Carolina Herrera · 1988 · Carlos Benaïm

Carolina Herrera

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Carolina Herrera asks $142 for 100 ml
100 ml$142

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright bergamot and apricot over creamy tuberose and jasmine, settling into soft sandalwood and amber.

Carolina Herrera says

You’ll smell bergamot, apricot, tuberose, jasmine, sandalwood and amber.

The house’s page

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The drawn Carolina Herrera bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Carolina Herrera’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, apricot, tuberose, jasmine, sandalwood, amber drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Carolina Herrera, when you spray it: Bergamot, Apricot

As it settlesheart notes

Carolina Herrera, as it settles: Tuberose, Jasmine, Cinnamal (cinnamon)

What staysdry-down notes

Carolina Herrera, what stays: Sandalwood, Amber, Treemoss, Oakmoss

What’s inside it

What Carolina Herrera names

BergamotApricotTuberoseJasmineSandalwood

What the label names

18 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 & lavender8 florals1 amber & resins3 spices1 powder2 earth & moss

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals8

HydroxycitronellalBenzyl salicylateHexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)Geraniol (rose)Amyl cinnamal (aldehydes)CitronellolCinnamyl alcoholFarnesol

Amber & resins1

Benzyl cinnamate

Spices3

EugenolIsoeugenolCinnamal (cinnamon)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Earth & moss2

Treemoss absoluteOakmoss absolute
4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

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Côte d'AzurOribe · shares bergamot, tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood$135 for 75 ml
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CuriousBritney Spears · shares bergamot, tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood
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Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · shares bergamot, tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood$250 for 100 ml · about twice Carolina Herrera’s $142
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PassionElizabeth Taylor · shares bergamot, tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares bergamot, tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood$115 for 75 ml · about the same as Carolina Herrera’s $142
OscarOscar de la Renta · shares bergamot, tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood$109 for 100 ml
Spring FlowerCreed · shares bergamot, apricot and jasmine$460 for 75 ml
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Daisy Wild Eau So IntenseMarc Jacobs · shares tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood$168 for 100 ml · about the same as Carolina Herrera’s $142
Pêche VeloursMaison Mataha · shares tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood$190 for 100 ml
Qimmah for WomenLattafa · shares tuberose, jasmine and sandalwoodabout $22 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Carolina Herrera’s $142
Hundred Silent WaysNishane · shares tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood$375 for 100 ml
L'Interdit RougeGivenchy · shares tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood$175 for 80 ml
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Wind FlowersCreed · shares tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood$460 for 75 ml
Vanilla 01Swiss Arabian · shares tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood$68 for 50 ml · about the same as Carolina Herrera’s $142
Mmmm...Juliette Has a Gun · shares tuberose, jasmine and sandalwoodabout $163 for 100 ml · about the same as Carolina Herrera’s $142
Tubéreuse ImpérialeBDK Parfums · shares tuberose, jasmine and sandalwoodabout $253 for 100 ml · about twice Carolina Herrera’s $142
Honour 43 WomanAmouage · shares tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood$550 for 100 ml
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Bella BlancaOscar de la Renta · shares tuberose, jasmine and sandalwood$114 for 100 ml · about the same as Carolina Herrera’s $142
I Fancy YouJessica Simpson · shares bergamot, tuberose and sandalwood
L'AttesaMasque Milano · shares bergamot, tuberose and sandalwood
Tubéreuse 40Le Labo · shares bergamot, tuberose and sandalwood$555 for 100 ml
Bathing in a DaydreamEmil Élise · shares bergamot, tuberose and sandalwoodabout $174 for 100 ml · about the same as Carolina Herrera’s $142
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White DiamondsElizabeth Taylor · shares bergamot, tuberose and jasmine
My Way Sunny VanillaArmani · shares bergamot, tuberose and jasmine$174 for 90 ml
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