boy by Carolina Herrera opens sharp, with bergamot cut by black pepper and white pepper. Cedarwood and sage take over the heart, dry and aromatic. The base turns warm and a little sweet: amberwood, cacao and tonka bean, giving it a spicy, cacao-edged finish rather than a straightforward dessert one. Perfumers Louise Turner and Quentin Bisch made it in 2019, and it appeals to men and women who like a woody scent with a cacao edge rather than something purely sweet. Voters wear it in autumn and winter, mostly at night and in the evening. The vote leans long-lasting for how long it holds, and moderate for how far it spreads, so it stays close through a night out. A 3ml decant is enough to see whether that cacao-and-cedar pairing suits you before buying more.
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The community verdict
Bad Boy brings bergamot and two kinds of pepper into cedarwood and sage, then settles into cacao, tonka bean and amberwood. Wear divides between long-lasting and moderate, and projection between moderate and strong. Its sweet, woody spice fits autumn nights, while winter and evenings work too.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Topfirst impression
- Bergamot
- Black Pepper
- White Pepper
- Heartafter a few minutes
- Cedarwood
- Sage
- Basewhat lingers
- Amberwood
- Cacao
- Tonka Bean
- Brand
- Carolina Herrera
- Concentration
- Eau de Toilette
- Perfumers
- Louise Turner and Quentin Bisch
- Scent profile
- For men
- Launched
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Carolina Herrera Bad Boy, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Cacao and cracked pepper on a wooden bar after midnight.
Main accordssweet, woody, warm spicy, cacao, aromatic
What you smell
First spray0–15 min
- Bergamot
- Black Pepper
- White Pepper
Heart15 min – 2 h
- Cedarwood
- Sage
Dry-down2 h – 7–12 h
- Amberwood
- Cacao
- Tonka Bean
- Lasts
- 7–12 h
- Long lasting
- Sillage
- Moderate, 2 of 4
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity
Most voted: 40%Long lasting
Sillage
Most voted: 40%Moderate
Season
Most voted: 40%Autumn
Time of day
Most voted: 50%Night out
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Longevity
- Very weak5%
- Weak10%
- Moderate35%
- Long lasting (Most voted)40%
- Eternal10%
Sillage
- Intimate15%
- Moderate (Most voted)40%
- Strong35%
- Enormous10%
Season
- Spring15%
- Summer10%
- Autumn (Most voted)40%
- Winter35%
Time of day
- Daytime20%
- Office0%
- Evening30%
- Night out (Most voted)50%
Which size is right for you?
Every size is decanted from the same original bottle.
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Why 10ML?
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Authentic original perfume
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Smell it on your skin before you buy
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Try several scents for one bottle’s price
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Travel-ready atomiser
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Frequently asked questions
What does Carolina Herrera Bad Boy smell like?
Carolina Herrera Bad Boy opens with Bergamot, Black Pepper and White Pepper. The heart brings Cedarwood and Sage. It dries down to Amberwood, Cacao and Tonka Bean. Shoppers on fragrance communities describe its main accords as sweet, woody, warm spicy, cacao and aromatic.
Is Carolina Herrera Bad Boy long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as long lasting (40% of votes), and 50% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as moderate (40% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Carolina Herrera Bad Boy good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for autumn and winter; summer takes only 10% of season votes.
Is Carolina Herrera Bad Boy good for winter?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it well for winter: winter takes 35% of season votes, close behind its most-voted season.
Is Carolina Herrera Bad Boy for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it after dark: 80% of time-of-day votes are for evenings and nights out, 20% for daytime or the office.
Can I wear Carolina Herrera Bad Boy to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for the office: only 0% of time-of-day votes go to the office.
Who makes Carolina Herrera Bad Boy?
Bad Boy is made by Carolina Herrera. Its perfumers are Louise Turner and Quentin Bisch. It was launched in 2019. The concentration is Eau de Toilette.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Carolina Herrera Bad Boy?
A 10ml decant of Carolina Herrera Bad Boy holds about 200 sprays, roughly 67 days of wear. The 3ml decant holds about 60 sprays, around 20 days. The 30ml decant holds about 600 sprays, around 200 days.
Which other Carolina Herrera perfumes can I try?
Besides Carolina Herrera Bad Boy, 10ML has Good Girl, Good Girl Blush and Bad Boy Extreme from Carolina Herrera, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Carolina Herrera Bad Boy decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Carolina Herrera Bad Boy decant is filled by hand from an original Carolina Herrera bottle, with nothing added or diluted, so it opens, dries down and lasts on your skin the way the bottle does. We sell only authentic originals.
What is a decant?
A small amount of a perfume, taken from its original bottle and put into a travel atomiser. You get the real fragrance in a size that lets you live with it for days before you decide on the full bottle.
How does the money-back guarantee work?
If a scent isn’t right for you, get in touch within 30 days of it arriving and we’ll arrange a refund. Terms apply. See our refund policy.