Carolina Herrera · Quentin Bisch and Louise Turner

Bad Boy Elixir

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Carolina Herrera asks $182 for 100 ml
100 ml$182

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Zesty bergamot and mandarin with aromatic sage and lavender over leather and iris, ending in cedar, cocoa and incense.

Carolina Herrera says

You’ll smell sage, lavender, Leather Accord, iris, cedarwood and frankincense (olibanum).

More from Carolina Herrera’s description

It also mentions Aromatic sage, Refined leather, Zesty bergamot, Mandarin, Lavender (lavandin), Cocoa and Incense.

The house’s page

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The drawn Bad Boy Elixir bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Bad Boy Elixir’s scent picture, a draft: sage, lavender, leather, iris, cedar, frankincense drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Bad Boy Elixir, when you spray it: Sage, Lavender, Bergamot, Mandarin

As it settlesheart notes

Bad Boy Elixir, as it settles: Leather, Iris, Geraniol (rose), Cinnamal (cinnamon)

What staysdry-down notes

Bad Boy Elixir, what stays: Cedar, Frankincense, Cacao, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Carolina Herrera names

SageLavenderLeather AccordIrisCedarwoodFrankincense (olibanum)Zesty bergamotMandarinLavender (lavandin)CocoaIncense

What the label names

10 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder1 green

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

Benzyl salicylateCitronellolGeraniol (rose) (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

Cinnamal (cinnamon)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Green1

Methyl 2-octynoate
8 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)A light stabiliserYellow 5Red 4Ext. violet 2Blue 1

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Endymion ConcentréPenhaligon's · shares sage, lavender, Leather Accord, frankincense and 1 more$260 for 100 ml
Dia WomanAmouage · shares sage, orris, cedar (Atlas cedar), frankincense and 1 more$395 for 100 ml · about twice Bad Boy Elixir’s $182
Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares sage, lavender, orris, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 moreabout $29 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Bad Boy Elixir’s $182
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1 Million RoyalRabanne · shares sage, lavender, cedar (Atlas cedar), bergamot and 1 more$145 for 100 ml
BottledHugo Boss · shares Leather Accord, orris, cedar (Atlas cedar), frankincense and 1 more$156 for 100 ml · about the same as Bad Boy Elixir’s $182
His ConfessionLattafa · shares lavender, orris, cedar (Atlas cedar), frankincense and 1 more$49.99 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Bad Boy Elixir’s $182
Ambassador IntenseGisada · shares lavender, Leather Accord, frankincense, bergamot and 1 more$135 for 100 ml
Interlude Black Iris ManAmouage · shares Leather Accord, orris, cedar (Atlas cedar), frankincense and 1 more$395 for 100 ml · about twice Bad Boy Elixir’s $182
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Le VainqueurRancé 1795 · shares lavender, Leather Accord, cedar (Atlas cedar), bergamot and 1 moreabout $203 for 100 ml · about the same as Bad Boy Elixir’s $182
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