Which Carolina Herrera sample to try first

67 perfumes by Carolina Herrera are listed with us as samples. Here are 8 of them, each with the data that is on record for it. Nothing here is a verdict: the order is arbitrary and your skin decides.

The selection

Carolina Herrera Very Good Girl

Carolina Herrera Very Good Girl by Carolina Herrera is an Eau de Parfum with these recorded notes: red currant, lychee, rose, vanilla and vetiver. The scent families on record: woody, amber and fruity. Notes on a list are a map, and what you notice on your own skin is the territory.

Carolina Herrera 212 VIP Men

Carolina Herrera 212 VIP Men, an Eau de Toilette from Carolina Herrera, has caviar lime, frozen vodka, mint, ginger, kingwood, amber and musk on record. Its family tags read woody, amber and aromatic. The opening is the loudest part and the shortest, so let it pass before deciding.

Carolina Herrera Good Girl

Carolina Herrera Good Girl is filed as an Eau de Parfum from Carolina Herrera; the note list on record reads bitter almond, jasmine sambac, tuberose, roasted tonka bean and cocoa. It is tagged floral, amber and gourmand. A paper strip shows the outline, skin shows the detail.

Carolina Herrera Good Girl Blush

Carolina Herrera Good Girl Blush, an Eau de Parfum from Carolina Herrera, has bergamot, ylang-ylang, peony and Madagascar vanilla on record. It is tagged floral, amber and fruity. Write down what you notice after a few minutes and again after lunch, and you will see how it moves.

Carolina Herrera Bad Boy

Carolina Herrera Bad Boy by Carolina Herrera is an Eau de Toilette with these recorded notes: sage, pepper, bergamot, cedarwood, roasted tonka bean, cocoa and vetiver. The scent families on record: woody, amber and aromatic. One wearing shows a mood, several wearings show the perfume.

Carolina Herrera Vetiver Paradise

No notes are on record for Carolina Herrera Vetiver Paradise from Carolina Herrera; the sample is the way to find out. Wear it on more than one day before you make up your mind.

Carolina Herrera Bad Boy Extreme

Carolina Herrera Bad Boy Extreme is on the list from Carolina Herrera. Its notes are not on record here, and we do not guess them. Clothes hold a scent differently from skin, which makes a scarf or sleeve a useful second test.

Carolina Herrera Chic

Carolina Herrera Chic by Carolina Herrera: no note list is on record with us, so the sample page sticks to name and house. Give it time to settle before you judge it.

Also in this selection: Carolina Herrera 212 Heroes Forever Young, Carolina Herrera Good Girl Glorious Gold Collector Edition, Carolina Herrera 212 VIP Black, Carolina Herrera Call Me Darling, Carolina Herrera Good Girl Supreme, Carolina Herrera Gold Absolute Myrrhe, Carolina Herrera Carolina H 212 Sxy, Carolina Herrera CAROLINE HERRERA Good Girl Blush Elixir, Carolina Herrera Alegria De Vivir, Carolina Herrera 212 Sexy.

How to test them

Note what you think each time, and read your notes back at the end of the week. Spray it on the inside of your wrist or elbow and do not rub. Ask someone you trust what they notice, because your own nose adapts quickly. Wear it on at least three different days before you decide.

A sample is the sensible first step: a perfume on paper and a perfume on skin are rarely the same thing. Give every sample its own day, and come back to the one you keep thinking about. Start with 2, 5 or 10 ml and give it a few days, so that the first impression is not the only one.

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Questions

Which sizes do the samples come in?

Every sample comes as 2, 5 or 10 ml in a glass spray vial. The smallest is enough for a first impression, the larger ones for many wearings.

Why do some perfumes show no notes?

Because we only print notes we can trace to a source. Where no note list is on record, the page says so and leaves the judging to your own skin.

What is a decant?

Perfume moved from the original bottle into a smaller vial. Ours are filled by FragranceGems into glass spray vials and labelled by us, so you can wear a perfume before you decide on a bottle.