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Carolina Herrera · Est. 2022

Bad Boy Cobalt Parfum Electrique

The opening strikes electric—sharp lavender cut with the crackle of pink pepper, brighter and more confrontational than the original Bad Boy.

ConcentrationParfum
Formasculine
Released2022
Statusenriched
2022 · Parfum
lav·vet·ced·bla
Rating
4.3
2.5k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 6 accords.

Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.

  • Lavender
    90
  • Vetiver
    60
  • Cedar
    50
  • Black Pepper
    50
  • Ozonic
    30

By the editors · 2 min readThe opening strikes electric—sharp lavender cut with the crackle of pink pepper, brighter and more confrontational than the original Bad Boy. It doesn't settle into soapiness. Instead, it stays taut and metallic, like static charge before a storm.

As it develops, plum emerges not as sweetness but as a tart, almost bruised note that deepens the lavender without softening it. The effect is lean and modern, edgier than you'd expect from the fruit. Vetiver and cedar anchor the base with dry, woody bite—no vanilla cushion, no compromise.

This is aromatic fragrance stripped of warmth, built for contrast rather than comfort. It suits someone who wants the lavender-fougère tradition rewired for a cooler, more abrasive mood. Wear it when polish feels like armor.

Filed: Carolina HerreraSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap