Carolina Herrera · 2025

Very Good Girl Elixir

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Black cherry and bitter almond over red rose and tuberose, sinking into warm vanilla and dark cocoa.

Carolina Herrera says

You’ll smell Black Cherry, almond, rose, tuberose, vanilla and cocoa.

More from Carolina Herrera’s description

It also mentions Bitter almond, Rose water, Warm vanilla, Dark cocoa, Red rose and Radiant vanilla.

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Very Good Girl Elixir’s scent picture, a draft: cherry, almond, rose, tuberose, vanilla, cacao drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Very Good Girl Elixir, when you spray it: Cherry, Almond, Limonene (orange peel)

As it settlesheart notes

Very Good Girl Elixir, as it settles: Rose, Tuberose

What staysdry-down notes

Very Good Girl Elixir, what stays: Vanilla, Cacao, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

9 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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 spices2 powder

10 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Blossom LoveAmouage · shares cherry, almond, rose and vanilla$395 for 100 ml
Qimmah for WomenLattafa · shares almond, tuberose, vanilla and cacaoabout $22 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Very Good Girl Elixir’s $137
I Want Choo ForeverJimmy Choo · shares cherry, almond, rose and vanilla$155 for 100 ml · about half of Very Good Girl Elixir’s $137
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.